Subject: Mike Coffman

• Politicking on the Plateau

  August 22, 2007

• CBS Legal Eagle Andrew Cohen Takes on a Top Republican Fundraiser

  November 26, 2007

• Mike Coffman's clumsy handling of the New York Times voter purge story

  October 10, 2008

• Off Limits

  December 10, 1998

• Strange but True

  From the penthouse to the outhouse, the highs and lows of 2000.

  December 28, 2000

• Mike Coffman's latest misstep: a Pat Waak-bashing op-ed

  October 20, 2008

• "Block the Vote" co-author and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Palast on Colorado's troubled voting system

  October 29, 2008

• The Secretary of State's office disputes claims by "Block the Vote" co-author and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Palast

  October 29, 2008

• Mike Coffman's office blinks -- sort of -- in disenfranchised voters lawsuit

  October 30, 2008

• Gag me with a ballot

  October 31, 2008

• Glory be! I heard a Hank Eng ad!

  November 4, 2008

• Shmuck: Mike Coffman

  November 7, 2008

• TV host Aaron Harber on why he should be Colorado's next Secretary of State

  Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodriguez, the chairwoman of the Election Assistance Commission, Representative Bernie Buescher, a Grand Junctionite who was just defeated in a re-election bid, and more. However, there are some surprising

  November 19, 2008

• Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, November 24-30

  It's the economy, stupid. While chairmen of the Big Three auto-makers jetted by private plane to Washington, D.C., looking for a handout last week, hundreds of out-of-work Coloradans lined up before each prospective employer at job fairs across the state last Thursday. And on Saturday, 40,000 people descended on a Weld County field to glean the last of a harvest. Which all explains why Colorado Senate President Peter Groff and Speaker-designee Terrance Carroll aren't waiting for the next legisl

  November 24, 2008

• TV host Aaron Harber's application to become Colorado's Secretary of State

  In last week's blog "TV host Aaron Harber on Why He Should Be Colorado's Next Secretary of State," Aaron Harber, host of Channel 12's Aaron Harber Show, offered his rationale for why he should succeed Mike Coffman in the aforementioned office. Now, to underline his dedication to transparency and full disclosure, he's provided his application and the accompanying documentation he shipped to the selection committee. Click on the highlighted links to read his application cover letter, his applicat

  November 25, 2008

• Bliss is getting excused from jury duty online

  Oh, the wonders of that balky contraption Al Gore invented, the Internet. It's only taken fifteen years or so, but government agencies are finally figuring out how to make their cyber presence a little more useful. While certain state websites continue to suck glistening giblets -- we won't mention any names, will we, soon-to-be-outta-there Secretary of State Mike Coffman? -- at least some folks in the judicial branch seem to have their act together. When I received my biannual summons to jury

  November 28, 2008

• 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 the Governor's Office to help make Obama's win official, as the state's nine presidential electors cast their ballots. Then it's back to business -- or the lack thereof, which will become more co

  December 15, 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 the power to pick Coffman's replacement at any time (and a good candidate: term-limited legislator and runner-up to Coffman for the secretary of state seat in 2006), he instead established a task forc

  December 19, 2008

• Wake-Up Call: Batting clean-up before the legislative session

  Now that Michael Bennet has been named to take over for Ken Salazar in the U.S. Senate (no cowboy hat required), Colorado pols can get back to the business of running the state (at least until it's time to start running for whatever seat may be in play in 2010). Today, the Denver Board of Education will start looking for a new superintendent to replace Bennet. Hey, Andrew Romanoff is still looking for a job -- if he hasn't already been tapped to become the next coach of the Broncos. And o

  January 5, 2009

• Off Limits

  August 24, 2000

• Off Limits

  November 16, 2000

• Off Limits

  February 7, 2002

• Letters to the Editor

  October 30, 2003

• Fort Carson and brigade politics

  The public-affairs office at Fort Carson hasn't issued a press release about the Army's decision not to base an additional brigade there -- a move that calls into doubt millions in additional contracts, not to mention even more money in long-term economic impact. The most recent news items on its official website, which declares Fort Carson to be "The Best 'Hometown' in the Army," are a May 29 piece about a soldier who was killed in a motorcycle accident and a May 27 preview of a change-of-com

  June 3, 2009

• Wake-Up Call: Ward without end, and other long-running controversies

  News is busting out all over today -- and not just in Denver District Judge Larry Naves's courtroom, where Ward Churchill may take the stand in his case against the University of Colorado, now starting week two. Or on the Auraria campus, where veteran newshounds of the Rocky Mountain News will unveil their plans for www.iwantmyrocky.com at 11 a.m. Today's also the day that the Colorado Supreme Court will issue its long-awaited ruling in Mesa County Board of Commissioners v. State of Colorado

  March 16, 2009

• A Rolling Stone report rocks the vote - and the boat - in the Colorado Secretary of State's Office

  October 30, 2008

• Rep. Mike Coffman cleared in ethics complaint; read the commission's report here

  Mike Coffman. The Independent Ethics Commission, which has been investigating complaints against 6th District Congressman Mike Coffman, has ruled that there is "insufficient evidence under either a clear and convincing standard of proof or a preponderance of the evidence standard of proof to find that Coffman violated any standard of ethical conduct." According to his local office, Coffman will be releasing a statement shortly. In the meantime, read the commission's complete report by clicking

  April 14, 2009

• Colorado Ethics Watch hates ruling clearing Mike Coffman of ethical wrongdoing

  The folks at Colorado Ethics Watch, the organization that originally brought a complaint against 6th District Congressman Mike Coffman in regard to his actions while serving as Colorado's Secretary of State, aren't thrilled with the just-announced decision by the Independent Ethics Commission to clear Coffman of wrongdoing. Moments ago, CEW issued a statement by its director, Chantall Taylor, in which she declares, "By its ruling today the IEC set the bar dangerously low for ethics in the stat

  April 14, 2009

• After being cleared of wrongdoing, Mike Coffman fires back at Colorado Ethics Watch

  Mike Coffman's not happy with Colorado Ethics Watch. After the Independent Ethics Commission failed to censure 6th District Congressman Mike Coffman, Colorado Ethics Watch director Chantall Taylor issued a statement expressing disappointment that the IEC had let Coffman off the hook so easily. Not surprisingly, Coffman's own response to the ruling is considerably different. Instead of taking satisfaction in his victory, he focuses on excoriating CEW, which he accuses of waging a "two-year frivo

  April 14, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 14 edition

  Things are looking a little Sketch-y. Thirsty? Today in Cafe Society: • Sketch introduces Wino Wednesdays. • Common Grounds left its liquor license behind in move. • The suit is slingin' Spud Bros. spuds! • Snarf's finally arrives in Denver. • Fear not, sleeved-blanketed drunks: The Denver Snuggie Pub Crawl is very much on. Today in Backbeat Online: • Record Store Day preview: Give the gift of Slayer. • Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of April 6, 2009. • Dialed

  April 14, 2009

• Channel 9 Tea Party report not exactly a biased, anti-protester screed

  An image from Channel 9's coverage of yesterday's Tea Party protest. This morning, KHOW's Peter Boyles, one of numerous Clear Channel Denver talk-show hosts who thrust themselves into the spotlight at yesterday's tax-day Tea Party protest, was in high dudgeon about a 9News report by correspondent Thanh Truong that allegedly besmirched the reputations of the thousands who joined them at the State Capitol. The problem? Truong said that at one point, the rally crew chanted "Impeach Obama," even th

  April 16, 2009

• Trigger Happy

  The Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara shoots from the lip. Again.

  June 28, 2007

• Best Scandal -- Political

  Senatorial hot potato

  March 25, 2004

• Off Limits

  The sound and the furry.

  November 13, 2003

• Adding Insult to Injury

  Pinnacol Assurance, the state's largest workers' compensation provider, today boasts healthy profits -- and workers have paid the price.

  October 16, 2003

• The Flag-Bearer

  Tom Tancredo is on a crusade to save America -- and he's looking for recruits.

  July 3, 2003

• The Message

  Boulder Weekly editor Pam White creates a world in which romance novels and feminism co-exist.

  March 13, 2003

• Bruce Talk

  The father of tax limits offers a radical diet for lean times.

  January 30, 2003

• PAC-ing a Punch

  Clear Channel's formation of a political action committee shows it's ready for battle.

  June 20, 2002

• Canadian Bakin'

  An angry state senator's message to Broncos owner Pat Bowlen: Take off, hoser.

  August 7, 1997

• BLOWING SMOKE

  THE FIRM HIRED TO RUN COLORADO'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW EMISSIONS PROGRAM HAS MADE A KILLING GAUGING THE POLITICAL WINDS.

  January 25, 1995

• Colorado Ethics Watch identifies state's good, bad and ugly

  The cover of the new Colorado Ethics Watch report. No need for Mike Coffman to thumb through "Ethics Roundup: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2009," a new report by Colorado Ethics Watch, in order to look for his name. Even though CEW brought a complaint against the congressman for actions he took while serving as Colorado's Secretary of State, and decried an April decision by the Independent Ethics Commission clearing him of wrongdoing, he doesn't rate so much of a mention. However, plenty of o

  June 25, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Diana DeGette on the line

  "It's for you, Diana...."​A blogging we will go -- but where? Tell us. Face the State headlines that Democrat Diana DeGette's only town-hall meeting during the House recess will be by phone -- but buries the fact that Republican Mike Coffman is among Colorado reps who haven't scheduled any sessions at all. We're shocked -- shocked! (Face the State) The Rockies can't decide on a center fielder. Stuck in the middle with who? (Purple Row) A paean to Cold Hop British-Style Ale. Suck one tod

  August 4, 2009

• Wake-Up Call: Republican candidates on parade

  ​Politicians were out in force at the Arapahoe County Republicans fundraising roast of former congressman Tom Tancredo on Saturday. John Suthers, the only GOP member currently elected to a statewide office. Mike Coffman, who moved from a statewide office to fill Tancredo's seat in the Sixth Congressional district. U.S. Senate candidates Ken Buck, the DA in Weld County, and Ryan Frazier, Aurora councilman. Even Dan Caplis, a fellow Tancredo roaster, who admitted he's not officially out of t

  August 11, 2009

• Liberals yell back at Mike Coffman healthcare town hall

  The crowd outside Representative Mike Coffman's healthcare town hall in Littleton yesterday wasn't as scary as some in recent days, for obvious reasons: Coffman, a Republican, is against many, if not most, of the ideas in the current plan, making him an ally of reform enemies who've seemed to be teetering so precariously on the edge of control. Judging by the video above, however, the pro-Obamacare forces gathered outside the meeting upped their aggressiveness, creating more heat but precious l

  August 13, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 13 edition

  Back when punks were punks....​Set the Waybac Machine for the Carter administration.... Today in Backbeat Online: • Denver punk reunion (1978-1988) changes venues. • Otis Taylor's latest record earns praise in Spin. • Q.Burse returns with Lenny Lenn-directed video "The Puzzle." • John Common wants you to make him a movie. • Details of Chad Price's new solo album revealed. Today in Cafe Society: • Tonight: Wines from California vines at Opus. • Mysteries of Sheehan's Desk: D

  August 13, 2009

• Attendees actually let Jared Polis talk during latest health care town hall

  When he's not doing beer bongs with Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, Rep. Jared Polis has been staging health care town halls during the August recess -- more of them than colleagues such as Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter, Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn. And while it's far too early to say that such sessions are generally becoming less contentious, Polis's latest, staged at the Mary Carpenter Recreation Center in Thornton over the weekend, didn't devolve into screaming sessions about death panels

  August 24, 2009

• Diana DeGette belatedly getting her healthcare on

  Diana DeGette.​Back on August 4, the conservative Face the State website (which is currently in limbo as it attempts to restructure), went out of its way to slap Congresswoman Diana DeGette for scheduling only one healthcare town hall -- over the phone. At the time, a number of congressional reps on both sides of the aisle, including Betsy Markey and Mike Coffman, hadn't firmly slated any public meetings, so singling DeGette out seemed baldly partisan -- which helps explain why KHOW's Dan

  September 1, 2009

• Colorado delegation doesn't tweet during Obama's healthcare speech

  ​Last night, Colorado's representatives and senators actually paid attention during President Barack Obama's healthcare address to a joint session of Congress -- or at least they resisted posting their comments about it while the speech was taking place. Not all of the state's federal officials have a Twitter account: Indeed, Betsy Markey's lack of one is the subject of a petition from an organization called TweetCongress.org. But none of those who do (Jared Polis, Mark Udall, Michael Benn

  September 10, 2009

• Chantell Taylor: Colorado Ethics Watch really is nonpartisan!

  Chantell Taylor.​While crowing earlier today about an Institute exposé focusing on uncompleted conflict-of-interest forms that embarrassed the Bill Ritter administration, the Independence Institute's Jon Caldara scoffed at the notion that Colorado Ethics Watch might take action against the Democratic governor's office. "They file complaints on any Republican at any time," he said. "I'd be curious what percentage of their complaints are filed against Democrats." To that, CEW director Chan

  October 6, 2009