Author: Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Colorado Politics Calendar Aug. 17-23
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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Reagan’s PATCO Showdown ignited Colorado labor backlash | A LOOK BACK
Forty-five years ago this week: “It’s the old Nixon reaction as far as I’m concerned. He thinks he’s the Great God Almighty and can do no wrong … in the eyes of the public,” said Zelda Bransted, spokesman of the Colorado AFL-CIO. “I sincerely hope it backfires.” Bransted made the comment in response to President…
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Wirth downplays Social Security disaster talk | A LOOK BACK
Forty-five years ago this week: “As time goes on,” said Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Wirth, of the 2nd Congressional District, “we are finding that the safety net, which was proposed earlier this year, has some very large holes in it,” referring to a recently debated Social Security policy change. Wirth had joined with the majority…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Aug. 10-16
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Aug. 3-9
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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Susemihl wins surprise victory to replace Steve Durham as Colorado Springs state senator | A LOOK BACK
Forty-five years ago this week: In a closed session, the vacancy committee for Colorado’s Senate District 12 selected attorney Peter Susemihl to complete Sen. Steve Durham’s, R-Colorado Springs, term. Durham resigned his seat to become Region 8 Director of the Environmental Protection Agency. Ed Bland, El Paso County Republican Party chairman and member of the…
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Colorado Politics Calendar July 27-Aug. 2
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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Armstrong staffer considers congressional bid, DeGette angers rural communities with wilderness act | A LOOK BACK
Forty-five years ago this week: If the lines were drawn just right, Republican Sen. Bill Armstrong stood the chance of losing his office manager, Ruth Fountain. Fountain admitted she was seriously thinking about running for Colorado’s new congressional seat in the next year. Fountain had worked on Armstrong’s Colorado House campaign, served as deputy campaign…
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Big GOP names address rumors they want to challenge Gov. Lamm | A LOOK BACK
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: With few Republican candidates announced for the gubernatorial race, the political rumor mill was in full force. Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development Phil Winn, a former Colorado Republican Party chairman, felt compelled to announce that he had no plans to return to Colorado to run against…
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Lamm explains to Coloradans they already had enough tax relief; RMGO defies Owens and Tancredo | A LOOK BACK
Forty-five years ago this week: “Voting against tax relief is politically sensitive,” wrote Gov. Dick Lamm in a column in The Colorado Statesman. “But my conscience and my responsibility for Colorado’s fiscal health required a veto.” Lamm decided to personally author the opinion editorial as a way to explain to Coloradans why he felt the…