IT’S PARTY TIME! Everything you need to know to have a good Super Bowl P12
75 CENTS
January 24, 2019
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
Councilmember trial date set on two charges Laurett Barrentine says accusations are untrue BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Tristen Kocher, 22, left, and Essie Rose, 48 — a regular at the bar, from Denver — play an arcade game Jan. 15 on a screen built into the bar at The Tabletop Tap. The bar at 3394 S. Broadway in the downtown Englewood area has more than 100 video games and also offers more than 130 board games. PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD
Arcade bar brings cool factor The Tabletop Tap nears one year in business BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Drinking and playing video games isn’t just a basement activity — it’s one for a night on the town in downtown Englewood. “Everyone’s trying to make this stretch of Englewood into something much cooler,” said Jason Ungate, who owns The Tabletop Tap with his wife, Kristin. SEE ARCADE, P17
Jon Wilton, 38, left, and Rachel Brown, 35, play a board game Jan. 15 at The Tabletop Tap bar.
Englewood City Councilmember Laurett Barrentine is set to proceed to trial in April following an alleged August incident at Englewood’s city hall for which she was cited on charges of harassment and disorderly conduct. The case “is tainted with a bunch of accusations, not the reality of what happened,” Barrentine said by phone Jan. 15. Barrentine She appeared in Arapahoe County Court Jan. 14, where she pleaded “not guilty” to both charges. The jury trial is slated for April 17, and a motions hearing is scheduled for March 12. The incident reportedly happened about 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 27 at the Englewood Civic Center, according to Barrentine’s court summons, which was released by the Englewood Police Department in response to a records request by the Englewood Herald. The city council held a study session — a public meeting — that night at the civic center, beginning at 6 p.m., according to the agenda. The meeting ran about 4 1/2 hours, according to the meeting video. Details surrounding Barrentine’s suspected violations are scant because the police report in the case is considered evidence and not available for release to the public while the case is open, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. SEE TRIAL, P17
THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL
“Do we want to regulate (short-term home rentals) or do we want a free-for-all?” Carol Fey, Littleton city councilmember, Page 4 INSIDE
VOICES: PAGE 10 | LIFE: PAGE 12 | CALENDAR: PAGE 16 | SPORTS: PAGE 19
EnglewoodHerald.net
VOLUME 98 | ISSUE 49