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2/3/2012
By Peter Marcus
The Colorado Statesman
The Legislature was thrown into turmoil this week after an embattled Republican lawmaker who was stopped by Denver police last Wednesday on suspicion of drunk driving threatened to leave her party over frustrations with leadership.
2/3/2012
By Ernest Luning
The Colorado Statesman
More than 1,100 passionate supporters crammed a hotel ballroom to welcome long-shot presidential candidate Ron Paul to Denver on Tuesday as the Texas congressman became the first Republican to land in Colorado ahead of next week’s caucuses.
Vowing to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget during his first year in office, Paul said he would deliver on his promise of smaller government if elected president.
2/3/2012
By Peter Marcus
The Colorado Statesman
State Rep. Jim Kerr says it’s not bullet holes, but knife wounds in his back that hurt him following a Republican vacancy committee in which the veteran lawmaker from Littleton was passed over for a promotion to the upper chamber a few weeks ago after infighting within the gun community.
2/3/2012
American Association of Retired Persons Colorado advocacy volunteers made their way to the Capitol in January to register as volunteer lobbyists for another session of the Colorado Legislature. AARP Colorado volunteers monitor and study proposed legislation that impacts older Coloradans. They testify before lawmakers, and lobby members of the Colorado House and Senate on behalf of AARP Colorado’s 650,000 members, as well as all older Coloradans. This year, AARP has 20 volunteer advocates — the most in Colorado history. Fifteen of the 20 have signed up to volunteer as lobbyists.
1/16/2012
By Judie Schwartz
GUEST COLUMNIST
12/9/2011
By Judie Schwartz
The Colorado Statesman
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2/3/2012
By Ernest Luning
The Colorado Statesman
A retired executive with one of the most famous names in Colorado made his congressional campaign official this week.
Surrounded by family members and Republican officials, Joe Coors, Jr., launched his bid to unseat three-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter before an excited crowd of about 200 at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood on Tuesday.
2/3/2012
By Ernest Luning
The Colorado Statesman
A feisty Rick Santorum challenged Colorado Republicans to “reset this race” by backing his presidential candidacy at next week’s precinct caucuses during a stop Wednesday in Lakewood as he barnstormed the battleground state.
At a mid-morning appearance at Colorado Christian University, the former Pennsylvania senator portrayed himself as the viable conservative alternative to GOP front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, just hours after Florida voters handed him a distant third-place finish in that state’s presidential primary.
2/3/2012
By Ben Conarck
The Colorado Statesman
Just ten days after Democratic hopeful Patrick Swonger announced his run for the House District 59 seat, the Colorado Democratic Party derailed his candidacy; but the Silverton resident plans to petition his way onto the ballot.
Swonger was disqualified after a committee appointed by Colorado Democratic Party Chair Rick Palacio determined that he had failed to register as a Democrat before the party’s eligibility deadline.
2/3/2012
If you look at the state Capitol, you’ll notice four massive banners placed against a protective, weather-proof wrap — or “scrim” — around the state’s Capitol dome. It’s part of the effort to promote the Share in the Care campaign that is raising funds for the restoration effort. The new wrap and banners, which create a white covering around the dome and scaffolding, will remain until restoration is completed in the summer of 2014.
2/3/2012
Senators Heath, Bacon, Boyd, Grantham, and Neville, and Representatives Court, Kerr, Coram, Baumgardner, Duran, Todd, Casso, Liston, and Waller:
In your role as members of the Senate and House State Affairs Committees and as representatives of your voters, you will be the first see the legislation asking you to greatly reduce Colorado’s election transparency just at the time Colorado takes the 2012 national election stage under glaring spotlights.
2/3/2012
Dear Editor,
Coloradans should support CO ASSET. At no extra cost to taxpayers, it improves schools, communities, increases our pool of talented human resources, and gives universities, businesses, and our economy a needed boost. It brings innocent immigrant kids hope, and a chance for a brighter future.
2/3/2012
Dear Editor,
Newt may be onto something with his idea of US occupation of the moon. Gingrich used the term “colonization” but that sounds rather-British to me. But just imagine if every member of Congress had to be brave enough to blast off to visit the moon and gaze down at our fragile planet. Imagine what John Lennon (author of the song Imagine) would think of this idea.
As any innovator knows, there are few good ideas which are new and few new ideas which are fully vetted.
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