Author: Vince Bzdek
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COMMENTARY | Soldier-statesman George H.W. Bush’s valuable lessons for our times
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George H.W. Bush, mourned widely and deeply after 94 years of life, was the last American president to have seen combat during wartime. He was also the last of a 40-year line of commanders in chief who served in World War II. It may come as a surprise to most people, but Bush was the…
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Election Preview 2018 | CoPo’s special report
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With Election Day just days away, Colorado Politics brings you our special Election Preview. Joey Bunch, Marianne Goodland, Ernest Luning and Conrad Swanson take you inside the key races and issues on the November ballot. (See the links below to access our special report.) These stories are for paid Colorado Politics subscribers only. (Not a…
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ANALYSIS | The real political power in America? The Nonvoters Party
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Quick, name the biggest, most powerful political party in the United States. It’s not Republicans or Democrats. Or Independents or Unaffiliateds. It’s the Nonvoters Party. In the last presidential election, 19.8 percent of voting-age adults voted for Hillary Clinton, 19.5 percent voted for Donald Trump and 29.9 percent didn’t vote, according to the U.S. Election…
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State Debate: Your chance to give candidates for all Colo.’s major offices a piece of your mind
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In a month, ballots will begin arriving in mailboxes around Colorado, asking you to help pick the handful of people who will lead our state through the next four years. Who can best deal with Colorado’s runaway growth, its exploding demand for skilled workers, its knotty traffic problems and needy schools? How about the surging…
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ANALYSIS: When it comes to data on pot’s impact, the state is driving with its eyes closed
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Burt Hubbard is a wide-eyed, gray-bearded data lord. He was a top-10 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize at the Rocky Mountain News and is enshrined in the Scripps Howard Journalism Hall of Fame. His numerous awards include Reporter of the Year in Colorado. For the last dozen years, he has taught computer-assisted reporting and internet…
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Trade war would be devastating for Colorado, U.S. Chamber chief warns
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The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is beating the drum for free trade and bearing an urgent warning for Coloradans. In an informal interview with Colorado Politics while on vacation in Colorado Springs, Tom Donohue brandished a chamber report that says $277 million in Colorado exports and 733,000 jobs are threatened by the…
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It’s a ‘blowout hootenanny’: Ballots go out in Colorado’s 1st ‘open’ primary
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Starting this week, Colorado’s unaffiliated voters will begin casting ballots in the state’s primary elections for the first time ever. And both major parties have crowded, competitive primaries up and down their ballots for the first time in decades. Colorado voters in both parties are faced with contested primaries for an open seat for governor.…
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The Colorado Civic Barbecue — let’s make politics fun again
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On the first Sunday in May, Swiss citizens throughout that mountainous, cow-happy country merrily gather in their town squares to drink beer, show off their swords and practice democracy. They call it the Landsgemeinde, and they’ve been doing it since about 1294. Essentially the Swiss have turned election day into a party, with sausages, pastries,…
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Ag Secretary Perdue comes to Colo. looking for answers to food waste problem
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Food is a just-in-time, on-demand kind of thing in the U.S. People expect it on the shelf anytime they want it, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. They expect it to look perfect – good enough to take iPhone photos of at restaurants and sending the images to friends.…
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Your input wanted at Community Conversation on homelessness tonight in Colorado Springs
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The final numbers for the 2018 community survey of the homeless population in Colorado Springs are not yet available, but the total number of homeless persons is expected to exceed the 2017 count of 1,415. The situation has worsened as more Denver metro residents turn south to escape that area’s white-hot housing market, pushing prices…