Author: Vince Bzdek
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Denver Gazette, 9News town hall tackles youth violence
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The recent fusillade of violent crimes in Denver involving teenagers and children, both as perpetrators and victims, is raising alarms across the entire metro area. Are we in the throes of a new Summer of Violence? Kids in the crossfire Why have the violent deaths of 12- to 18-year-olds suddenly become “normalized”? Why has gunfire…
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The Fair Elections Fund made a difference in mayor’s race: a negative difference | Vince Bzdek
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With the Denver mayoral campaign in its final days, it’s a fair time to ask: Did the Fair Elections Fund — the city’s inaugural stab at public financing for municipal elections — work? The Denver Gazette gathered some of the city’s foremost political experts together Thursday for a final handicapping of the race, and to…
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Colorado Politics to cohost U.S. Senate debate between Bennet and O’Dea
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30_SenateDebate_Friday_102022.mp4 Colorado Politics and the Colorado Springs and Denver Gazettes will cohost a debate Oct. 28 between U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Joe O’Dea in a race that could very well decide the balance of the U.S. Senate. The debate will be held live at Colorado State University’s Lory Student Center…
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Denver Gazette hosts symposium on Colorado River challenges
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Some call it The American Nile. It’s the Colorado River, it’s the lifeblood of the West, and it’s out of balance. The seven states in the river’s basin are using more water than the river can provide. As a result, the Colorado River is the most endangered river in America, according to the conservation nonprofit…
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The State of the Streets: A conversation with Police Chief Pazen
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We all know about the State of the Union address our president delivers to Congress every year. Our governor does multiple State of the State speeches around Colorado, and Denver hosts several State of the City events, including one just last Thursday sponsored by the Denver Chamber of Commerce. All fine and good, but who…
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Colorado Conversation this week: Tackling the fentanyl crisis
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in December that fentanyl overdoses had become the leading cause of death for 18- to 45-year-olds nationally – since 2020, killing more than COVID-19, car crashes, suicides, cancer and gunshots combined. In response to this raging epidemic, The Gazette in Colorado Springs and KKTV are hosting a…
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It’s time for the adults to take Colorado Republicans home from Fantasyland
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A pretty entertaining, temporary theme park was installed in Colorado Springs’ Broadmoor World Arena last weekend. Call it Republican Fantasyland. Or maybe just plain ole Conspiracyland. Just like the artificial world we all loved as kids, it had plenty of fantastical story lines, an Enchanted Forest of cheering fenceposts, and a cast of characters as…
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Colorado Conversations: Why is crime out of control? What can be done about it?
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Nearly everyone agrees: Crime in Colorado is an out-of-control wildfire right now. A recent study found that violent crime in our state skyrocketed 35% in the last decade – while rising only 3% nationwide. Colorado has the highest rate of car theft in the nation, and our property-crime rate rose more than in any other…
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Doug Lamborn gains key post overseeing military space programs
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Colorado Springs U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has been named as the ranking member of the subcommittee overseeing space defense, missile defense and nuclear weapons, gaining key leverage over space programs at a time when Colorado is fighting to hold onto Space Command headquarters. Rep. Mike Rogers, the lead Republican on the Armed Services Committee, said…
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Pompeo visit gives Coloradans an early taste of likely presidential campaign issues
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Coloradans got a taste of what the likely issues will be in the 2024 presidential election Friday, when potential Republican candidate Mike Pompeo rolled into town to campaign for Rep. Doug Lamborn. And the threat posed by China may be at the top of the list. “The Chinese Communist Party is the singular external threat,”…