By midnight, former Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff had locked up a win over Senator Michael Bennet in Tuesday’s caucuses — but the results were less certain on the Republican side, with senatorial frontrunner Jane Norton in a tighter-than-expected battle with Ken Buck. Not that you could tell…
As the clock ticked toward midnight on Tuesday, Dean Toda, spokesman for Democratic senatorial candidate Andrew Romanoff, sounded simultaneously woozy and blissed out. “I haven’t had my first drink yet,” he said with a laugh as the cheers of staffers erupted in the background. “It’s terrible.” There’ll be plenty of…
Even as Republican gubernatorial candidates Dan Maes and Scott McInnis get ready to square off during tonight’s caucuses, the Democratic senatorial candidates, appointee Michael Bennet and opponent Andrew Romanoff, will be doing likewise. And if Bennet’s just-released TV spot is any indication, their supporters will be arguing about who’s more…
#11 0f the 22 Major Arcana: Michael Bennet, the Wheel of Fortune…..
At first blush (and second) (and third), marijuana advocate Mason Tvert and Jon Caldara, frontman for the conservative Independence Institute, are strange bedfellows. But today, they’re partners in a legal love match. They’re among the plaintiffs suing Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher over laws intended to prevent fraud when…
For Dan Maes, who’s running for governor with more support from Tea Party groups than the Republican Party, it’s a very important day. This evening, caucuses will be held in homes, schools and churches all over the area, and Maes isn’t just hoping to make a respectable showing against presumptive…
It’s that time again, Denver blog lovers. Mile High Report’s John Bena is baffled by ESPN writer Bill Williamson’s take on the Brandon Marshall drama, which seems to simultaneously praise and criticize the Broncos for their first-round tender offer. The confusion continues. In today’s edition of “Mama Drama,” Mile High…
At first glance, the idea of tapping into the badly stretched state budget for a few million to open one wing of a new supermax prison doesn’t seem all that loony. After all, the Colorado Department of Corrections spent more than $200 million to build the new state pen, known…
People write blogs about Denver every day. Here are three of them. Tim Lynch at Mile High Report thinks it might be worth it for the Broncos to spend a low-round draft pick to get dreamy but ineffective Cleveland QB Brady Quinn for backup purposes. Maybe if the draft was…
“I’m a true crime author and historian,” Hustler magazine contributor Fred Rosen writes on his website. “I’ve found that most murders are a dime a dozen; the really good ones are rare. And the ones that say something about us as a society are even rarer.” As it turns out,…
Shortly after most politicos take office, they begin marking their territory via photos, publications, web pages and lots of other aggrandizers. And Colorado Springs Senator Bill Cadman wants it to stop. Cadman is reportedly sick at the thought of the state chucking tons of brochures featuring Governor Bill Ritter, who’s…
#10 of the 22 Major Arcana: Andrew Romanoff, the Hermit…
A week of Denver blogging roundups begin like so… No deal yet for Brandon Marshall, and Kyle at Bronco Talk says Josh McDaniels and company won’t bargain with the Seahawks for his services: Either it’s the sixth pick in the draft or nothing. Wonder if anyone will blink. Joseph Boven…
Personhood USA, a national pro-life group, is gathering signatures in Colorado (again) to secure a spot on the ballot for a voter initiative to redefine the start of a person’s life as the first point of biological development. Weird, right? You have no idea. Most people think abortion rights established…
Rollin’ out more Denver blogs. As Bronco Talk’s Mr. East reports, ESPN’s Adam Schefter says Brandon Marshall will be in Seattle tomorrow to see if the Seahawks can “hammer out an offer sheet.” That could mean the Broncos would get the sixth overall pick in the draft — which would…
Last month, we chatted with Personhood USA spokesman Keith Mason, who was excited that his organization had collected enough signatures to put an initiative establishing person status from the beginning of a human being’s biological development before Colorado voters in November. Granted, a similar measure was trounced back in 2008…
In mid-February, Boulder’s Seth Brigham was arrested at a Boulder City Council meeting after trying to speak wearing only his boxers — a protest of a proposed public-nudity ordinance intended to cover up events such as the Naked Pumpkin Run and the Naked Bike Ride. Shortly thereafter, public opinion swung…
One of the more unusual aspects to the story about Bill Ritter’s bicycle accident yesterday is the fact that the four people with whom he was riding when he fell — a tumble that resulted in multiple rib fractures, for which he remains hospitalized at Denver Health — still haven’t…
Update, 12:30 p.m.: Bill Ritter spokesman Evan Dreyer responded to an interview request. His comments appear after the original item. So… I’m writing up a blog about a bill requiring children to wear helmets while riding bikes — and Representative Larry Liston’s amendment to make boys also wear crush resistant…
#9 of the 22 Major Arcana: Elbra Wedgeworth, the Strength…
Yesterday, state rep John Kefalas, a Fort Collins Democrat, talked up a bill requiring kids to wear helmets when riding bicycles, scooters, skateboards and the like. Sound sensible? Well, Colorado Springs Republican rep Larry Liston argued that it didn’t go far enough. He stood up for an amendment mandating that…
Last week’s summit on health care reform in Washington produced the expected speechifying and little consensus on what’s to be done. But there’s one point that Democrats and Republicans echoed each other about: Rescission sucks. The practice of taking away someone’s health insurance because of sometimes dubious “pre-existing conditions” or…
