Ken Salazar

Drilled, Baby, Drilled: The strange battle to keep Big Oil from cheating

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.

A now-vacant building proves to be a lucky location for politicians

​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.

The :30ish Film Festival, where every second counts: Start the clock!

​Denver blog posts can't be stopped! Denver Egotist touts the :30ish Film Festival, whose entries must be less than forty seconds. Take that, Titantic. The Colorado Independent's David O. Williams on Ken Salazar's bleak take on a snowpack report. Denver PR blog on Michael Hancock and the co ... More >>

Wild horse battle over Ken Salazar's disputed roundup plan comes to Boulder tonight

Flickr​Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's plan to reduce wild horse herds on public lands and relocate thousands of mustangs to preserves back East has triggered protests of roundups across the West -- over everything from the costs involved to the brutal conditions of the government "gat ... More >>

Rocky Mountain Arsenal's transition from Superfund site to wildlife refuge is complete

​Fifteen years after Shell Oil Company and the U.S. Army began a massive, $2.1 billion cleanup at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, one of the most contaminated Superfund sites in the United States, the Army is getting ready to hand over the last of its cleaned parcels to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv ... More >>

John Salazar or Ken Salazar? Not knowing the enemy wins group Shmuck of the Week honors

Which one are you?​Americans United for Life wants Colorado voters to know that U.S. Congressman John Salazar "voted for taxpayer-funded abortion in Nancy Pelosi's health-care bill." But the Washington, D.C.-based pro-life group isn't doing a very good job of spreading its message, at least o ... More >>

Mustang deaths trigger more calls to suspend BLM roundups

Elyse GardnerCopters and horses don't mix.​Last week, we noted that a fragile truce between the Bureau of Land Management and activists protesting the agency's roundups of wild horses was on the verge of blowing up, with lawsuits pending over a proposed "gather" in the midsummer heat of northe ... More >>

Ken Salazar: Did he blow the call on Utah energy leases?

Mike McKee.​Utah County Commissioner Mike McKee wants Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to release an internal report that concludes there was nothing improper about dozens of oil and gas leases in eastern Utah. Salazar canceled those leases in the early weeks of the Obama administration.

Ken Salazar: Frustration riding high over his wild horse plan

Photo by Craig DownerA mustang breaks free of a holding pen in Nevada.​While his department's handling of the oil-slick crisis in the Gulf continues to draw scathing criticism and political blowback, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has another ecological headache brewing out west over hi ... More >>

Ken Salazar finds oil spilling from Gulf into Colorado

​The Deepwater Horizon disaster keeps spilling into my inbox, more than 1,300 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, where there's "oil for miles and miles," Attorney General Eric Holder lamented yesterday in New Orleans. Denver is more than 1,300 miles from the Big Easy, but the disaster has spilled ... More >>

BP spill flow much worse than we estimated, says United States Geological Survey director

Marcia McNutt calls the spill a "significant environmental disaster." ​It's official: Even with the corrective measures British Petroleum is undertaking to try to contain the oil leak flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, the massive spill has been flowing at a rate two to four times greater than o ... More >>

Ken Salazar fumes, hair booms nixed: Gulf spill update

Department of the InteriorSituation hairy: The Deepwater Horizon rig, before it sank. ​As oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster begins to stain shorelines along the Gulf Coast, beauticians across the nation are learning that one of the more feel-good (and dubious) solutions proposed in recen ... More >>

Ken Salazar won't run for governor, endorses John Hickenlooper

Is this the next Democratic nominee for governor?​Update, 12:41 p.m.: John Hickenlooper has now released a statement regarding Ken Salazar's endorsement of him as a gubernatorial candidate. Read it below the original item. At least Ken Salazar didn't keep us guessing about his campaign intent ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Romanoff on the range

​"What's he doing in the Senate?" "Why, it's an honorary appointment. He's an honorary stooge." Frank Capra's classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was on TCM yesterday afternoon -- just the thing to warm up the set (and the sofa) before Jake Cutler returned to Mile High, particularly given a ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Sibling rivalry

Ken Salazar never lets his brother John pal around with him and his friends.​Links. Click them. And enjoy your weekend. The Salazar Bros. are not on the same page on climate change. Also, Johnny didn't clean his room, so why should Kenny have to? (5280) Is it me, or is this like a trail guid ... More >>

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 >>

Is meth fueling artifact thefts?

Meth addict, artifact thief -- or both? On June 10, Secretary of the Interior (and former Colorado senator) Ken Salazar announced the indictment and arrest of 24 individuals suspected of trafficking in illegally obtained artifacts in the Four Corners area. But who found these items in the first pla ... More >>

Denver Blogs: A welcome flip-flop

Will Kobe kill the Nuggets? Our daily perusal of local blogs. E-mail us more. A local blogger picks the Lakers, gets killed by his readers, flip-flops. That's the spirit! (Denver Stiffs) Natural gas: The "cleanest" fossil fuel? The industry would like you to think so. (Colorado Independent) Dis ... More >>

From the week of April 23, 2009

Will Kobe kill the Nuggets? Our daily perusal of local blogs. E-mail us more. A local blogger picks the Lakers, gets killed by his readers, flip-flops. That's the spirit! (Denver Stiffs) Natural gas: The "cleanest" fossil fuel? The industry would like you to think so. (Colorado Independent) Dis ... More >>

Letters from the week of April 9

Will Kobe kill the Nuggets? Our daily perusal of local blogs. E-mail us more. A local blogger picks the Lakers, gets killed by his readers, flip-flops. That's the spirit! (Denver Stiffs) Natural gas: The "cleanest" fossil fuel? The industry would like you to think so. (Colorado Independent) Dis ... More >>

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

Will Kobe kill the Nuggets? Our daily perusal of local blogs. E-mail us more. A local blogger picks the Lakers, gets killed by his readers, flip-flops. That's the spirit! (Denver Stiffs) Natural gas: The "cleanest" fossil fuel? The industry would like you to think so. (Colorado Independent) Dis ... More >>

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 >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 5 edition

Today in Cafe Society: • Twelverestaurant introduces its third menu. • Spice Boys to close shop, go all online. • A Milking It review of Blueberry Monster Crunch. Today in Backbeat Online: • A fresh start for Eric Eyl's Mile High Makeout. Today in The Latest Word: • The Rocky Mountain ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Countdown to a Senate nomination

At gatherings on New Year's Day, the talk was all about when Governor Bill Ritter will announce a new senator -- and, of course, just who his pick will be to replace Ken Salazar, Barack Obama's choice to head the Department of the Interior. Technically, there's no hurry; Salazar's confirmation hear ... More >>

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 >>

Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, December 15-21

While the Obama cabinet carousel -- Ritter! Salazar (Ken)! Salazar (John)! Michael Bennet! Salazar (Ken, again)! -- continues to go 'round, with a name thrown out each week (although now, with Ken Salazar back in the ring for Interior, we're on repeats) -- Colorado's top Dems will gather at t ... More >>

Denver Blogs: What a Salazar move east means to Colorado

The more we read local blogs, the more we want to start wearing giant hats. Send your worthy reads to joe.tone@westword.com.What happens if Mr. Salazar goes to Washington? (Colorado Pols)Colorado Republicans: The only debt-free group in America. (Colorado Independent)A typically unabashed Broncos ho ... More >>

Denver Blogs: What the hell is a Sportaccord? Who cares? We're hosting!

We went and harpooned us some links from local blogs, as we do every day. Send anything you spear to joe.tone@westword.com.No idea what the Sportaccord is, but some important people seem to think it's important. And Denver's hosting! (Denver Business Journal, via 5280).Ken Salazar was slightly disin ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Mr. Salazar goes to Washington?

Suddenly, all the political pundits are talking about a Salazar going to Washington. Not Ken Salazar, who'd apparently rather stay in his Senate seat than move to the Cabinet (but might be up for a future opening on the Supreme Court, where he'd be the first Latino justice) ... More >>

Denver Blogs: She's alive!

We're scouring the web for Denver-related stuff that blows our mind, or at least 15 seconds of our time. Send your tips via Frisbee.Well, at least we know Marilyn Musgrave is alive ... unless there's some Weekend of Bernie stuff going on in Georgia. (Colorado Pols and Channel 7)Mayor Hickenlooper co ... More >>

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 >>

So far, Obama's snubbed Colorado for his cabinet -- but why go for Napolitano?

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

Marilyn Musgrave and Ken Salazar: no longer bipartisan buddies

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

Ken Salazar: scintillating

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

Ken Salazar: scintillating

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

A Hot Summer on the Roan Plateau

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

This Day In Colorado Rockies History

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

Towering Imbroglio

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

Scout's Honor

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

More Messages: The Towers That Be

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

The Languishing Wilderness

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

Best Slip of the Tongue by a Colorado Politician

Pete Coors

The Message

Are You Positive?

Roll Call

Colorado's Senate wannabes vote from the heart and gut.

Quagmire Without End, Amen

Truth is the first casualty of war -- and Columbine.

Quagmire Without End, Amen

Truth is the first casualty of war -- and Columbine.

Minor Irritants

A declaration from independents.

Homeless for the Holidays

A declaration from independents.

Advice and Dissent

Does the city have to keep hiring the same big-bucks, well-connected lawyer as a consultant?