The pressure on Stephanie Villafuerte’s nomination for U.S. Attorney shows no signs of diminishing. The release of a letter to Senator Mark Udall in which Villafuerte attempted to squash accusations that she’d accessed a criminal database for political purposes (the same act that led to the canning of former ICE…
Today, a ban against texting while driving takes effect in Colorado — not that Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle expects it to have an enormous impact. In widely quoted comments, he called the measure a “feel good” law that would be tough to enforce. State representative Claire Levy, a Boulder…
Local blog-finding just got a lot easier. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein calls the Nuggets’ home loss to the Timberwolves last night “unacceptable.” And a few other choicer words. Over at Lakewood Edge, former Rocky Mountain News scribe Kevin Flynn describes the traffic woes expected to result from FasTracks work on…
You just can’t please some people, especially if you happen to be the Secretary of the Interior. Sure, the job has some neat perks–all those trips to national parks and press conferences at glaciers and other cool stuff. But there’s no way to manage what amounts to one-fifth of the…
After Tom Tancredo declared that he fully intended to run for governor, Colorado GOP head Dick Wadhams insisted that he was okay with such a challenge to frontrunner (and unity fan) Scott McInnis, announcing in this space, “I’ve always been a proponent — and I’ve said this incessantly — that…
Stephanie Villafuerte’s nomination as U.S. Attorney for Colorado hasn’t gone smoothly. Opponents continue to suggest that she may have taken part in accessing a federal database for political reasons — the very thing for which former ICE agent Cory Voorhis was canned. And the release of a letter to Senator…
Locals curious if yesterday’s unity press conference on behalf of gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis has weakened the resolve of Dan Maes, McInnis’ only remaining Republican challenger, need only to listen to his voicemail-intro messages to get an answer. On his main office line, Maes says, “I don’t care what contract…
Update below: A short time ago, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis joined one former rival (State senator Josh Penry), an ex-rep who was a whisker away from challenging him (Tom Tancredo), a former guv (Bill Owens) and conservative legislators past and present to laud the “Platform for Prosperity,” which McInnis…
Finding good Denver blogs made easy. Jeremy at Roundball Mining Company worried about the Nuggets’ lack of heart in a dispiriting loss to (eesh!) the Clippers. But their win against the Bulls proves they’ve still got the beat. Ken at DenverInfill.com takes on Vince Carroll and the Denver Post editorial…
A single word from Senator Michael Bennet has simultaneously thrilled his supporters and emboldened critics who think he’s might an incredible strategic blunder. That word is “yes.” This weekend, Bennet appeared on CNN’s State of the Union program, and when interrogator Jon King asked if he’d still support the current…
Last Thursday, Tom Tancredo confirmed in this space that he was part of a group coming up with a unity platform Republican Scott McInnis could use against Bill Ritter in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign — and that if all went well, an announcement about it could be made on Monday…
Here are some local sites you might enjoy visiting. A thread on DenverRadio.net’s Comments & Rumors board begins with questions about why no local stations have started playing wall-to-wall Christmas music yet — and ends with news that KOSI has begun the yuletide frenzy. Somewhere Der Bingle is counting his…
The nomination as U.S.Attorney of Stephanie Villafuerte hasn’t gone nearly as smoothly as the Obama administration would like, due largely to accusations that she was involved in the political accessing of a federal database during the 2006 gubernatorial campaign — the very act for which former ICE agent Cory Voorhis…
Political observers have spent a lot of time har-dee-har-ing at Scott McInnis over the years — and indeed, he’s made plenty of errors and gaffes during his time in the public eye. Note his prediction that fellow Republican Bob Schaffer would lose the 2008 Senate race to Mark Udall –…
Say, you know what makes a boring city council meeting less boring? Furries. Just ask the Durango City Council, which was visited by a human-sized hen Tuesday night during a debate about a chicken ordinance. Watch the faux feathers fly above. All in favor of live personifications of agenda items…
These are some Denver-centric blogs we enjoyed reading today. Bronco Talk’s Kyle Montgomery notes that the Post’s Woody Paige dismissed him as “some kid in Arizona who is a Broncos fan and writes a blog, without proper grammar or punctuation or understanding, from his mom’s laundry room.” Of course, Woody’s…
A lot’s happened in Tom Tancredo’s world during the past week. Last Thursday, Tancredo said in this space, “I fully intend to run” for governor in 2010, adding that he planned to formally announce his intentions once he took care of some housekeeping matters. He also confirmed that he was…
These three worthy local blogs are just a click away. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons makes note of Renaldo Balkman sightings during the Nuggets’ evisceration of the Raptors last night — including some in the first half! What the hell? The folks at Coyote Gulch reports: Thanks to a decision by…
Sarah Palin, who’s monopolizing the airwaves as part of her publicity tour for her new book, Going Rogue, is widely viewed as one of the more pro-life politicians on the current scene. After all, her youngest child, Trig, received a pre-natal diagnosis of Down Syndrome, but she rejected any and…
Today marks the last day of work for 176 city employees who were laid off in order to help close a $160 million gap in Denver’s budget. (Read this Denver Post story by reporter Christopher Osher for more.) Most of the layoffs — the equivalent of 108.5 positions — occurred…
Yesterday, Tom Tancredo confirmed his plans to run for governor now that state senator Josh Penry has dropped out of the race. That throws a kink into frontrunner Scott McInnis’ dream of a united party — united behind him, anyhow. Dick Wadhams, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, claims to…
You’ve got to have a surplus of political creativity to criticize an opponent for voting as your guy would have, as opposed to going the other direction. So props to Cory Gardner campaign manager Mike Ciletti for pulling off a difficult routine regarding Democratic Representative Betsy Markey’s “no” vote on…
