Denver Direct: Billy Whitfield and Wes McKinley at Merle’s in Littleton this Friday, Aug. 18, 2013


Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Billy Whitfield and Wes McKinley at Merle’s in Littleton this Friday, Aug. 18, 2013


My favorite cowboys, McKinley and Whitfield, will be making a rare appearance at Merle’s Restaurant in Littleton, Colorado this Friday at 7:30 for some old-school singing and cowboy poetry. You may recall that Wes McKinley was a Colorado State Representative (D-Walsh) for 8 years until he was term-limited out in 2012.  If you are really old, or a historian, or an environmental activist, you may remember that he was the Grand Jury Foreman in the Justice Department’s investigation of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant (1989), still a source of nuclear contamination and contention near Denver. The complete story is told in The Ambushed Grand Jury, co-authored by McKinley.

Well, the times have changed, but McKinley and Whitfield, not so much. Come by for eats, drinks, and to shake the hand of Wes McKinley, a true American hero. They don’t make ’em like that anymore.

Merle’s Restaurant is located at 2609 W. Main St, Littleton, Colorado. Go here for more information and a map.