Author: Lynn Bartels
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Bartels: Medal of Honor recipient inspires at Healing Our Heroes event
For the second time in my life, I’ve shaken the hand of a Medal of Honor recipient. The first time was in the early 1980s when I worked for The Gallup Independent in Gallup, N.M., and got to know Heroshi Miyamura. The Gallup native, known as “Hershey,” in 1951 in Korea killed more than 50…
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BARTELS: Arapahoe County GOP piggybacks on Secretary Wayne Williams’ food bank bet
Arapahoe County Republicans are borrowing a page from Secretary of State Wayne Williams and will participate in a food drive at their county assembly on March 19. County chairwoman Joy Hoffman said she was inspired by the Super Bowl bet between Williams and North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall. Both secretary of state offices…
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BARTELS: El Paso County elections staff wins “Innovation Award”
Here’s to the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s elections division, which recently was honored by the county with an “Innovation Award. The El Paso County Board of Commissioners handed out three awards that recognized a new idea or process that resulted in a positive improvement in customer service. “I couldn’t be more proud of the…
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BARTELS: Secretary of state turns to Colorado legislature after court ruling
The Colorado Secretary of State’s office will ask for legislative help on a campaign finance issue after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals refused its request to “execute us or set us free.” In two separate rulings, the most recent one last week, the court has concluded that Colorado’s regulatory framework for setting up what…
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BARTELS: Back to back, Colorado House Republicans celebrate births
It’s been a prolific few days for House Republicans and we’re talking babies, not bills. Rep. Kevin Priola of Henderson and his wife Michelle on Friday welcomed their fourth child, Cora Gabrielle, who weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Two days earlier, Joel Malecka, the spokesman for the House GOP caucus, and his wife Amy welcomed…
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BARTELS: “Strong Sisters” documents the role of women in Colorado politics
A who’s who of female politicians — including former House majority leaders Norma Anderson to Amy Stephens — showed up Sunday for the premiere of the documentary they starred in, “Strong Sisters,” which examines women and Colorado politics. The bipartisan film, produced by Meg Kruizenga Froelich and Laura Hoeppner, looks at the many firsts…
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BARTELS: Colorado’s “messy” caucus, marijuana intrigues Middle Eastern visitors
Video: A visit to Colorado. Twelve international visitors on Wednesday peppered Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams about everything from marijuana to the “messy” precinct caucuses they observed the night before. Back in their Middle Eastern countries, they are professors, bureaucrats, candidates and such. They hailed from a variety of countries, including Algeria, Kuwait and Tunisia. Some asked Williams questions…
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BARTELS: Ghosts of Colorado caucuses past, from nuns to a naked boy
As a political reporter for the Rocky Mountain News, I asked a variety of politicos — from then-City Auditor Dennis Gallagher to U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard to former First Lady Wilma Webb — about their precinct caucus experiences. With Colorado Republicans and Democrats holding their precinct caucuses tonight, here’s that 2008 story: Ah, there’s nothing like memories of…
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BARTELS: Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia: one tough cookie
Far be it from a snowboarding wipeout to stop Lt. Joe Garcia from performing a variety of duties. The crash happened on Feb. 13 in the Grand Tetons when Garcia was snowboarding with his youngest son. Garcia couldn’t get in to see a surgeon until nearly a week later, on Feb. 19, to repair his separated shoulder and…
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BARTELS: Denver Rep. Dan Pabon: ‘We believe in each other’
You just know a Democratic spaghetti dinner in north Denver is going to be tasty because of the neighborhood’s Italian heritage, and you know the keynote speech is going to be good when Speaker Pro Tem Dan Pabon has been tapped for the honors. Pabon urged fellow Democrats to support the party’s presidential nominee, no matter the…