Author: Miller Hudson
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Throwing sands into the gears of government | HUDSON
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It was 45 years ago I attended a charity reception at a West City Park B&B, which has passed through several owners since. At the time there was a circa 1900 map of Colorado’s Front Range mounted on the staircase wall. As I examined it, I noted an arrow and lettering stating, “Denver Water Board…
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Buck foresaw Colorado GOP electoral train wreck now here | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson A lesson learned after half-a-century of involvement in Colorado politics is to be suspicious of coincidences. It wasn’t surprising when U.S. Rep. Ken Buck announced he was leaving Congress following a decade representing Colorado’s eastern outback in Congress. It was evident he hadn’t been a happy camper in Washington for some time. His…
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Peeking in at our ‘let’s pretend’ government at Colorado’s Capitol | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson For the first time in several years, I’ve found myself frequently attending legislative committee hearings at Colorado’s Capitol. Much has changed recently – as you might suspect some for the better, much not so much. Minority legislators, currently Republicans, reportedly grumble about how Democratic committee chairs manage testimony. Historically, chairs would ask bill sponsors…
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Advantage masquerading as reform | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson There was a time, not so long ago, when the initiative process was available to Colorado citizens intent on reforming and/or modernizing government and our law. An army of volunteers, either aggrieved or motivated to usher in change, could sweep across Colorado seeking signatures to place their pet peeve or project before voters.…
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Our ebbing sense of political community | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson Attending my Democratic caucus last week by ZOOM drove home how rapidly Colorado’s political parties are disintegrating as effective organizations. Unfortunately, there’s no identifiable culprit, or vast conspiracy, which can be held responsible for this dissolution. I have doubts this descent can or will be reversed. Having moved here from Maryland in 1972,…
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Why do we increasingly fear science, technology? | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson Something rather peculiar has occurred during my lifetime. American faith in science has plummeted from unshakeable admiration for scientists to suspicions of vile academic conspiracies. I was in junior high school when the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching its Sputnik satellite into orbit. It was little more than a soccer ball…
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Anti-democratic state transit policy scheme politically tone deaf | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson Forty-four years ago, Denver state Rep. Jack McCroskey and I successfully passed a bill for the second time in the Colorado House to elect Regional Transportation District board members. Our bill failed again to receive a vote in the Senate. Roger Walton was the lobbyist representing the appointed board members, who were virulently…
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The low-information voters, and pure racism, of GOP acronym attacks | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson If you watch polling reports, you can’t help being startled with a finding reported in the New York Times that seems to defy belief. Can it possibly be true 48% of eligible voters indicate no awareness former President Donald J. Trump is being prosecuted in multiple courts for dozens of alleged felonies? Pollsters…
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Iowa first taste GOP voting tide hasn’t turned against Trump | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson Eight years ago this month, William Buckley’s legacy publication, National Review, published a cover story touting a batch of essays from conservative pundits arguing why Republicans should oppose Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. I was attending a weekend seminar organized by the conservative Steamboat Institute to discuss the 2016 election when the magazine was…
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After slow start, time to deliver on Polis’s transit vision | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson Listening to opening day remarks delivered by party leaders at the start of the second regular session of Colorado’s General Assembly last week, I couldn’t help but be struck by how much difference a year made. Perhaps the enthusiasm of arriving at the Capitol directly from elections in 2023 energized legislators now chastened…
