Chris Romer

Chris Romer: Could big dog have transformed into underdog to win Denver mayor's race?

Chris Romer.​Can the big dog ever win a mayoral election in Denver? Since 1983, the victor has always been an underdog, someone who barely registered a blip on the radar five months before the first round of voting. Chris Romer was definitely the big dog in this mayor's race, and he wound up ... More >>

Chris Romer campaign thinks mayor's race vs. Michael Hancock closer than polls suggest

Chris Romer.​It's election day for mayoral candidates Michael Hancock and Chris Romer. But even though a recent Survey USA poll showed Hancock with a 10 percent lead, Romer spokesperson Laura Chapin thinks the actual race is "a lot closer. Remember, this is the same pollster that found Andrew ... More >>

Crisanta Duran donated to Michael Hancock before she endorsed Chris Romer

Crisanta Duran.​Turns out that Tom Tancredo was not the only Michael Hancock supporter to start shouting "Viva Romer." State representative Crisanta Duran gave $100 to the Hancock campaign, a donation recorded on May 10 -- the day before she endorsed Chris Romer and became deputy manager of h ... More >>

Kayakers vs. tubers at Clear Creek Whitewater Park: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

​ For most Coloradans, the term "spring runoff" has nothing to do with Denver mayoral candidates Michael Hancock and Chris Romer and everything to do with the whitewater competition between tubers and kayakers. The fiercest fight for foam is often found at the Clear Creek Whitewater Park in Go ... More >>

Chris Romer: The 527 pushing him in mayor's race hasn't evolved from dirty dinosaur tactics

​The end of the endless Denver mayor's race is just a week away, and no matter how Chris Romer or Michael Hancock may feel about creationism, there's little evidence that this campaign has evolved. A Romer-supporting 527 is still wallowing in the mud.

The Denver mayoral race turns into a tempest in a Tea Party pot

Michael Hancock and Chris Romer: Send these candidates to the showers!

Hick all wet.​My official ballot for the City and County of Denver's municipal run-off election was shoved through my mail chute yesterday and I picked it up gingerly, wondering if the slime would come off on my hand. Increasingly, this campaign has made me long for a John Hickenlooper-like no ... More >>

Chris Romer pulling his negative ad; now he should just say "no"

​The Chris Romer campaign is finally pulling that ubiquitous ad attacking Michael Hancock for voting for a city council pay raise. Pundits are guessing that criticism from Governor John Hickenlooper, name-checked in the commercial, inspired the move; the Romer campaign is saying that the ad ha ... More >>

Mayoral debate: Chris Romer ruffles feathers, Michael Hancock plucks a few

Update, 8:52 a.m. Friday: Laura Chapin, Romer's campaign spokeswoman, sent over a very short video clip from the debate regarding Hancock and creationism. See it at the bottom of this post. ____________________________________ ​"You're the fun cousins," radio host Dan Caplis told the Denver Re ... More >>

Chris Romer leads round one of mayor's race, begins "Good morning, Denver" tour

Chris Romer.​If you hurry, you can start your day with a helping of Chris Romer. The man who led the voting after the first round of the Denver mayor's race yesterday will be at Market Street Station at 7:30 a.m. -- the first stop in what he's calling his "Good morning, Denver" tour. And at 11 ... More >>

Chris Romer is the Lady Gaga of the mayor's race: Kenny Be's Speed Candidating

​ Ballots for the 2011 General Municipal Election are due on May 3, 2011. With less than a week left to vote and nine candidates running for Denver mayor, voters will need to keep a "cheat sheet" handy. My Speed Candidating profiles cut through the political song-and-dance to find the mayoral ... More >>

Chris Romer: Why is he not accepting campaign donations from medical marijuana businesses?

Chris Romer.​Yesterday, Denver Post-endorsed mayoral candidate Chris Romer debuted a new ad during an event at Cake Crumbs Bakery. It portrays him as fighting for a small business against red tape; see it below. However, Romer has decided not to take donations from folks in another type of bi ... More >>

Chris Romer wins Denver Post mayoral endorsement -- but does that mean anything?

Chris Romer.​Yesterday, the Denver Post officially endorsed former Senator Chris Romer in the Denver mayor's race, calling him a "dynamo of ideas" who would bring "the critical eye of an outsider" to the gig, since he's never worked for the city. But in today's shifting media environment, doe ... More >>

Cribs: Candidate Edition puts you in da house with Denver's would-be mayors (VIDEO)

Chris Romer​MTV Cribs is a guilty pleasure for a lot of people, but spoofs of the show -- which typically features the rockin' homes of mega-pimpin' athletes, movie stars and rappers -- can be even funnier. A couple of weeks, ago, The Daily Show did its Cribs: Teachers Edition, an offshoot of ... More >>

Medical marijuana: 2,000 patient aps to be nixed under health board MMJ doc compromise

​Update: Last November, we reported that nearly 2,000 medical marijuana patient recommendations had been rejected over a change in the definition of doctors okayed for this task. After an uproar, around 1,300 were temporarily reinstated pending formal action by the state board of health. That ... More >>

Dancing with the stars of Denver Mayor's race: Kenny Be's Fotochop Friday

Click on image to enlarge.​ The antiquated mayoral forum is a terrible framework to learn about the unique talents of Denver's current 16 candidates. Michael Forrester, Doug Linkhart, James Mejia and Nancy Spahn prove that the ballroom dance competition would be a far more captivating way to i ... More >>

Colorado Senator Chris Romer keeps pushing his Denver Cupcake Truck petition

​Colorado Senator Chris Romer, who's making a run for mayor now that Hick is the new guv, seems to be making cupcakes -- notably those from the Denver Cupcake Trucks -- one of his top priorities. Last week, we reported that Romer had splashed his official website with a plea to sign a petition ... More >>

Reader: Chris Romer deserves to be Shmuck of the Decade

Chris Romer, the readers' shmuck​Where there's smoke, there's ire! Last year at this time, state senator Chris Romer was gearing up to push a measure through the Colorado Legislature that would get Colorado's booming medical marijuana industry under control -- and as thanks, our readers have j ... More >>

Top 25 marijuana stories in Colorado in 2010: The year in weed

​It's been a momentous year for marijuana in Colorado: landmark legislation, turf wars, huge profits, shocking arrests, enormous celebrations and more. Below, we've compiled links to and excerpts from 25 of the biggest weed stories to take place in the state during 2010. Page through and brea ... More >>

Chris Romer: A Denver mayor's race profile

Chris Romer.​With John Hickenlooper having been elected Colorado's governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor next year, and the race promises to be wide open. To introduce you to the players, we're offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Chris Romer. "I'm going to win this rac ... More >>

Chris Romer on medical marijuana residency rules, blocking felons and keeping prices down

Chris Romer.​Senator Chris Romer played an enormous role in Colorado's groundbreaking medical marijuana legislation. With the August 1 deadline for dispensary owners for file applications just days away, he feels pride in what the laws have already accomplished even as he's attempting to clear ... More >>

Chris Romer's long, strange trip ends with passage of HB 1284

​Chris Romer's "long, strange trip" is almost over. The state senator who last fall decided to take on the task of shepherding legislation through the Statehouse that defines and regulates this state's booming medical marijuana industry saw House Bill 1284 pass the Senate yesterday, 26-9, with ... More >>

Pot proposal HB 1284 passes the Senate

Chris Romer​ "What a long, strange trip it's been," state senator Chris Romer said earlier this week, as he contemplated the full Senate hearing of House Bill 1284, which will formalize the medical marijuana dispensary system in this state. And after a few detours to add more amendments, the ... More >>

Medical marijuana amendments from Chris Romer and others keep coming as bill reaches senate floor

It's a big day for Chris Romer.​Yesterday, we told you about another batch of eleventh-hour amendments to HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory bill, by co-sponsoring Senator Chris Romer, who'd previously suggested banning 21-year olds from dispensaries, among other things. The bill is sl ... More >>

Chris Romer proposes even more eleventh hour amendments to medical marijuana bill

For Chris Romer, change is good.​Yesterday, a last-ditch effort by Republican lawmakers to derail HB 1284, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, by pushing MMJ questions to the November ballot failed. That means the legislation is expected to reach the senate floor this week -- ye ... More >>

Medical marijuana hearing sets up fight on the senate floor

Matt Brown sees more weed battles looming.​Yesterday morning, we previewed a senate committee hearing on House Bill 1284, which is intended to regulate the medical marijuana industry, with Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente maintaining that he's ready to push a ballot initiative if the final re ... More >>

Chris Romer wants to ban 21-year-olds from MMJ dispensaries, calls for license fees of up to $35,000

Chris Romer isn't done making changes.​As noted in a just-published blog, House Bill 1284, which aims to regulate the medical marijuana industry, will be the focus of a senate committee hearing at 2 p.m. tomorrow. During the get-together, the public will have a chance to comment on numerous al ... More >>

Chris Romer dance remix of "auditors with guns" comment to medical marijuana advocates

In a blog published earlier today about changes in a major MMJ bill, Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation's Matt Brown called Senator Chris Romer "the last big bogey factor we have to plan for and work with" due to recent comments that "seem designed to get us worked up." They include statem ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Chris Romer wants to raise the age for MMJ patients requiring two doctor recommendations to 23

Chris Romer's adding a couple of years to his proposal.​Senator Chris Romer is the sponsor of Senate Bill 109, a measure that aims to clarify the relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients. It was approved by the Senate in February. Last week, however, Romer admitted to being ... More >>

Rob Corry says Chris Romer's proposal for medical marijuana patients under 21 is a lawsuit waiting to happen

Rob Corry isn't buying Chris Romer's arguments.​On Monday, Senator Chris Romer argued in favor of requiring those under 21 to do more in order to qualify for a medical marijuana card than those over that age -- and he also predicted that there'd be a backlash and a potential dispensary ban if ... More >>

Chris Romer: If medical marijuana bill he co-sponsored becomes law in its latest form, "I think there's going to be a huge backlash"

Chris Romer doesn't like how the medical marijuana regulatory bill has mutated.​Senator Chris Romer feels that many of those under age 21 who have medical marijuana cards obtained these licenses to toke under dubious circumstances -- and he wants to make it harder for them to do so in the futu ... More >>

Pot power players Who's Who in Colorado: The pro-marijuana team

​Keeping track of all the individuals and organizations duking it out on the front lines of the state's medical-marijuana debate is trickier than picking through the med strains at your corner dispensary. To help weed through the chaos, we've created this guide to the state's top marijuana pow ... More >>

Chris Romer's medical marijuana ride-along -- complete with a dispensary robbery

Senator Chris Romer got a look at how the other half medicate.​At around 9 p.m. on Friday night, a former member of the military who uses medical marijuana to deal with pain from a back injury, stopped at the 24/7 Health Care Center, at 3535 Walnut Street. Upon his arrival, he saw an unmarked ... More >>

Tom Massey, Chris Romer tout latest medical marijuana bill (again) while activists freak out (again)

State Senator Chris Romer was not expecting to fly solo.​State Senator Chris Romer (D-Buzz Kill Central) and Representative Tom Massey (R-Hiding in the Capitol Somewhere) teamed up today to introduce the latest attempt to reign in Colorado's medical marijuana industry, a bill the lawmakers say ... More >>

Patient-physician relationship goes to pot

​"I don't think any of us who were here a year ago thought we would be here debating a new industry in our state, but the truth is, it's here," said state senator Chris Romer, after his much-pared down medical marijuana bill was passed by the full Colorado Senate yesterday. "It has been like t ... More >>

Medical marijuana bill about doctor-patient relationship: "There's really very little in it," says advocate Matt Brown

Matt Brown isn't hitting the panic button.​Update, 1:10 p.m., February 1: The Colorado Senate has approved Senator Chris Romer's medical marijuana bill regarding the doctor-patient relationship 34-1. Read Matt Brown's take on the measure below: Like many other prominent figures in the medical ... More >>

The pot battle begins at the state legislature: Senator Chris Romer's bill moves to the senate floor

Senator Chris Romer​The great Colorado debate over medical marijuana finally reached the gold dome of the State Capitol on Wednesday when Democratic Senator Chris Romer introduced the first of two proposed bills dealing with the issue. More than 150 people, including a large number of disable ... More >>

Read the latest amendments to Senator Chris Romer's bill about relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients

Senator Chris Romer's still tinkering with his latest medical marijuana bill.​Senator Chris Romer withdrew his initial bill to regulate the state's medical marijuana industry in favor of one with a narrower focus -- specifically the relationship between doctors and MM patients. Yesterday, atto ... More >>

Rob Corry rips apart another Senator Chris Romer bill -- this one about relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients

Rob Corry has his red pencil out again.​Earlier this month, we told you about medical marijuana attorney Rob Corry's shredding of Senator Chris Romer's draft bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry -- an action that predated Romer's decision to withdraw the legislation. Since then, Re ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Colorado Legislature goes to pot

​The Colorado Legislature officially went to pot yesterday, when Senator Chris Romer finally introduced what remains of his medical-marijuana proposal: Senate Bill 109, which would put a strict lid on the relationship between a doctor and a would-be medical marijuana patient. The Colorado hea ... More >>

Medical marijuana advocate praises Denver City Council regulations -- sort of

Matt Brown must be smoking something different from those other medical marijuana advocates.​Most medical marijuana backers are up in arms about the weed rules passed by Denver City Council last night -- including attorney Rob Corry, who says he may form a coalition to sue over the regulations ... More >>

Senator Chris Romer to medical marijuana community: "There's nothing so keen to focus the mind as a bullet fired near your head"

Chris Romer thinks that if members of the medical marijuana community doesn't compromise, law enforcement will have its way with them.​Senator Chris Romer has been working on medical marijuana legislation for many weeks -- and he's clearly grown frustrated with the chore. On Saturday, he publi ... More >>

Cannabis Therapy Institute calls Senator Chris Romer "wolf in sheep's clothing"

Photo by Robert FisherCTI doesn't think closing half of all dispensaries will help patients.​After Senator Chris Romer announced that he would be withdrawing most of a proposed bill aimed at regulating the medical marijuana industry, the Cannabis Therapy Institute, a prominent pro-marijuana or ... More >>

Rob Corry threatens Denver City Council with lawsuits over medical marijuana ordinance

A spoof ad showing Rob Corry as a "scorced earth warrior" for medical marijuana.​On Friday, we shared with you a letter by attorney Rob Corry shredding Senator Chris Romer's latest draft of a measure to regulate the medical marijuana industry. Shortly thereafter, Romer backed away from the bil ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Chris Romer's latest pot proposal

​State senator Chris Romer has released the latest draft of his proposal to regulate the state's medical marijuana industry, which will be introduced after the legislation convenes on January 13. You can read the current draft of Romer's bill here. He's trimmed close to thirty pages from the ... More >>

Senator Chris Romer to stage medical marijuana teleforum tonight

Chris Romer wants to hear from you about medical marijuana -- sort of.​Senator Chris Romer, who's authored proposed legislation to regulate medical marijuana in Colorado, demonstrated his willingness to listen to all stakeholders impacted by the issue by attending this past weekend's Cannabis ... More >>

Senator Chris Romer at the marijuana fair: F-bombs mixed with kindness

Senator Chris Romer visited the lion's den on Sunday -- if the lion's den was full of weed advocates, that is.​Senator Chris Romer, who's authored proposed legislation to regulate medical marijuana in Colorado, is a contentious figure in debate about the issue. He believes many younger people ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Senator Chris Romer submits a bill for pot!

​State senator Chris Romer could have used some medical marijuana last night, to soothe the headache of dealing with all of yesterday's complaints over his just-released, 63-page bill to regulate the industry. Among its provisions: creating a state licensing authority to handle licenses for bo ... More >>

Colorado politicos have all gone to pot!

Senator Chris Romer's medical-marijuana ideas put many dispensaries -- and younger patients -- in the crosshairs

Senator Chris Romer's gone to pot as an issue -- and medical-marijuana boosters don't like all his ideas.​Earlier today, we told you about a Boulder Daily Camera article in which Senator Chris Romer predicted that half the dispensaries in the state would go out of business if some of the ideas ... More >>