Author: Jody Hope Strogoff
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Bipartisan support for a former House colleague
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It isn’t often [never!] when the two major party’s legislative campaign fundraising organizations rally together on a joint project. But that’s what happened on Wednesday, August 7, when a large bipartisan group of state lawmakers and lobbyists gathered across the street from the Capitol to help former state Rep. Ken Summers, who remains hospitalized in…
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Panel examines the balancing of civil liberties and national security
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The topic of threats to domestic security and how they are balanced with civil liberties was addressed last week at the University of Denver during a well attended forum sponsored by the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL). The panel of leading experts was moderated by Ambassador Christopher R. Hill, dean of the Josef Korbel School…
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Ken Salazar is welcomed back home by friends, family
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It was a grand party that brought together friends and associates spanning some 30 years, but they all were united on the evening of June 7 to welcome home Ken Salazar, the recently retired Secretary of the Interior who has returned to Colorado to practice law. Hosted by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, Salazar’s successor in…
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Salazar passes torch to eager young Latinos
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It was almost as if Ken Salazar, the golden boy of Colorado Democratic politics, was staring at the future. In front of him, seated on chairs in an informal circle in a large meeting room on the first floor of the Wells Fargo office building downtown, were about a dozen and a half young people…
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Stephens ‘considering’ 2014 U.S. Senate race
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Colorado Republican State Chairman Ryan Call on Wednesday dangled out the names of four potential candidates to run against Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Udall in 2014. But only one — state Rep. Amy Stephens, R-Monument — sounded as if she might take the bait, although former Congressman Bob Beauprez acknowledged that he “can’t help but…
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‘Honey Badger’ Gessler shares political morsels at Badger & Pig Roast
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An old Scott Gessler yard sign from his Secretary of State’s race planted in front of this immaculately manicured home let us know we’d arrived at the right place. Or if you could get by with a slightly more esoteric clue, it came from the lovely woman who greeted guests near the gurgling water feature…
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State can invest in Israeli bonds
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Senate Minority Leader Mark Scheffel, R-Parker, didn’t mince any words on May 5 when he acknowledged that the recent legislative session has been described as “contentious, difficult, and extraordinary long.” It’s that much more compelling, he told an audience at the conclusion of the annual AIPAC meeting at the Grand Hyatt Denver, that the nation…
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Hickenlooper: Trip to Israel was ‘the most remarkable of my life’
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper recently returned from a week in Israel where he traveled with Denver businessman Larry Mizel and three other private citizens. This was the first time that Hickenlooper has been to Israel. Although the trip abroad was personal versus state business, the Governor agreed to share some of his experiences with The…
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Daniels Fund Scholars enjoy Capitol surprise
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Bill Daniels, the legendary pioneer in cable television known for his kindness and generosity to those in need, must have been smiling from above as he watched the action on the floor of the Colorado House chambers on April 22. A group of surprised students learned that morning that they had received the Daniels Scholarship…
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Farber quits Coffman, now supports Romanoff for CD 6
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This story has been updated to reflect Andrew Romanoff’s first quarter fundraising figures. Attorney and Democratic Party power broker Steve Farber, who about this time last year caused a flurry in Colorado political circles by hosting a fundraiser for Republican Congressman Mike Coffman’s reelection in CD 6, has jilted the incumbent and on April 4,…
