Who Had the Worst Week?

• DIA chief Phil Washington’s U.S. Senate committee vote to lead the FAA was tabled yesterday, a sign that his nomination is in serious trouble.
• The SEC has filed suit against eight “celebrities” alleging that they promoted crypto assets without disclosing they were paid to do so. The celebrities are Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, Soulja Boy, Austin Mahone, Lil Yachty, Ne-Yo, Akon and Kendra Lust.
• There’s no bad situation that with a little effort you can’t make worse. The Longmont’s bakery Babettes learned that the hard way when they responded to a negative online review with a threatening voice-mail. Naturally, the recipient immediately posted the voice-mail to social media.
• The Denver Public Schools board is reeling after the latest East High School shooting forced it to flip-flop on its ban of school resource officers on campuses. The DPS superintendent announced the shift in policy before the board had discussed it, essentially daring them to fire him if they disagreed. Several hours later, they voted to formally support the superintendent’s decision.
• Meanwhile, Denver-based Fox News national reporter Alicia Acuna stopped her live coverage of the East High School shooting momentarily to hug her son who is a student at the school.
• The NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks – who, no surprise, play their home games in Chicago, Illinois, USA – are opting out of a league Pride Night celebration because of a Russian law that restricts activities seen as promoting LBGBTQ+ rights. Several of the team’s players are Russian or have ties to Russia.
• Nickelodeon is playing defense after it was accused of discriminating against one of its young stars who came out.
• Police are investigating a punch thrown by a Memphis player in the handshake line of its Women’s NIT game against Bowling Green. The punch knocked a Bowling Green player to the floor.
• An Aurora dentist to the stars (if you consider KNUS radio host Steffan Tubbs a star) has been arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife. Local TV news stations could not get enough of this story.
• Six Maryland road construction workers were killed when a car crash sent a vehicle into their path.
• A new survey found that 25% of Black women say they have been denied a job interview because of their hair.
• Is peanut butter a liquid? The TSA says yes.
• In a move that may be a sign that eating Fruit Roll-Ups impairs cognition, General Mills is reminding consumers that they should not eat the plastic film on the leathery, fruity snack.

So, who won the week?

• A lonely, three-year-old zebra at a Seoul zoo lived his best life for a few hours when he escaped and took to the city’s streets.
• The value of the Colorado Rockies grew 6% last year to $1.475 billion. Imagine what they would be worth if they could win just half of their games. If you are keeping track, the New York Yankees ranked first at $7.1 billion and the Miami Marlins ranked last at an even $1 billion.
• Heavy March snow has pushed Colorado‘s snowpack to 136% of its 30-year-normal.