Author: Jared Wright
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The Hot Sheet, February 4, 2016
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DENVER – Happy Thursday everybody — time for a throwback. Read the Statesman’s Ernest Luning’s Yesteryear column and reminisce the olden political days with us: Denver Mayor Wellington Webb stands up for the old Mile High Stadium name, tension mounts between members under the Capitol dome over Amendment 23 and prayer, and more. #TBT The old Mile…
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The Hot Sheet, February 3, 2016
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016 DENVER – Happy Wednesday everybody — when hope (and today, maybe even the sun) springs forth once again. “I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.”…
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The Hot Sheet – February 1, 2016
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By TCS Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ Monday, February 1, 2016 DENVER – Happy Iowa Caucus Monday, Colorado! A new work week is upon us and so is the harsh winter weather – and just when you were beginning to forget it was winter here in Colorado … “People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.”…
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Ignorance is bliss
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This week’s political cartoon by editorial cartoonist and Statesman Publisher Jared Wright, “Ignorance is bliss.”
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Suthers, Ritchie among citizenship honorees
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Gov. John Hickenlooper last week awarded the inaugural Colorado Governor’s Citizenship medals to five individuals and organizations to recognize “meritorious contributions to strengthen Colorado communities and develop new opportunities for Coloradans throughout the state,” his office announced. Recipients of the medals, bestowed by Hickenlooper at a ceremony last Thursday at the Governor’s Residence, included Colorado…
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Hadley gets facts wrong on ColoradoCare
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Editor: In a guest commentary by Hadley Heath Manning published by The Colorado Statesman earlier this month, she states: “According to the state government, a single-payer healthcare system would cost about $25 billion annually, effectively doubling the state budget, and increasing payroll taxes by 10 percent.” First: She writes that this is “a single-payer healthcare…
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Klingenschmitt: In the Old Testament they stoned the prophets – Opinion
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In the Old Testament, they didn’t elect prophets. They stoned them. I didn’t come here to be a career politician. I came to speak truth. Long before I was elected HD15’s State Representative, I served as an ordained minister, former Navy Chaplain, and I still preach two hours every Sunday in my private ministry on…
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CHATTER: Gardner-Klingenschmitt kerfuffle brewing? But where’s Waller?
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The jockeying and posturing is in full force for the chance to run for the Colorado Springs Senate seat, SD 12, being left open by term-limited Senate President Bill Cadman. It seems freshman state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt threw down a not-so-subtle gauntlet against another potential hopeful for the heavily Republican district at a meeting of…
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CHATTER: Thurlow votes excite recall talk
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Our sources tell us rookie GOP Rep. Dan Thurlow’s recent votes have already incited talk of a recall among the hard-cores, a full three months before the move can start up. Seems the Mesa County lawmaker has been throwing in with — gasp! — Democrats on some House votes lately, raising the ire of rock-ribbeds…