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Uh-oh, Wilderness

Jeffco's plans to pave a short stretch of Colorow Road leave residents fuming.

By Michelle Johnston
Aug 22, 1996

The rising popularity of a spot of natural beauty southwest of the city of Golden has prompted a plan that strikes some Jefferson County residents as decidedly unnatural: paving a short stretch of Colorow Road that leads to the Lookout Mountain Nature Center. County officials insist they are paving with...
Educating Karen

A court reporter accuses Judge Jeffrey Bayless of on-the-job harassment.

By Michelle Johnston
Aug 15, 1996

It is undisputed that Karen Ann Shain's boss used to measure her skirt lengths against those of other women in the office. He admits that he called long skirts "Karen length" skirts and used to kid her for not showing any "skin" on either her legs or her neckline. There...
Give Until It Hurts

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

By Michelle Johnston
Aug 1, 1996

The timing of Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton's sudden intervention into the Lloyd's of London securities case last week wasn't half as odd as the timing of Norton's last-minute return of contributions from Lloyd's investors to her U.S. Senate campaign after a planned meeting became controversial. Last month Norton took...
Shooting for the Moon

A lobbyist targets his wife's Capitol Hill office for a funding request.

By Michelle Johnston
Jul 25, 1996

The husband of Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell's top aide, Ginnie Kontnik, lobbied Campbell's office for a reported $10 million appropriation earlier this year, but the dream died before reaching the floor of Congress. And now the lobbyist, Lewis Kontnik, has resigned from his post as president of the Colorado Bio/Medical...
The Education of Craig Livingstone

Colorado politics provided the training ground for the controversial White House aide.

By Michelle Johnston
Jul 11, 1996

While members of Congress and the media investigate just how hundreds of FBI files on individuals not currently working at the White House ended up in White House security aide Craig Livingstone's office, more than a handful of Colorado politicos are assessing their own history with the corpulent advance man...

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