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4 Colorado ex-governors + 1 current guv + 1 Lynn Bartels = a fun read
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All of Colorado’s living ex-governors and the one who’s still in office – that John Hickenlooper fella – sat in on the same panel discussion Thursday, weighing in on the heavy issue of partisanship in contemporary politics. Yes, all five of them: Dick Lamm, Roy Romer, Bill Owens, Bill Ritter and Hick himself. They of course…
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Gubernatorial hopefuls castigate, laud Hickenlooper for granting pardon to Lima-Marin
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Colorado’s leading gubernatorial candidates mostly reacted along party lines Friday to word that Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, had pardoned Rene Lima-Marin in hopes of heading off plans by immigration officials to deport the Aurora man to Cuba. Democrats Mike Johnston and Cary Kennedy cheered the move, both citing what they termed the governor’s “humanity,”…
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Hickenlooper pardons Rene Lima-Marin in effort to head off deportation to Cuba
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Calling it a “question of justice,” Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday granted a full and unconditional pardon to Rene Lima-Marin, the Aurora man who has faced deportation to Cuba since being freed from prison earlier this week in a spectacular case that caught the attention of the nation. “We were convinced this was the right…
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Lawmakers ask Hickenlooper to grant pardon to freed convict facing deportation to Cuba
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A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is asking Gov. John Hickenlooper to issue a pardon to clear the record of an Aurora man who was released from prison this week only to face deportation to Cuba, a country he hasn’t seen since he was an infant. If Hickenlooper grants the request, it would be the first…
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YESTERYEAR: Nicholson draws fire from pro-lifers
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Twenty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson came under fire by an unlikely group of pro-life Republicans who compared his actions to those of Adolf Hitler. Nicholson, who considered himself pro-life, came under attack in early May 1997 by the American Constitution Party, the Colorado affiliate of the…
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YESTERYEAR: Ritter, Caldara face off over School Finance Act
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Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … A new welfare law was finally agreed upon and the Legislature narrowly averted a special session. “That’s the art of compromise,” Gov. Roy Romer said. He added that he would sign the latest version of the state’s welfare reform law that had successfully met the…
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YESTERYEAR: Broncos stadium project debated, Hickenlooper again wins mayor
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Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … The issue of a “new” stadium for the Denver Broncos turned two bill sponsors against one another when Rep. Vickie Agler, R-Littleton, House co-sponsor of SB 97-230 — a bill that allowed for consideration of a re-fit of Mile High Stadium — accepted an amendment that Senate sponsor Mike Coffman,…
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YESTERYEAR: Howard Dean attempts to quell Denver DNC union rebellion; Buckley mired
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Twenty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … When she was elected in 1994, Secretary of State Vikki Buckley became the first African-American woman to take statewide office in Colorado. She had spent 22 years working her way up through the ranks of the secretary of state’s office, and eventually became second in command…
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Republican George Brauchler declares he’s running for governor of Colorado in 2018
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Republican George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, officially launched his campaign for governor of Colorado on Wednesday. Declaring that he will be the grassroots conservative in what could be a crowded GOP primary field, Brauchler said he intends to bring leadership to a state that has languished under what’s amounted…
