Gale Norton

Delegating Denver #20 of 56: Kansas

Small World

Artist's vision has a global spectrum

Ken Salazar wants windmills in the ocean, but first he'll have to save the Interior Department

Artist's vision has a global spectrum

Environmental group rips Obama's choice of Ken Salazar as Interior Secretary

Local coverage of Barack Obama's selection of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as the next Secretary of the Interior has mostly been rah-rah, sis-boom-bah. Take the Denver Post editorial "Salazar a Wise Choice for West, Nation." But as noted in a National Public Radio story, assorted environmental gro ... More >>

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May Day, May Day...

New York Times worried by Ken Salazar's niceness

If you, like me, stepped out of the media bubble over the holidays, you may well have missed a curious New York Times editorial about Obama-cabinet-bound Colorado senator Ken Salazar, published under an unusual headline: "Is Ken Salazar Too Nice?" Too bad the answers provided by the piece aren't ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 18, 2001

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 25, 2001

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Spin city

Best Appearance by a Coloradan in a Comic Strip

Gale Norton

Best Launching Pad for Cabinet Positions

Brownstein, Hyatt & Farber

The resurrection of Tom Strickland

The knock on Tom Strickland, during his two unsuccessful runs for the Senate, was that he was a (shudder) "lobbyist-lawyer." Not as appealing, it turned out, as folksy horse-vet Wayne Allard, whose basic charm seemed to be an almost complete absence of anything that might be described as a fres ... More >>

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The day the music died

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 21, 2005

Smear Campaign

A candidate for state attorney general gets off to a messy start.

Scene and Herd

Building the future of the Stock Show.

Loved to Death

Besieged by crowds and Front Range pollution, Colorado's premier national park is a vanishing wilderness.

Grazin' Hell

Bush put former industry lobbyists in charge of public lands. Now a deal with a Wyoming rancher has the stewards running for cover.

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The Santa Clause

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Bean and nothingness

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Clothes call

The Young Man and the Lake

In search of the pike that got away.

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Talk hard

Year in Review

2001? What 2001?

Bang for the Bucks

How did Denver turn the city's reporters into publicists? By blowing stuff up.

The Basement Tapes

For Linda Chavez, the devil was in the details.

Blowing Smoke

Think Colorado's courts are overstuffed? So sue me.

Doing a Slow Burn

The Colorado AG grabs a hot potato in the state's tobacco lawsuit--and hopes she won't get scorched by the legislature.

The Marlboro Woman

The AG's campaign fund is nicotine-stained--and critics say she's dragging her feet on tobacco suits.

Roll On, Columbia

The nation's largest for-profit hospital chain is out to flatten its Denver competition. It's already reshaped the world of local health care.

The AG's No. 1 Problem

A gender-changing lawyer in Gale Norton's office causes a bathroom stink.

Give Until It Hurts

The story of Gale Norton's last-minute return of campaign contributions from Lloyd's of London investors.

Letters

The story of Gale Norton's last-minute return of campaign contributions from Lloyd's of London investors.

Shelling Out

Tom Strickland's coffers bulge with funds from his law partners and their clients.

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Tom Strickland's coffers bulge with funds from his law partners and their clients.

Prize and Prejudice

The state wants to study "disparity" in awarding contracts to minority- and female-owned businesses.

CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF'95 YEAR IN REVIEW PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR AIR-SICKNESS BAG AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE--1995 IS OVER.

The state wants to study "disparity" in awarding contracts to minority- and female-owned businesses.

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The state wants to study "disparity" in awarding contracts to minority- and female-owned businesses.

NAMELESS BEHAVIOR

A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS OF A NURSING-HOME INVESTIGATION TRIGGERS A CHAIN REDACTION.

MR. CLEAN

A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS OF A NURSING-HOME INVESTIGATION TRIGGERS A CHAIN REDACTION.

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A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS OF A NURSING-HOME INVESTIGATION TRIGGERS A CHAIN REDACTION.

LETTERS

A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS OF A NURSING-HOME INVESTIGATION TRIGGERS A CHAIN REDACTION.

AGAINST THE WIND

CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, GALE NORTON'S QUEST FOR THE SENATE WILL BE ANYTHING BUT A BREEZE.

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CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, GALE NORTON'S QUEST FOR THE SENATE WILL BE ANYTHING BUT A BREEZE.

A STAR IS INCARCERATED

INMATES ARE RILED OVER THEIR UNWILLING ROLES IN A POLITICAL TV AD.

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INMATES ARE RILED OVER THEIR UNWILLING ROLES IN A POLITICAL TV AD.

Ken Salazar names new chief for scandal-plagued MMS

As we reported several moons ago in a Westword feature entitled "The Zen of Ken," one of Ken Salazar's first official acts as Secretary of the Interior was to visit the Lakewood office of the Minerals Management Service and vow to clean up the place. The obscure but vital agency, which collects bi ... More >>

Scott McInnis (kind of) tops Colorado Ethics Watch's top five ethics scandals of 2009 list

"Hey, my hands are clean!"​Last year, ethics in Colorado improved by 50 percent -- at least judging by Colorado Ethics Watch's list of the year's top ethical standards. After all, the 2008 edition was ten items long, but the 2009 sports just five. "We realized it had been a slow year," says ne ... More >>

Denver Broncos on Denver Blogs: Is Pat Bowlen thinking about selling the team -- maybe to Stan Kroenke?

"I'm sick of talking about Josh McDaniels and Brandon Marshall. Can you blame me?"​Here are three things bloggers are writing about Denver stuff today. Ian Henson at Bronco Talk shares a report that the Broncos might be for sale, with Stan Kroenke potentially an interested party. Maybe Pat Bo ... More >>

Tom Strickland exits Interior, chased by big bucks

Tom Strickland.​The news that "lobbyist lawyer" Tom Strickland, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's chief of staff for a hectic two years, is now taking a job with British Petroleum's law firm in its battles with his former boss over the Deepwater Horizon mess made a big splash in the Denver Post ... More >>