Author: Dan Njegomir
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Q&A with Roland Halpern, advocate for animals
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Brief bio: Director of legislative affairs, Colorado Voters for Animals, since 2017. CVA advocates for the humane treatment of animals and sponsors the Colorado Legislators for Animal Welfare Caucus, or CLAW, to better educate legislators and the public about animal issues. Regional campaign and outreach manager, Compassion and Choices, since 2002. Formerly vice president for…
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Q&A with Leroy Garcia, Colorado’s Senate prez
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Brief bio: President of the Colorado Senate, since 2019; has represented Senate District 3 from Pueblo since 2015. Also was Senate minority leader. Represented House District 46 in the Colorado House, 2013 to 2015. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 2001-2007; deployed to Iraq. Holds a degree in emergency medical services from Pueblo Community College,…
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Q&A with Sal Pace — pol, Puebloan
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Brief bio: Democratic state representative for Pueblo’s District 46 in the Colorado House, 2008-2012. Elected minority leader. Pueblo County Commissioner, 2013-2018. Appointed to Gov.-elect Jared Polis’ transition team in 2018. Served as a congressional staffer, district director and 2006 campaign manager for then-3rd Congressional District Democratic U.S. Rep. John Salazar. Holds a bachelor’s degree in…
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Q&A with Tom Perille — M.D., Democrat for Life
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Brief bio: President of Democrats for Life of Colorado, since 2019. Retired physician; board-certified internist; practiced medicine in the Denver area for over 30 years. Named Exempla St. Joseph Hospital Physician of the Year, 2011. Holds a bachelor’s degree from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois; earned his M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.…
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Q&A with Alvina Vasquez — veteran strategist
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Brief bio: President and founder of Denver public affairs firm PowerMap Ltd. Was political director for Jared Polis’ 2018 gubernatorial campaign. Former Colorado vice president at national public affairs firm Strategies 360. Broadcast industry veteran. Holds bachelor’s degree in communications from Denver’s Regis University. Colorado Politics: Jared Polis obviously wanted you as the political director…
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SHELTER AMID COVID | A Colorado Politics Roundtable on the current housing challenge
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Did you “shelter in place” this spring? Probably not for long if the threat of eviction was looming. And not at all if there was no place to call home to begin with. It was one of the troubling ironies of the pandemic of 2020: Authorities closed businesses, offices and other places of employment —…
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Q&A with Kyle Kohli — ‘war roomer’ at large
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Brief bio: Executive director, conservative advocacy group Compass Colorado, since July. Previously served as communications director for the Colorado Republican Party; also was on the communications staff of then-U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman. Graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Colorado Politics: Your predecessor at Compass, Kelly Maher,…
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Q&A with Murphy Robinson, public safety chief
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Brief bio: Executive director of the Department of Public Safety for the City and County of Denver, since May. Had been interim director since January. Previously Denver’s chief operating officer, 2019-2020; also has served as executive director of Denver’s Department of General Services and as Denver’s deputy mayor. Was assistant city manager of Englewood, 2015-2017,…
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Q&A with Bill Jerke — statesman, ag man
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Brief bio: Executive director, Fostering Unity and Energizing Leadership. Served as a Republican in the state House of Representatives, 1988-1996. Weld County commissioner, 2001-2008. Spent much of his life working the family farm near LaSalle. Colorado Politics: Not long ago, you chided Gov. Jared Polis in a letter to the editor for his musings on meat…
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Q&A with Bill Cadman — Capitol veteran
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Brief bio: Member of the Colorado Senate, 2007-2017 (representing Senate District 10 in El Paso County, then SD 12 following redistricting); Senate president, 2015-2017; Senate minority leader, 2011-2015. Represented District 15 in Colorado Springs in the state House, 2001-2007. Holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from California State University; veteran of the…
