Author: Special to Colorado Politics
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THE AURORA EVOLUTION | Colorado’s third-largest city has changed its political stripes
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In less than five years, Aurora transformed from a reliably Republican city to a decidedly progressive Democrat-controlled one. Two recent elections sealed the new political power structure: In 2018 Arapahoe County voters handed Democratic candidates most all major political seats and the 2019 Aurora City Council election that swept in a majority to progressives, while…
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VOICES OF THE (YOUNG) VOTERS | Election ignites hopes, fears and pressures in first-ever presidential vote
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Editor’s Note: This story is part of an occasional series to capture views among Coloradans. Rachel Hutchins stayed awake into the early hours of Nov. 9, 2016, watching as Republican Donald Trump claimed electoral college victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Hutchins, a self-described “capital ‘D’ Democrat,” had been a student at a boarding school in…
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Gov. Polis’ mother offers film on rise in extremism and hate, and what it takes to defeat it
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Susan Polis Shutz got the idea for her eighth and latest documentary over a cup of coffee and the morning news. “I kind of got sick, there was so much hatred, anger and divisiveness, I almost stopped watching,” she told Colorado Politics. “I wondered, ‘Why is this happening? Why is our beautiful world being ruined?…
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Commission finalizes 2,000-foot setback rule for drilling operations statewide
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The Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission on Monday approved a “preliminary final vote” establishing new 2,000-foot setback rules for drilling and fracking operations statewide. “Preliminary,” however, is mostly a formality — Commission Chairman Jeff Robbins confirmed the setback rule is final, but all the rule changes must be adopted at once in a final…
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Colorado Cattlemen’s Association criticizes COGCC’s setback plans
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Surprised, and more than a bit stunned after supporting the commission vocally for months, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association blasted the recent move by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to propose 2,000-foot setbacks from oil rigs or fracking operations. The Association, which claims to represent some 65% of all landowners who raise cattle in…
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A LOOK BACK | Gerald Ford stumps for Colorado GOP candidates
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A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Forty Years Ago This Week: Former U.S. President Gerald Ford deigned to congratulate Mary Estill Buchanan after she upended the campaign of his close personal friend Bo Callaway in a tough primary race for the Republican Senate nomination.…
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COVER STORY: STATE OF THE ARTS | It could take government action to revive performing arts
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Fraught. Fragile. Dire. Endangered. Grim. Those are some of the words local leaders are using to characterize the present state of the arts in Colorado. Signs of the arts apocalypse are everywhere: Foot-high weeds growing out of the abandoned stone rows of the Mary Rippon Amphitheatre, home to the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder. The…
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A LOOK BACK | Vietnam War becomes center of personal US Senate campaign attacks
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A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Forty Years Ago This Week: Throughout the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, Vietnam veteran and Veterans Administration lawyer Dean Phillips had been quite vocal in his criticisms of his opponent Sam Zakhem. The continual chiding so infuriated Zakhem…
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A LOOK BACK | Primaries should be rescheduled, says former guv hopeful
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A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Forty Years Ago This Week: “It’s outrageous and disheartening,” said former City of Lakewood Mayor James “Jim” Richey in an interview with The Colorado Statesman. With the Republican U.S. Senate primary dragging on between Mary Estill Buchanan, Bo…
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A LOOK BACK | GOP guv candidate Andrews calls for pardon in booby-trap slaying
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A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Forty Years Ago: It turned to be more than just a case of election time gossip that disappointment was rife among the ranks of Polly Baca-Barragan’s congressional campaign staffers. “I’ve got bills to pay,” explained Baca-Barragan’s former press…
