In January, we introduced you to Matt Arnold of ClearTheBenchColorado.org, who thinks four of the state’s Supreme Court justices shouldn’t be retained because of the way they’ve twisted the spirit of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, better known as the TABOR amendment. Our headline begins: “Throw the Bums Off the…
Gather ’round, kids, and read these three Denver blogs. Over at Bronco Talk, Mr. East wonders whose Pro Bowl vote is it anyhow? Along the way, he writes, “One could even argue that Kyle Orton deserves a go instead” of David Garrard, who made the cut. For the first half…
Back in December, Scott McInnis took fire for an appearance on Fox News that portrayed him as the choice of tea party groups in the state — an assertion excused away by McInnis’s camp even as it was disputed by Lesley Hollywood, spokeswoman for the Tea Party of Northern Colorado…
In the second day and final day of a hearing before a federal administrative judge (read day one coverage here), Cory Voorhis, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was fired for leaking information from restricted databases to Bob Beauprez’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign, says he sought to expose “potentially illegal”…
Cory Voorhis, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was fired for leaking information from a restricted database to Republican Bob Beauprez’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign, began making his case to get his job back before a federal administrative judge Wednesday. The Denver hearing encapsulated the dramatic twists and embarrassing turns…
Like sands through the hourglass, so go the blogs of Denver. Colin at South Stands Denver sifts through the various rumored destinations for Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall, including St. Louis, Cincinnati, Dallas and New England — but not a penitentiary. Hey, he’s been on his best behavior lately! Colorado Pols…
As President Barack Obama prepares to make his first State of the Union address tonight, the promise of a health-care bill actually earning passage looks pretty sick thanks to the election of Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown — a man who Colorado candidates Scott McInnis and Jane Norton desperately wish to…
Update, 3:45 p.m.: Ward Churchill has responded to the use of his name and image in Tom Lucero’s campaign commercial — and Lucero’s camp has responded to the response. Get fresh info below the original item. Former CU regent Tom Lucero is running for Congress — and in his first…
Colorado Republican Party chieftain Dick Wadhams is a guy who loves getting under the skin of his opponents, as in this interview, when he gleefully danced on Bill Ritter’s political grave. As such, he should take it as a compliment that a new (and thoroughly unofficial) pro-John Hickenlooper video, on…
That tea party trouble gubernatorial frontrunner Scott McInnis experienced back in December is getting some national exposure, courtesy of the New York Times. “Republicans Strain to Ride Tea Party Tiger” prominently features Lesley Hollywood, who asserted in this December 9 blog that McInnis was late to the tea party despite…
It’s the first Denver Blogs roundup of the week! In a mock-draft post, Mile High Report’s Sayre Bedinger says it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that Tony Scheffler, Peyton Hillis, Chris Kuper and Elvis Dumervil could join Brandon Marshall on the train out of Broncos-ville. Please tell us you’re…
Update, 9:10 a.m.: Appeared on Peter Boyles’ morning show moments ago — and he told me some viewers thought the photo of me in the video above was actually “the Romanian” who allegedly threatened Governor Bill Ritter’s life. For the record, I’m Italian and am too much of a pussycat…
It took the better part of a week, but Matt Arnold, the man behind ClearTheBenchColorado.org, has finally gotten the Denver Post to blink. On Tuesday, the paper published, “AG Suthers May Not Back 3 on State Supreme Court,” citing comments Colorado’s attorney general made about not supporting the retention of…
Yesterday, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially gave corporations and unions carte blanche to spend as much as they’d like on campaigns, and to do so directly. Because the ruling conflicts with a voter-passed 2002 Colorado amendment, which prohibited such entities from using revenues for campaign purposes,…
Recent Denver Post stories about increasing inmate violence at some state prisons have arrived just in time for the annual budget battle between lawmakers and the Colorado Department of Corrections — a nice bit of timing that should be regarded with a certain wariness. The DOC would like to open…
Howard Dean, the former emphatic Democratic Committee Chairman, and ex-Bush administration mastermind Karl Rove are set to go head-to-head next month on the CU Boulder campus. And considering that the two rest on opposite ends of the political spectrum, their faceoff promises to be quite the show. Dean, the former…
There are lots of blogs about Denver. But here are three good ones. Sayre Bedinger at Mile High Report wonders if keeping Brandon Marshall and trading for Anquan Boldin is a viable option for the Broncos. Probably not — but it sure as hell would be sweet. Colorado Pols asks:…
Last month, we told you about Golden mayor Jacob Smith’s opposition to the Jefferson Parkway, a project he described as a “weird, disconnected road to nowhere.” Nonetheless, the Denver Regional Council of Governments, popularly known as DRCOG, officially made the parkway part of its long-range transportation plan at a meeting…
Last Friday, Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano granted temporary protected status to undocumented Haitians living in the United States — a move that deep-sixes deportations to the country, allowing individuals to stay here up to eighteen months. Approximately 200,000 Haitians are expected to submit TPS applications. Given that Haiti has…
Local blogging that will open your eyes. Mile High Report’s John Bena shares Mel Kiper’s prediction about the Broncos’ first-round draft pick this year: Dez Bryant, a big-play receiver from Oklahoma State — presumably a replacement for Brandon Marshall. Who will probably go. Or stay. Or go… The Wash Park…
Yesterday, the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara was among the driving forces behind a large gathering at the state capitol in favor of opting out of any federal health care plan, either via legislation or a ballot measure. Then, that evening, Republican Scott Brown was elected to Ted Kennedy’s old Senate…
Lucky Michael Huttner. On the anniversary of Barack Obama’s inauguration, the ProgressNow Colorado frontman planned to promote 50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America, a book he co-wrote with Jason Salzman — and instead, he’s forced to talk about why Republican Scott Brown just won a Massachusetts Senate seat…
