What happened to eight-year-old Kristen Stillman and her twin brother after their mother left them in northwest Denver was unspeakable. And after a few frustrating attempts to tell adults of the abuse, Kristen quit trying. A prisoner, she stayed silent through four pregnancies, all the result of rape, for twelve…
The 16th Street Mall used to be a panhandlers’ paradise. But one recent Friday, when I walked the mall from one end to the other on a challenge from a booster who thought it’d gone downhill, I saw nothing but busy, happy people — and Denver Voice vendors, so polite…
“Change. Not Charity.” That’s the mantra at Chinook Fund, the nonprofit devoted to social justice that John Hickenlooper — then an unemployed geologist thinking about opening a brewpub — co-founded over two decades ago. Because of its ties to Hickenlooper, the charity is in the news, including a recent Denver…
How much wiggle-room is there in today’s deadline for the state’s ballot certification? After repeated questions on Thursday — prompted by Republican hopes that Dan Maes would drop out of the gubernatorial race — Secretary of State Bernie Buescher finally issued a statement to clarify things…
At noon, all three Colorado gubernatorial candidates are slated to be at Channel 12 to tape the first debate of the season, which is scheduled to air tomorrow night. That’s the day the Colorado Secretary of State’s office must officially certify the names on the November ballot…
What candidate would a mayor with a simmering police scandal in his city not want to face in a gubernatorial race? A candidate with a background in law enforcement — unless, of course, that background is looking pretty murky. Lucky John Hickenlooper, meet Dan Maes…
When John Hickenlooper unveiled his education platform yesterday, he touted the experience of running mate Joseph Garcia, currently the president of CSU-Pueblo. Which would make Garcia, who’s already served as director of the Department of Regulatory Agencies under then-governor Roy Romer, a natural to head the Colorado Department of Education…
While Ali Hasan — wearing a bolo tie as well as “Muhammed” in front of his name — proudly proclaimed himself a Republican as he pushed for the controversial Muslim community center/mosque project near Ground Zero on Fox News last week, his mother was telling Talking Points Memo that the…
He may not have been a great candidate for Colorado treasurer, but Ali Hasan — now using the Muhammed in front of his name that he usually dropped in favor of Ali, and billing himself as “an American and Constitutionalist first, a Muslim second” — came out the winner in…
The Citizen Oversight Board — the seven-member group set up as a watchdog for the city’s Safety Department — had already changed the venue for tonight’s quarterly public forum to a larger venue. After all, the board anticipated a big turnout and plenty of questions for its guest speaker: Manager…
The calls and e-mails started coming early yesterday morning, after news broke that Tom Tancredo had chosen a new lieutenant governor candidate: Pat Miller. No, not the Pat Miller better known as the Gabby Gourmet — though that would certainly have broadened the ticket…
Just in the nick of time, Colorado gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo has a new running mate on the American Constitution Party ticket. And no, it’s not Michelle Malkin. Former state representative and author Pat Miller will be Tancredo’s lieutenant governor candidate…
The first Justice League of Street Food party on Saturday night was a big hit – almost too big a hit, since the lot at 29th Avenue and Huron Street in the Ballpark neighborhood was jammed, and that was with a long line of people still waiting to get in…
Don’t mess with octogenarians. That’s a lesson that Scott McInnis learned when he threw his 82-year-old “Musings on Water” collaborator under a bus, and it sounds like 83-year-old Freda Poundstone is about to give Dan Maes a swift kick with her sensible shoes this morning…
John Hickenlooper’s first TV ad is out, and it’s just as wacky as the ad that really revved up his run for Denver mayor seven years ago, which showed him suiting up for the campaign. This time, the candidate again goes through several wardrobe changes — all of which wind…
American Crossroads, a new conservative PAC getting a big push from Karl Rove, just spent more than $400,000 on a negative TV ad designed to wipe Michael Bennet’s campaign off the map. But then, Rove knows all about that…
Update below: As big-name Republicans begin to rally ’round gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes — former senators Hank Brown and Wayne Allard signed on yesterday — any GOP hopes of Maes stepping aside evaporates. So while today is the deadline for Maes’s lieutenant governor pick, there’s another date that’s even more…
Dan Maes is about to make his first big move as the official Republican Party candidate for governor — and no, it’s not getting out of the race, as all those official Republican Party officials are still hoping, or complaining to the Denver Post about unfair coverage. It’s picking his…
The playbook in which John Elway makes a run for Colorado governor may not be mythical. That’s according to one person who commented on yesterday’s “John Elway for Governor?” post. The claim: A polling firm actually asked about that possibility a few weeks ago…
“Is there anything we can do to win the governor’s race?” asked registered Republican Jon Caldara, moaning and grabbing what would be his hair, during yesterday’s taping of Devil’s Advocate (the show airs tomorrow on Channel 12). Well, yes, I told him: You can convince John Elway, the state’s biggest…
In late August 2009, Jane Norton had not yet entered the U.S. Senate race — although her anointment by Republic Party powers was imminent. Former Congressman Bob Beauprez had just announced that he’d decided against a run. That seemed to leave just Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier, since reports had…
Since January 1, 82,000 unaffiliated Colorado voters have switched their registration to an official party — most allying with the Republicans. But that leaves over 750,000 unaffiliated voters who still have a chance to affiliate with a party today…
