At this time yesterday, did you think the big news in Colorado would be Governor Bill Ritter’s impending announcement that he won’t run for reelection in November? If your answer is “yes,” you’re lying. Not that Ritter was looking bulletproof. Far from it. He’s proven to be a politically clumsy…
Former ICE agent Cory Voorhis’ name was in the news throughout December thanks to the troubled nomination of Stephanie Villafuerte as U.S. Attorney. Representative Mike Coffman cited Voorhis in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting an investigation of Villafuerte in connection to the improper accessing of a criminal…
You might think that the departure of a rising star among state Democrats would be a bigger deal than this Post story suggests, but state representative Kathleen Curry and party leaders seem eager to downplay Curry’s decision to change her voter registration from Dem to unaffiliated. The move will strip…
The Governor’s Energy Office will consider a protest by a nonprofit agency into the state’s decision to award a $9 million weatherization grant to a rival organization. Rocky Mountain SER, which provides training and jobs for disadvantaged segments of the population, complained after GEO announced on December 1 that it…
Jared Polis is both a politician and a poet — and he sent two self-penned poems with his holiday greetings. The first, which you can read here, is a retrospective look at 2009. The second comes with this message from the congressman: “May 2010 bring Comprehensive Immigration Reform to our…
Last night, the Denver Regional Council of Governments, popularly known as DRCOG, held a public hearing on the Jefferson Parkway, a controversial toll road that may take commuters for a ride of a different sort, as Jared Jacang Maher documented in a January feature. Golden mayor Jacob Smith, a Parkway…
Surf the web globally; read blogs locally. The Nuggets will turn to Anthony Carter to fill in during the short term for groin-injured Chauncey Billups, says Nick Sclafani of the Nugg Doctor. Hope that prescription won’t have to be renewed. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic screens University of Denver professor…
Ever since Stephanie Villafuerte removed herself from the U.S. Attorney sweepstakes via an angry letter in which she expressed frustration about “a needless and extraneous political fight” that has “completely overshadowed the deliberative and independent assessment of my qualifications for this important office,” observers have speculated about the conversations between…
Weeks before a scheduled government roundup of 2,500 wild mustangs in Nevada, horse advocates are bringing out the big guns in an effort to stop or delay the operation. They’re filing lawsuits and staging protests, bringing in scientists and animal welfare experts to decry this assault on one of the…
A short-cut to Denver’s corner of the blogosphere. As a bonus to AJ Vicens’ analysis of last night’s Nuggets win over Oklahoma City, the folks at 5280 include a video showing how you can rock a “faux-hawk” like Chris “Birdman” Andersen. Product not included. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic notes…
Talk about some potentially awkward timing. The day after Stephanie Villafuerte withdrew her nomination as U.S. Attorney for Colorado, a group of forty Latino leaders is scheduled to endorse the re-election of Governor Bill Ritter, Villafuerte’s former boss, and one of her main backers. But don’t expect those present at…
The Mainjustice.com article about Stephanie Villafuerte, who asked that her nomination as U.S. Attorney for Colorado be pulled back yesterday, sports a telling headline: “Republicans Get a Scalp.” Despite all the high-flown talk about justice and the search for truth, Villafuerte’s nom was ultimately done in by old-fashioned politics, played…
Update, 4:01 p.m.: Pat Dunn just called with information about a court hearing earlier today involving an altercation at an earlier protest. Look below for more information. On Friday, we told you about a call for a counter-protest against the group picketing Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street…
On Friday, when Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions asked that consideration of Stephanie Villafuerte’s nomination as U.S. Attorney be delayed because her record is “incomplete,” I wrote that the story was developing at “lightning speed,” and noted that political pressure generated by a letter from Representative Mike Coffman to Attorney General…
Welcome to Denver Blogs. Here’s today’s menu. David Driscoll-Carignan, from Mile High Hockey, lets you know how he feels about a certain member of the Calgary Flames with his headline, which reads, “Curtis Glencross: Idiot.” That about covers it. The Colorado Independent’s Kate Redding lists upcoming events calling for immigration…
Last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes previewed the “Defend the Republic” rally at the State Capitol — advertised as a gathering of folks from assorted tea parties and 9.12 organizations, among others, who weren’t ready to cede the Republican guv nomination to Scott McInnis. The event took place on…
The Stephanie Villafuerte story is moving at lightning speed. The latest development: Senator Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, has sent a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the judiciary committee, asking that the consideration of her nomination be delayed because “the record currently available to the Committee” is “incomplete.”…
There continues to be plenty of sound and fury kicked up over that anti-Obama billboard at Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street in Wheat Ridge — and the racket’s likely to grow louder tomorrow. Dealership owner Phil Wolf was initially thrilled by the response to the sign, which…
The surfacing of an internal Denver DA’s office memo attacking KHOW’s Peter Boyles and the Denver Post isn’t the only fresh development in the matter of Stephanie Villafuerte’s nomination as U.S. Attorney. On Wednesday, Representative Mike Coffman wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that “you initiate a…
Denver bloggin’ — on a Thursday afternoon. Kyle at Bronco Talk describes the Indianapolis Colts, the Broncos’ next opponent, as the perfect team. Let’s hope Peyton doesn’t make them pay. Western Citizen’s Wendy Norris offers up 25 ways to fix immigration. You missed the live chat, but you can still…
More evidence that the Democratic Party sees Representative Betsy Markey as among the more vulnerable freshmen in Congress — an attack on her opponent, Cory Gardner, by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which accuses him of “political opportunism” and “hypocrisy” regarding a bill he plans to introduce in January making…
ProgressNow Colorado is on the warpath against tea party organizations and other “far right extremists;” read the liberal outfit’s recent warning about them at the bottom of the blog linked here. But Lu Busse, chair of the 9.12 Project Colorado Coalition, scoffs at the notion that anyone, politicians or otherwise,…
