ben conarck
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Proponents of ballot measures up for the challenge
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Call it shooting for the moon, or call it democracy from the ground up, the task of successfully getting an initiative onto the Colorado ballot is no small feat.The Colorado title board approved all nine ballot measures proposed during a hearing earlier this month, raising the total of initiatives cleared for signature gathering to 14.…
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The process of proposing an initiative
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Proponents of an initiative must submit their ballot measure to the Colorado title board for a hearing before it is deemed eligible for signature gathering. The title board is comprised of designees by the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the director of the Office of Legislative Legal Services. At the April 4 hearing,…
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Weissmann campaign undaunted by initial rejection of petition signatures
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Eric Weissmann, the Republican businessman seeking to “fire” incumbent U.S. Rep Jared Polis, D-Boulder, will appeal the invalidation of a large portion of his petition signatures by the secretary of state’s office in Denver District Court.The secretary of state’s office rejected 614 of the 1,456 signatures submitted by the Weissmann campaign. Weissmann needs 1,000 valid…
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Boulder GOP circles wagons at county assembly
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Just minutes after deciding to run for House District 12, Republican Charles “Russ” Lyman brought the crowd to its feet during the district breakout session at the Boulder County GOP Assembly on Saturday in Longmont.Lyman started off his impromptu speech describing how he became president of his local homeowner’s association. He showed up at a…
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Boulder County GOP Resolutions
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Boulder County Republicans approved 12 of 21 resolutions proposed at precinct caucuses in February. Among those resolutions winning a majority of support from assembly delegates: • Calling for the repeal of “Obamacare” • Calling for a Constitutional amendment that would require the federal budget to be balanced annually • Banning government bailouts to private interests…
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Style trumps policy splits in CU regent’s primary
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In a primary contest that has sidelined policy differences, the Republican candidates for CU regent at-large have turned their fire on each other. Brian Davidson, a physician and faculty member at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Center, is facing off against political activist Matt Arnold for the chance to take on incumbent Democrat Stephen…
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Neighborhood activist targets Dem incumbent
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Denver House District 1 Rep. Jeanne Labuda is term limited in 2014, but that hasn’t stopped community activist Corrie Houck from challenging the three-term Democratic incumbent this year in what has turned into a heated primary. Labuda said she isn’t surprised by the intra-party challenge, particularly because she had been speaking with people in the…
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Republican hopefuls also campaign for HD 1 seat
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The two Republican candidates seeking the House District 1 legislative seat are focusing their attention on courting unaffiliated voters, while the Democratic candidates are preoccupied with their own primary contest. The candidates both have backgrounds in business. John Kidd, who is the CEO of an insurance agency in Cherry Creek, is facing off against James…
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Candidates for DA plead their cases
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What best qualifies a candidate to run for district attorney in the 18th Judicial District? At a breakfast debate held at the Arapahoe County Republican Men’s Club in Greenwood Village early Wednesday morning, the four GOP candidates pled their cases.Matt Arnold, a judicial accountability activist and candidate in the CU Regent At-Large race, moderated the…
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Q&A with Democratic candidate Ethan Feldman
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Ethan Feldman is the Democratic candidate for District Attorney in the 18th Judicial District. He has experience serving as chief deputy district attorney. He has also spent twelve years as a trial lawyer and over 20 years as an Arapahoe County judge.Q: Why are you running for DA? A: I’m running because I stepped down…
