Author: Rachael Write Special to Colorado Politics

Forty Years Ago This Week: Four Democratic candidates for Denver mayor – Monte Pascoe, Wellington Webb, Federico Peña and Steve Schweitzberger – spoke at a panel hosted by the Denver Young Republicans at Crestmoor Downs. Pascoe, who was the most recent entrant into the race for mayor, had resigned his potion as executive director of…

Thirty Years Ago This Week: In a measure aimed to cut at least $75 million from the state budget, Rep. Phil Pankey, R-Littleton, urged cutting health care for Colorado’s medically indigent. House Bill 93-1290 was sent to the House Appropriations Committee where it joined a slew of other money-saving proposals that had been compiled by…