It’s hard to pick a favorite claim by GOP gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes. His accounts of himself, from “I did so drive 80,000 miles” to his denunciation of Denver’s bike program as a UN plot to his boasts of undercover police work invite us into a realm hitherto unknown, at…
Watching Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper showering in his clothes almost seems normal in what will surely go down as the strangest election cycle in state history. It is only fitting in the crazy Colorado campaign of 2010 that Hick is willing to portray himself as “all wet.” Instead of using…
The lawsuit filed against Tom Tancredo has fallen short of its goal: A judge has ruled that Tancredo’s name will remain on the November ballot. The decision pleases Tancredo campaign operations manager Cliff Dodge — but he’s still irritated that his guy had to jump through this particular hoop…
It didn’t take long to get to the main event at the Denver District Court today. Tom Tancredo was the first witness called to the stand to defend his right to run for governor on the American Constitution Party ticket…
Twentieth century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was keen on constructing impenetrable monoliths of text about nothingness. But his notion that the absence of something is just as important to an experience as the presence of something ties directly into this year’s Colorado ballot initiatives…
Opponents of three tax-slashing ballot initiatives say their polling shows that the measures might actually be approved by voters — despite a multi-million-dollar ad blitz starting this weekend designed to crush them. Coloradans for Responsible Reform recently spent $250,000 on polling, only to discover that voter opinions are running 48…
When a national magazine starts its examination of southwestern Colorado “uranium widows” with a glimpse of a woman drilling for ore while clad only in “sandals, denim shorts, and a bra,” I brace myself for the worst — another condescending article about the state’s tragic history on the front lines…
Jaimes Brown isn’t happy. The Colorado Libertarian candidate for governor wasn’t invited to a Channel 12 gubernatorial debate on September 10. He says he found out about the debate in a Denver Post article after the event had been taped…
The resolution of the latest case against tax-hater Douglas Bruce has been portrayed by the press as a mixed bag. True, Bruce wasn’t held in contempt for not testifying in a lawsuit involving Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 — but the judge ordered him to testify about his…
Tom Tancredo hasn’t been feeling a lot of love in the past day or so. First, Dan Maes and John Hickenlooper agreed to a debate schedule without consulting him or mandating his participation. Plus, two locals have reportedly filed suit to keep Tancredo’s name off the ballot. Team Tancredo shrugs…
While Colorado officials fret over whether drilling regulations are too tough, this month Wyoming will become the first state to require energy companies to disclose what’s in the mysterious, highly toxic fluids they pump into the ground to extract oil and gas. Yes, that’s right. Wyoming, bastion of Dick Cheney…
Embattled Republican guv candidate Dan Maes and incredibly lucky Democratic opponent John Hickenlooper agree on a couple of things — the number of debates they’ll stage (ten) and a focus on the issues, not personal attacks. Presumably Tom Tancredo will take part in the sessions, too, but no promises. Get…
While most of us relaxed and had fun on Labor Day, approximately sixty people affiliated with organizations such as the American Friends Service Committee and Comite en Defensa del Pueblo protested immigration policy at Aurora’s GEO Detention Center, as they’ve done since last year. Click to check out a post…
Given that Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher must certify the lineup for the Colorado ballot by 5 p.m. today, the pressure on embattled Republican guv candidate Dan Maes to drop out will grow by the hour. And the strain could be increased by Tea Party, 9.12 Project and other…
Memo to process servers: The best place to find Douglas Bruce over the next few days is the Denver courtroom of Judge Brian Whitney. That’s where Bruce sat this morning, listening to process servers explain their attempts to deliver subpoenas to the anti-tax activist — part of a larger struggle…
Dan Maes might have some fight left in him after all. Amid Hank Brown’s retracted endorsement, campaign financing malaise and allegations that he exaggerated his responsibilities as a member of a Kansas police department, Maes today tweeted from the storm. And he didn’t need anywhere near 140 characters…
According to a spokesman, Dan Maes wasn’t trying to pretend he was Jason Bourne when discussing supposed undercover work he did with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation during his two-year stint as a cop. But he’s going to need some of Bourne’s skills to survive the bad PR currently raining…
The apparently damaging attacks on Republican guv candidate Dan Maes just keep coming. Hot on the heels of a front-page Denver Post story about allegedly catastrophic fundraising difficulties, which prompted Colorado GOP boss Dick Wadhams to call Maes opponent John Hickenlooper the luckiest guy in the world comes a Post…
At the 2008 Libertarian National Convention in Denver, some party members derisively passed around shots of Scope to wash the bad taste from their mouths following the presidential nomination of former Republican, Bob Barr. It wasn’t just that Barr was seen as an impure strain of Libertarian; some members felt…
Proposition 62, the latest iteration of the Personhood Amendment, which would give the unborn constitutional rights in Colorado, has been approved for the November ballot — and opponents launched their campaign today with a boisterous rally at the State Capitol. Westword photographer Johnny Molfetta was there. Page down below to…
At this point, Dan Maes has the Republican governor’s nomination, endorsements from conservative heavy hitters like Hank Brown and not very much money — which is why Colorado Republican Party head Dick Wadhams’s $250 donation made local news. But while consultant Katy Atkinson suggested in July that Maes might drop…
The Dan Maes campaign may think his comments about Denver’s B-Cycle program being a United Nations plot have been overblown by the media — but they aren’t going away, as our slideshow of the Denver Cruisers’ UN-inspired bike ride proves. Still, the funniest iteration thus far is a mock-Maes commercial…
