At the 2008 Libertarian National Convention in Denver, some party members derisively passed around shots of Scope to wash the bad taste from their mouths following the presidential nomination of former Republican, Bob Barr. It wasn’t just that Barr was seen as an impure strain of Libertarian; some members felt…
Proposition 62, the latest iteration of the Personhood Amendment, which would give the unborn constitutional rights in Colorado, has been approved for the November ballot — and opponents launched their campaign today with a boisterous rally at the State Capitol. Westword photographer Johnny Molfetta was there. Page down below to…
At this point, Dan Maes has the Republican governor’s nomination, endorsements from conservative heavy hitters like Hank Brown and not very much money — which is why Colorado Republican Party head Dick Wadhams’s $250 donation made local news. But while consultant Katy Atkinson suggested in July that Maes might drop…
The Dan Maes campaign may think his comments about Denver’s B-Cycle program being a United Nations plot have been overblown by the media — but they aren’t going away, as our slideshow of the Denver Cruisers’ UN-inspired bike ride proves. Still, the funniest iteration thus far is a mock-Maes commercial…
Andrew Romanoff, who came up short in his bid to defeat Michael Bennet in the Democratic Senate primary, is the guest of honor tonight at a party (details below) to celebrate his 44th birthday — and to help retire his campaign debt, which would be even more oppressive if he…
As Patricia Calhoun noted earlier this morning, Ron Perea won’t be headlining a Citizen Oversight Board forum tonight as planned — because Perea resigned on Monday amid controversy over the alleged police beating of Michael DeHerrera. Now, KHOW’s Peter Boyles and the Denver Post have obtained Perea’s resignation letter, a…
Today, Denver Post columnist Mike Littwin notes that guv candidate John Hickenlooper wouldn’t be running ads depicting him taking a shower with his clothes on in a normal campaign — an observation reinforced by Hick’s latest spot, which shows him saving money by using tap water and making double-sided copies…
If high-energy prop-comic John Hickenlooper is willing to shower in his clothes to tout that he is running a “clean” campaign for Colorado Governor, then just imagine what he will won’t be wearing to emphasize his administration’s promise to “establish a system of transparency and open government…” (Warning! Drawings below…
Last Friday, AM 760 afternoon-drive host Mario Solis-Marich spent part of his broadcast talking up Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Randy Parraz, who’ll be facing John McCain in November. Indeed, he even encouraged Colorado listeners to contribute to Parraz’s campaign, for which Solis-Marich said he’s been paid to work. Anything hinky…
An unusual land swap deal on the Western Slope orchestrated by Representative John Salazar, one that would benefit his largest campaign contributor, is starting to draw scrutiny well beyond disgruntled hunters and activists in Gunnison County, who claim the public is getting the short end of the transaction. The Wall…
Did you know that the Supreme Court Nominating Commission is interviewing candidates today to fill the vacancy on Colorado’s top court to be left by retiring chief justice Mary Mullarkey? Even if you did, which is doubtful, you couldn’t attend, since the process is closed to the public and so…
Earlier today, Patricia Calhoun told you about American Constitution Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo choosing former state rep Pat Miller as his running mate. How does previously announced lieutenant guv hopeful Doug “Dayhorse” Campbell feel about that? Very good, thank you…
With the deadline for printing Colorado’s ballot fast approaching, Tom Tancredo will have to move fast if he wants to replace Doug “Dayhorse” Campbell, the American Constitution Party lieutenant governor candidate he inherited when he took the top spot. The name of conservative columnist Michelle Malkin stirred interest — and…
On Thursday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that it plans to transform the 1885 Emerson School in the Capitol Hill neighborhood into a model for greening historical buildings…
Republican gubernatorial “nominee” Dan Maes brought a lot of attention to Denver’s B-cycle bike-sharing program earlier this month when he theorized that the program was really some sort of hidden propaganda for a secretive United Nations plot. (“This is bigger than it looks on the surface!”)…
In addition to taking the primary election away from his Republican challenger, gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes would be wise to grab on to the remaining “Scott McInnis for Governor” billboards that are still up around town and reuse them for a cost-efficient campaign. The cornball message of the Scott McInnis…
The first segment of a massive reconstruction project along the South Broadway Corridor was officially completed today, a four-block stretch from Arizona to Iowa avenues. Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, city council president Chris Nevitt and Denver Department of Public Works manager Bill Vidal were there, as was Westword photographer Johnny…
Now that Dan Maes has rejected Tom Tancredo’s final offer that they both withdraw and let the Republican Party pick a new gubernatorial candidate, the race is really on — and Tancredo has confirmed that he may be looking for a new running mate. The most intriguing name to surface?…
Earlier today, we told you that Dan Maes had rejected a suggestion from Tom Tancredo that both of them drop out of the governor’s race to allow the state GOP to choose a fresh candidate. Tancredo says this offer shouldn’t be interpreted as proof he’s not wholly committed to beating…
At this writing, a delegation of Colorado lawmakers, including Representative Kent Lambert, is in Arizona to discuss how best to launch a version of the state’s controversial immigration law here. To Julie Gonzales, political coordinator for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, this quest is understandable but wrongheaded in the extreme…
Tom Tancredo’s latest suggestion for Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes: If Maes drops out of the race, Tancredo will, too, allowing the state GOP to choose a new candidate more likely to beat Democratic pick John Hickenlooper in November. To paraphrase Maes’s response: Fat chance…
At a press conference today, Dan Maes announced Tambor Williams as his lieutenant governor choice — and according to Westword’s Johnny Molfetta, who attended the event and took the photos here and below, the tone was much more somber than at John Hickenlooper’s introduction of running mate Joseph Garcia. While…
