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Bill Ritter

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Abstinence pays off for Joneen Mackenzie and the Center for Relationship Education

    ​The February 26 Denver Post featured a lengthy article on Joneen Mackenzie and how she became a crusader for abstinence education -- a crusade she leads through her Center for Relationship Education, which is funded by a pair of grants, including one approved by the Colorado Board of Educatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    The luckiest political campaign office in Colorado is becoming a fitness center

    ​Campaigners are getting serious about the next election, but would-be candidates missed a golden opportunity in the Golden Triangle when they failed to lease the space at 1100 Bannock Street most recently occupied by the Michael Hancock campaign.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Michael Hancock, Denver's new mayor, had a good campaign -- and a lucky office

    ​Michael Hancock wasn't the only big winner last night. His campaign headquarters at 1100 Bannock Street just scored another major victory. This could be the luckiest address in town, a golden spot in the Golden Triangle.

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Curious Theatre announces this year's crop of celebrities for Denver Stories

    Otis Taylor may or may not be one of them.​In its five years of existence so far, the Curious Theatre Company has lured some pretty prodigious figures into its annual Denver Stories production, where it pairs local celebrities with playwrights and has them produce autobiographical short plays; ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Bill Ritter announces new home for moon rock: Colorado School of Mines' Museum of Geology

    Bill Ritter.​Yesterday, Governor Bill Ritter and Colorado School of Mines President Bill Scoggins revealed the new permanent location for Colorado's "Goodwill" moon rock. From now on, you'll be able to find the once lost and recently found rock at the School of Mines' Museum of Geology.

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    Death Knell: Colorado wants reforms for its child-welfare system, but the biggest change is off the table

    Bill Ritter.​Yesterday, Governor Bill Ritter and Colorado School of Mines President Bill Scoggins revealed the new permanent location for Colorado's "Goodwill" moon rock. From now on, you'll be able to find the once lost and recently found rock at the School of Mines' Museum of Geology.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Medical marijuana laws will kill 40 percent of dispensaries, Brian Vicente predicts

    Brian Vicente.​Yesterday, with as little fanfare as possible, Governor Bill Ritter signed two bills, HB 1284 and SB 109, designed to regulate Colorado's medical marijuana industry. MMJ advocates like Matt Brown hail the legislation. But Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente sees them as flawed l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Bill Ritter's withdrawal means Dems lose a little momentum, says party boss Pat Waak

    Pat Waak.​Surprise: Colorado Democratic Party chair Pat Waak's take on Governor Bill Ritter's decision not to run for reelection is considerably different from the one offered earlier today by her Republican counterpart, Dick Wadhams. But she does concede that the out-of-the-blue declaration t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Does Chief Gerry Whitman's letter to Dick Wadhams help Stephanie Villafuerte?

    Stephanie Villafuerte's U.S. Attorney nomination just keeps getting more complicated.​The nomination of Stephanie Villafuerte as U.S. Attorney wasn't supposed to have been this complicated. But in recent weeks, implications that she may have improperly participated in accessing a criminal data ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Jon Caldara doesn't like being ignored, Mr. Ritter

    Jon Caldara makes his feelings known.​Late Thursday afternoon, the Independence Institute, a right-leaning think tank, published an article revealing that only one of Governor Bill Ritter's cabinet members had filed a conflict-of-interest report despite an executive order requiring that everyo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Shmuck of the Week: Josh Penry

    ​This week's shmuck is state Senate minority leader Josh Penry of Grand Junction. He's also gunning for Bill Ritter's Governor job, and the short version of the past few weeks' convoluted saga of schmuckitude is that Penry cares a lot more about his political future than his constituents. (Whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Same old song

    Governor Bill Ritter took a break from his budget-busting business last week to pop by the Paramount Theater, where he presented Loretta Lynn with a plaque commemorating her induction into the Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame. The Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame? Yeah, I hadn't heard of i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Naming names for U.S. attorney

    Right before he headed into his lovefest/confirmation hearing for the Secretary of the Interior post, still-Senator Ken Salazar and new Senator Mark Udall sent President-elect Barack Obama the names of three candidates for U.S. attorney, since that post generally goes with the winning party, and Rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Wake-Up Call: Building -- and budgeting -- for the future

    The holidays push most action off the public calendar this week. Tonight at 5:30 p.m., Denver City Council will start the process of stuffing someone's stocking with coal: Over the next few weeks, councilmembers will decide whether to grant landmark status to two, '60s-era Hornbein and Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Wake-Up Call: Ritter's vote is in for Colorado Secretary of State

    At 9:30 a.m. this morning, Governor Bill Ritter will announce Colorado's next secretary of state, the culmination of a six-week process that officially started on the night of November 4, when Mike Coffman was elected to replace Tom Tancredo in the sixth congressional district. Although Ritter had ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Building for the future: Who's next for 1100 Bannock?

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    Anti-abortion clamor at the Colorado capitol

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Another Denver Post anti-Ritter editorial that reads as if Dean Singleton wrote it

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Denver Post's Ritter affair fishing expedition goes nowhere

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    DNC Party Scene: Monday Night

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    Exploring terrorism at the CELL with Governor Ritter

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    Bill Ritter and Federico Peña: America's got talent?

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    Bill Ritter and Federico Peña: America's got talent?

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    The Obama Ticket Giveaway: What's the Word That Usually Goes With "Cluster"?

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    The Obama Ticket Giveaway: What's the Word That Usually Goes With "Cluster"?

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Governor Ritter for Vice President?

    For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

  • News

    July 3, 2008

    Frontier Cuts to the Core of Colorado

    Plane talk about the state's homegrown airline.

  • News

    July 3, 2008

    Green Machine

    Losing our cool over Colorado's Cool Biz.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Ritter Meets the Press

    Losing our cool over Colorado's Cool Biz.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    The Bill Ritter Meet the Press Transcript

    Losing our cool over Colorado's Cool Biz.

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Bill Ritter Meets the Press in the Post-Russert Era

    Losing our cool over Colorado's Cool Biz.

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Commercial Break

    Losing our cool over Colorado's Cool Biz.

  • News

    April 3, 2008

    Mayor Hickenlooper and Governor Ritter Inhaled!

    Putting the high back into the Mile High City.

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2008

    Pandering Over Parole at the Statehouse

    Putting the high back into the Mile High City.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2007

    The Roan Plateau: A Guide for the Perplexed

    Putting the high back into the Mile High City.

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    Possible Fallout From the Denver Post's Front-Page Editorial About Bill Ritter

    Putting the high back into the Mile High City.

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    The Post Takes Opinions Above the Fold

    For the first time since 2005, the Post's editorial board opines on the front page.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2007

    Bill Ritter Blasted in Page One Denver Post Editorial

    For the first time since 2005, the Post's editorial board opines on the front page.

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2007

    Sagebrush Bill: The Guv's a Rebel at Heart

    For the first time since 2005, the Post's editorial board opines on the front page.

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Mouthpiece

    Onetime Post city editor Evan Dreyer has gone from covering the news to helping make it, as Bill Ritter's communications director.

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2007

    First Lady Moving and Hauling

    Onetime Post city editor Evan Dreyer has gone from covering the news to helping make it, as Bill Ritter's communications director.

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2007

    Ice, Ice, Baby

    Onetime Post city editor Evan Dreyer has gone from covering the news to helping make it, as Bill Ritter's communications director.

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2007

    Ready, Aim, Fire

    Onetime Post city editor Evan Dreyer has gone from covering the news to helping make it, as Bill Ritter's communications director.

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2006

    All Aboard

    Onetime Post city editor Evan Dreyer has gone from covering the news to helping make it, as Bill Ritter's communications director.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2006

    The Cold, Hard Facts

    Onetime Post city editor Evan Dreyer has gone from covering the news to helping make it, as Bill Ritter's communications director.

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Forfeit Me Not

    The legislature redefines a public nuisance

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Jailbait

    Denver's entire law-enforcement community seems to think we need a bigger house. But a few holdouts say that first we need wiser law enforcement

  • News

    October 17, 1996

    Trial by Ire

    The candidates in the Denver's DA's race refuse to come to order.

  • News

    October 10, 1996

    Off Limits

    The candidates in the Denver's DA's race refuse to come to order.

  • News

    September 20, 1995

    BRUSH WITH THE LAW

    YOUNG DELINQUENTS CHURN OUT ARTWORK TO EARN MONEY FOR RESTITUTION.

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