Author: LYNN BARTELS Special to Colorado Politics
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BARTELS: The stinky shoe is gone, but the state’s co-ed softball league continues
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Legend has it that in 1974 then-Gov. John Vanderhoof lost a shoe rounding second base during a league softball game and “the stinky old shoe” was bronzed and used as a first-place trophy until it was retired. Now a Stanley Cup-style trophy is presented to the winners but co-ed slow-pitch league featuring state agencies continues. The Colorado Secretary of State’s team…
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BARTELS: Colorado welcomes a new lieutenant governor
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Donna Lynne officially became Colorado’s 49th lieutenant governor after she took the oath of office at the state Capitol in front of friends, family and a whole lot of political folks. Lynne told Gov. John Hickenlooper during the ceremony on Thursday it was a good thing he didn’t choose her as his running mate…