Author: Dick Wadhams

Dick Wadhams Former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown recently wrote a column (“Mt. Evans’ namesake has been unfairly maligned,” May 30) which challenges the caricature of territorial Gov. John Evans as just a blood thirsty tyrant responsible for the Sand Creek Massacre. The Evans name was recently removed from Mount Evans, which towers over the Denver…

Dick Wadhams It would be easy to write off the upset victory of unaffiliated political newcomer Yemi Mobolade over Wayne Williams for mayor of Republican-dominated Colorado Springs as an aberration. Williams served on the Colorado Springs City Council after eight years as El Paso County Clerk and then one term as Colorado Secretary of State.…

Dick Wadhams The City of Denver will finally elect a new mayor in June after the office has been vacant for the past 12 years. Or at least that would a reasonable conclusion if one has been listening to the tone and substance of this campaign for mayor. The “missing man” in the innumerable debates…

Dick Wadhams President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee have decided to hold their 2024 national convention in crime-infested, criminal-coddling Chicago.  How appropriate. The Colorado delegation might wonder if they ever left Denver going from one crime-infested city that undermines law enforcement, defends illegal drug abuse and tolerates  homeless encampments to another one a…

Dick Wadhams Denver voters have made a clear, but not totally definitive, statement that the city is serious about dealing with rampant crime, homelessness and illegal drug abuse. Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough are both left-of-center, mainstream Democrats with impressive backgrounds in public policy who are deeply immersed in the city they hope to lead.…

Dick Wadhams A recent exchange with a radio talk-show host reveals the disconnect between the newly elected chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, Dave Williams, and the reality of an electorate that has rejected Republicans for four straight elections. The legendary Peter Boyles of 710 KNUS contends Colorado Republicans were mired in the “stench” of…

Dick Wadhams Coloradans who live outside the city of Denver have just as much at stake in this year’s mayoral election as those who live in the city.  What happens in Denver doesn’t just stay in Denver. The rest of the metropolitan area, along with communities across the state, will be directly affected by what…

Dick Wadhams This is the uplifting and forward-thinking agenda of the six candidates for Colorado Republican state chairman: Defend conspiracy theories that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from defeated Donald Trump including here in Colorado where he lost by 14 points. Go to court to repeal the ability of 1.7 million unaffiliated voters to…

Dick Wadhams Even in the aftermath of sweeping losses in the past three elections driven by hundreds of thousands of new unaffiliated voters who strongly rejected former President Donald Trump and his incessant stolen-election conspiracies, some Republicans still want to exclude them from participating in Colorado’s Republican primary elections despite the fact they represent nearly…

Dick Wadhams Just off his 2022 reelection that was propelled primarily by deep anti-Trump sentiment in Colorado, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is wasting no time in building lists to raise money for his 2028 reelection campaign.  Bennet is aggressively seeking potential contributors for a campaign five years from now. Donors are being peppered by breathless…