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July 19, 2010
Jon Caldara shoots off his mouth, but at least he's a straight shooter
Jon Caldara."There's nothing more enjoyable than pissing off liberals," said Jon Caldara, head of the Independence institute, at the think tank's annual ATF -- Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms -- event on Saturday, a free-for-all of free-market talk, drinking alcohol, smoking cigars and shooting ... More >>
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July 23, 2010
Tom Tancredo's ultimatum to Scott McInnis, Dan Maes: John Hickenlooper's wet dream?
Tom Tancredo.This past weekend, Tom Tancredo told Patricia Calhoun that with a few days, he'd make some kind of announcement about the governor's race, which is a mess on the Republican side thanks to Scott McInnis's plagiarism problems and Dan Maes's assorted challenges. And that's one campa ... More >>
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July 23, 2010
Tom Tancredo calls Dick Wadhams's criticism of his guv run ultimatum "bulls**t"
Tom Tancredo.There's a lot of bullshit in Colorado politics lately. Mere days after senatorial candidate Ken Buck boasted that he wears cowboy boots "with Weld County bullshit, not D.C. bullshit," Tom Tancredo uses the same word to characterize Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams' criticism of ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
9.12 Project Colorado chair on Tom Tancredo's ultimatum, Ken Buck's "dumbasses" comment
Ken Buck.The major GOP races in Colorado don't want for drama this year -- or comedy, depending on your perspective. Tom Tancredo's high noon ultimatum to Scott McInnis and Dan Maes was followed by Ken Buck's "Weld County bullshit" statement and another comment in which he called Tea Party bi ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
Dan Maes meeting with Denver Post over complaints about unfair governor-race coverage
Dan Maes.Another day, another Denver Post story that treats Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Maes like an empty-walleted joke. It's no surprise, then, that Maes, who earlier threatened to limit the Post's access if the paper didn't start treating him fairly, has scheduled a meeting with ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Dan Maes to announce lieutenant governor pick at noon today
Dan Maes.This just in: Dan Maes will announce his choice for lieutenant governor during an event at noon today. Will his pick be the sort of person Northern Colorado Tea Party director Lesley Hollywood outlined earlier this morning? Or a person with more standard establishment credentials? We ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Medical marijuana: Does using $9 million in fees for budget shortfall screw MMJ patients?
Although Governor Bill Ritter signed medical marijuana bills earlier this year, he's never been a big fan of the stuff. Still, he hopes to use $9 million in MMJ fees to help fill a $60 million budget hole -- a decision that angers advocates upset by the tremendous backlog of unprocessed licen ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Letters: Monica Alonzo's coyotes story should be required reading on the immigration issue
Although Governor Bill Ritter signed medical marijuana bills earlier this year, he's never been a big fan of the stuff. Still, he hopes to use $9 million in MMJ fees to help fill a $60 million budget hole -- a decision that angers advocates upset by the tremendous backlog of unprocessed licen ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
I'm a Mexican working for the Border Patrol. Am I a hypocrite?
Although Governor Bill Ritter signed medical marijuana bills earlier this year, he's never been a big fan of the stuff. Still, he hopes to use $9 million in MMJ fees to help fill a $60 million budget hole -- a decision that angers advocates upset by the tremendous backlog of unprocessed licen ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Monica Marquez Supreme Court selection disappoints Clear the Bench's Matt Arnold
Monica Marquez.Clear the Bench Colorado's Matt Arnold -- the man behind an effort to vote out three current Supreme Court justices for allegedly unconstitutional rulings -- was far less than thrilled by Governor Bill Ritter's appointment of Monica Marquez to the court. Indeed, he says that i ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Myrl Serra, DA for 7th Judicial District, busted for unlawful sexual conduct, indecent exposure
Myrl Serra.Colorado Attorney General's office spokesman Mike Saccone confirms that Myrl Serra, district attorney for the 7th Judicial District, which covers several Western Slope counties, is in Montrose County jail following his arrest this morning on three startling charges: unlawful sexual ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
John Elway and Pete Coors top Jason Clark's quest for a new Craigslist running mate
Jason Clark.Polish your resume and bone-up on the issues; independent candidate for Governor Jason Clark went back to Craigslist today to replace his departed lieutenant governor. Clark set his sights a littler higher this time. Here's the ad, written in the third person with exclamation po ... More >>
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October 5, 2010
Dan Maes spokesman not worried about falling below 10% support, thinks TV ad may turn tide
Dan Maes.Last week, Colorado Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams said he wasn't worried about Dan Maes falling beneath 10 percent support. But plenty of other folks seem to be, judging by today's Denver Post, which outlines the prospect of the GOP winding up with minority party status if Maes ... More >>
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October 22, 2010
Ken Buck's last name rhymes with "Shmuck," and that's no hoax (like global warming)
Ken Buck.Ken Buck: Too extreme for Colorado? How about, Ken Buck: Too embarrassing for Colorado. We seem to have our own Joe Biden in the house, a guy who can't stop putting his foot in his mouth. In some ways it's refreshing to see a politician who's not slick enough to lie and obfuscate e ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Tom Tancredo only real Republican running for governor, spokesman says: Sorry, Dan Maes
Tom Tancredo.This weekend, the Denver Post shared polling data showing Democrat John Hickenlooper held a "comfy" 10 point lead over main challenger Tom Tancredo in the governor's race. But Tancredo operations manager Cliff Dodge rejects that, dismissing the Post's survey as "totally inaccura ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Dan Maes tops 10 percent, which means he's not the Biggest Loser in CO elections... but close
Dan Maes.Tom Tancredo was about to concede the gubernatorial race, but many more Colorado contests were up in the air when I walked into the ballroom of the downtown Marriott, site of the Colorado Democratic Party's election party. And what was on the TVs? Not CNN, not local newscasts shunted ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Ask the bartender: How did the cocktail culture survive Prohibition?
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Fantasy Voter Fraud
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Scott McInnis, 2010 Shmuck of the Year nominee
Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner -- loser -- will be announced on January 3. Our first candidate was the newly fired Josh McDaniels. This week, say hello to Scott McInnis ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Ask Tom Tancredo: Why does the Mexican government encourage a mass exodus to the U.S.?
Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner -- loser -- will be announced on January 3. Our first candidate was the newly fired Josh McDaniels. This week, say hello to Scott McInnis ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
John Hickenlooper will walk from city to state office a week from today
John Hickenlooper, governor-electA week from today, at 8:30 a.m., John Hickenlooper will resign his job as the mayor of Denver, then leave his office at the City and County Building (where he had a stripe painted around the top of the room at a point exactly a mile high) and walk across Civic ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
Facebook and John Suthers, Colorado attorney general, make nice, clearing way for state pages
John Suthers.Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is embracing Facebook nearly a year after the state essentially unfriended the massive social network. The agreement between the AG's office and Mark Zuckerberg's operation means state agencies, including Suthers's, can belatedly join the 21 ... More >>
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January 7, 2011
John Hickenlooper making appointments fast -- but only half as many as when he was mayor
Hickenlooper.John Hickenlooper is moving fast to build his administration. Since December 31, he's announced more than a dozen appointments, including three yesterday alone: Barbara Kelley will remain as director of the Department of Regulatory Agencies, Larry Trujillo will continue as head o ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
John Hickenlooper off to a fast start with three executive orders
HIckenlooper.The inauguration ceremony was cold, but Governor John Hickenlooper is off to a blazing start. Hickenlooper issued three executive orders in the first few minutes of officially holding office, taking aim at economic development and improving the efficiency of state government.
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January 13, 2011
Why do Mexicans cut down agave plants?
HIckenlooper.The inauguration ceremony was cold, but Governor John Hickenlooper is off to a blazing start. Hickenlooper issued three executive orders in the first few minutes of officially holding office, taking aim at economic development and improving the efficiency of state government.
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January 13, 2011
Sole looking for some Tea Partiers to help film a video this Saturday somewhere downtown
Sole, aka Tim Holland, is looking for a little help from fans to fill the streets with Tea Party extras this weekend for his newest video, "White Rage." The filming will be going down Saturday at a currently undisclosed location downtown around 2 p.m. Click through for full details if you're ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Dick Wadhams's exit from Republican chair race to help Ted Harvey and party conservatives?
Ted Harvey.The Colorado Republican Party didn't just lose the governor's race in November -- it also lost over a hundred bonus members of the State Central Committee, which will vote for the new party chair next month. Incumbent chair Dick Wadhams was going for that slot again -- until his M ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Colorado's GOP hopes to strike while the irony is hot
Ted Harvey.The Colorado Republican Party didn't just lose the governor's race in November -- it also lost over a hundred bonus members of the State Central Committee, which will vote for the new party chair next month. Incumbent chair Dick Wadhams was going for that slot again -- until his M ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Can a gringo run for president of Mexico?
Ted Harvey.The Colorado Republican Party didn't just lose the governor's race in November -- it also lost over a hundred bonus members of the State Central Committee, which will vote for the new party chair next month. Incumbent chair Dick Wadhams was going for that slot again -- until his M ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Photo finish: John Fielder's photographs will spruce up John Hickenlooper's office
Ted Harvey.The Colorado Republican Party didn't just lose the governor's race in November -- it also lost over a hundred bonus members of the State Central Committee, which will vote for the new party chair next month. Incumbent chair Dick Wadhams was going for that slot again -- until his M ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
John Hickenlooper has more fun at reunion than dealing with billion-dollar budget shortfall
Hickenlooper.Fresh from another round of eco-devo meetings and a quick side trip to a Craig hospital to get five stitches after he bumped his head in his state car, John Hickenlooper landed back in Denver in time for a reunion party at El Diablo with campaign staffers and supporters who worke ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Medical marijuana: Does U.S. Attorney John Walsh's letter signal end of federal MMJ truce?
John Walsh.HB 1043, a bill sponsored by Representative Tom Massey and Senator Pat Steadman to clean up last year's medical marijuana regulations, seemed to be quietly moving toward passage -- but no more. A letter from U.S. Attorney John Walsh attacking aspects of the legislation call into qu ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Medical marijuana letter from U.S. Attorney worrisome to business, says Sen. Pat Steadman
Pat Steadman.Earlier today, we shared a letter from U.S. Attorney John Walsh attacking elements of HB 1043, a bill intended to clean up aspects of last year's medical marijuana legislation. Senator Pat Steadman, who's co-sponsoring the measure with Representative Tom Massey, confesses to bein ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Is Mexico the true home of the Tea Party?
Pat Steadman.Earlier today, we shared a letter from U.S. Attorney John Walsh attacking elements of HB 1043, a bill intended to clean up aspects of last year's medical marijuana legislation. Senator Pat Steadman, who's co-sponsoring the measure with Representative Tom Massey, confesses to bein ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Occupy Denver asks John Hickenlooper to allow camping, invites him to general assembly
John Hickenlooper.Earlier today, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman said the law-enforcement approach to Occupy Denver's tent city is evolving, and could be finalized soon. But rather than waiting to see how agencies might try to enforce Governor John Hickenlooper's apparent wish to end overni ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Carol Harvey out as Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs' executive secretary
Carol Harvey.If Thanksgiving is approaching, it must be time for another controversy at the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, which is overseen by the state's lieutenant governor. Back in 1988, then-lite guv Mike Callihan created a ruckus with his plans for a feast in a Mayflower moving ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Marijuana: 2 guvs petition feds to reclassify pot, but John Hickenlooper not ready to do so -- yet
John Hickenlooper.This week, governors in Rhode Island and Washington asked the federal government to concede that marijuana has medical uses. A Colorado official is required to send a similar message by year's end -- but would John Hickenlooper consider following the lead of these fellow gov ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Does the war between drug cartels and the Mexican government constitute another revolution?
John Hickenlooper.This week, governors in Rhode Island and Washington asked the federal government to concede that marijuana has medical uses. A Colorado official is required to send a similar message by year's end -- but would John Hickenlooper consider following the lead of these fellow gov ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Ron Paul banners on overpasses slow traffic across Denver
Ron Paul.Shortly after Texas Governor Rick Perry invoked Tim Tebow at last night's Republican presidential debate, followers of another candidate, Ron Paul, delivered a message to Denver-area drivers -- one that may have pissed off as many of them as it inspired. Unknown Paul supporters hung ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Reader: Honk if you support Ron Paul
Last Friday morning, metro area highways were almost as crowded as a Republican presidential debate when supporters of Ron Paul unfurled banners, slowing traffic along the routes. And although the Colorado Department of Transportation says such advertisements are against the law, Paul propone ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Tim Tebow and Ron Paul: A point-by-point comparison
Tim Tebow.Tim Tebow's stock as a quarterback may be falling -- ESPN's Mike and Mike have less confidence in him than any other QB in the playoffs this weekend -- but he remains a cultural lightning rod. Note that even The New Yorker's Ben McGrath is weighing in on him, albeit by suggesting t ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Burma: A primer on recent political changes in the country also known as Myanmar
The government of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is undergoing a transformation of sorts. As explained in this week's cover story, "A World Away," Burma has been a dangerous place for decades due to civil wars and the oppressive policies of the former ruling military junta. In the past year, ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Give ’Em Heller
The government of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is undergoing a transformation of sorts. As explained in this week's cover story, "A World Away," Burma has been a dangerous place for decades due to civil wars and the oppressive policies of the former ruling military junta. In the past year, ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Mitt Romney plans CO caucus visit, Ron Paul likely, but what about Newt?
Mitt Romney.Earlier this month, Colorado Republican Party chairman Ryan Call argued that this year's Colorado Republican Caucus will mean more than ever, in part because the date was moved up to February 7. When Mitt Romney looked poised to sweep Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, this c ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Ron Paul blasts Newt Gingrich as serial hypocrite in advance of Colorado appearances
Ron Paul.Ron Paul isn't the only presidential candidate in Colorado today; Rick Santorum is slated to speak at the Lone Tree Golf Club Lounge at 10 a.m. But Paul will certainly make a bigger splash, with three events on tap. And in advance, his surrogates are taking shots at one of his princi ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Newt Gingrich joins Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum on pre-caucus campaign trail
Newt Gingrich.When last we spoke with Colorado Republican Party head Ryan Call about the February 7 Colorado caucuses, he noted that Newt Gingrich had not scheduled any state events. But that's changed. At this hour, Gingrich is scheduled at a west-side rally, with another assembly juxtaposin ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
American Constitution Party has a major problem preparing for own caucus
Doug CampbellThe American Constitution Party has a major problem in Colorado. Because Republican renegade Tom Tancredo, who ran for governor on the ACP ticket in 2010, got more than 36 percent of the vote in 2010 in the race against Republican Dan Maes and Democrat John Hickenlooper, the ACP ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Marijuana initiative can't force John Suthers to sue feds over enforcement, his office says
John Suthers.In our post yesterday about the progress of Legalize 2012's Cannabis Re-legalization Act, proponent Laura Kriho noted that a section had been added to the proposal directing Colorado Attorney General John Suthers to sue the federal government if it attempts to enforce its marijua ... More >>
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