When John Hickenlooper first ran for Denver mayor, he separated himself from the pack with campaign commercials that displayed a quality rare among politicians — a sense of humor. And he appears to be taking the same tack in his bid for governor. Exhibit A is a donation-soliciting e-mail sent…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
In politics, a single word can get in the way — especially when that word is “genocide.” During his presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama left little doubt where he stood when it came to the events of April 24, 1915, when Turks exterminated somewhere north of one million Armenians. In…
“Expand limited gambling again? Why should we legalize video keno games and ask Colorado bar patrons to fund higher education when we could just legalize prostitution and ask college students to pay for state tuition increases by working their asses off.”…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
A prominent wildlife conservation group is suing Secretary of the Interior (and former Colorado Senator) Ken Salazar for reportedly failing to protect a prairie song bird that many say is nearing extinction. In the recently filed federal lawsuit (click here to read it), WildEarth Guardians says Salazar has not fulfilled…
In an interview last week, Ken Buck campaign consultant Walt Klein said he thinks Jane Norton, the well-heeled frontrunner for the Republican senatorial nomination, is running scared. Shockingly enough, Josh Penry, the minority leader of the Colorado Senate and former gubernatorial candidate, who’s just agreed to take over as Norton’s…
Former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo has been making the Tea Party circuit of late, with his remarks about topics like civics literacy tests prompting conservative heavyweight Dick Armey to call him bad for the movement. But that hasn’t shut him up. The latest kerfuffle: At a South Carolina Tea Party…
#19 of the 22 Major Arcana: Jane Norton, the Moon…..
Mark Udall seems an unlikely target for Tom Mauser’s campaign to close the gun-show loophole — the subject of full-page ads in the Denver Post and Boulder Daily Camera aimed squarely at the Colorado senator. After all, Udall’s derided the loophole for at least a decade. Take this statement from…
During the recent debate about a nudity ordinance in Boulder — one enlivened by the controversy over topless gardener Catharine Pierce — Judd Golden, spokesman for the Boulder ACLU, frequently urged city council members to wait to find out what kind of public nudity bill would emerge from the Colorado…
In the Internet age, one of the surest signs that an idea’s popular is if the website affiliated with it crashes. Which is basically what happened shortly after the launch of RechargeColorado.com. The program, funded by the feds, offers up to $500 in rebates to folks buying appliances designed to…
Update, 3:57 p.m.: Crisanta Duran has released a statement about the UFCW Local 7 endorsement. Look for it below the original item. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 has endorsed Mark Thrun, a Denver Health doctor, in the race to represent House District 5. Why is that a…
The Tea Party movement is a proudly grassroots rebellion that’s deeply suspicious of the mainstream media. So perhaps the best way to get a sense of yesterday’s raucous rally at the Capitol, which coincided with Tax Day and featured appearances by the likes of senatorial candidate Ken Buck, is to…
At around 1 p.m. today, toward the end of a Tax Day Tea Party event on the steps of the Capitol that’s just getting underway at this writing, Weld County district attorney and Republican senatorial candidate Ken Buck will step into the spotlight. He’ll do it again at Tea Party…
When Governor Bill Ritter nominated former aide Stephanie Villafuerte as U.S. Attorney, he couldn’t have known the political storm he’d unleash. Opponents linked Villafuerte to ex-ICE agent Cory Voorhis, who was fired for providing information from a restricted database to then-gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez. And as the fight got uglier,…
A bill that would legalize syringe exchange programs in Colorado cleared its first hurdle today. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved it with two nay votes. Last year, Westword wrote about the state’s lack of legal syringe exchange programs, which swap injection-drug users’ used needles for new ones…
Bloggers in Denver often write blogs about Denver. Funny how that works… Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco touts Dez Bryant as a Brandon Marshall replacement — and according to Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, Bryant (as well as Rolando McClain and, eeesh, Tim Tebow) are visiting Broncosland today. Coincidence or conspiracy? The…
Blogs about Denver are floating around everywhere. Here are three we grabbed. In his preview of the Nuggets’ final game of the regular season, Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein notes that a Nugs victory will likely translate to a (very favorable) playoff matchup against Portland. Problem is, the Nuggets hardly ever…
Although Michael Bennet and Jane Norton remain the favorites to face off in the U.S. Senate race this November, both of them have faced strong challenges within their own parties, from Andrew Romanoff and Ken Buck, respectively. Bennet has responded by petitioning for a place on the August primary ballot…
Earlier this morning, we shared comments from Andrew Romanoff spokesman Dean Toda about this weekend’s county assemblies, during which Romanoff extended his delegate lead over Senator Michael Bennet. “We currently lead 57 percent to 41 percent — 16 points,” Toda said. “That’s big.” Sure — but it’s not large enough…
This weekend’s Democratic county assemblies in 21 counties around the state, including many of the largest, didn’t deal challenger Andrew Romanoff the kind of reality check for which many supporters of Senator Michael Bennet may have been hoping. “It was a terrific weekend for us,” enthuses Dean Toda, Romanoff’s spokesman,…
