bob kirscht
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HUDSON | Longtime Colorado politico rises to the challenge in a face-off in Trinidad
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Despite all the public chest thumping that takes place on both the right and the left regarding policy preferences, it’s wise to remain alert to the possibility these displays are often masquerades behind which lurk personal animosities. As a freshman legislator I quit the House Democratic caucus following an accusation by Minority Leader Bob Kirscht…
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Smith: May The Colorado Statesman’s legacy of humanizing politics live on
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Congratulations and best wishes to Clarity Media, the new owner of The Colorado Statesman. I’ve been writing for The Statesman since at least the early 1980s when I was commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture and have always seen the newspaper as a vital player in Colorado’s political life. I see its value even…
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Gallagher: Remembering Ray Kogovsek
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I am so glad I was able to make Sen. Ray Kogovsek’s funeral Mass at St. Mary Help of Christians Slovenian Catholic Church in Pueblo May 5. It was Friday morning in his hometown and in the parish he grew up in. And a hometown occasion it was – a warm spring day with flowers bursting forth in the small…
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Smith: Kogovsek’s death leaves a tremendous void
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It is an enormous shock to read of the death of Ray Kogovsek, a superb public servant and a tireless supporter of his home town, Pueblo. I had the opportunity to serve in the Colorado House of Representatives for six of the years in which he served in the state Senate and it was always…
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YESTERYEAR: Election official warns moving primary to August could dampen vote
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Thirty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Legislators should be “ashamed” of moving the primary election from September to August, wrote Susan Duncan, president of the Denver Election Commission, in a guest commentary. “These are the dog days of August, when sensible people are paying attention to baseball – not politics,” she…
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YESTERYEAR: Denver grapples with economic challenges in wake of oil price plunge
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Thirty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Cities across the country were facing challenges in the face of economic pressures – a recent study showed that 60 percent of 660 American cities surveyed were anticipating budget deficits in 1986 – but Denver was not demoralized, said Mayor Federico Peña in his State of the…
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BARTELS: Honoring “The Lady of the House”
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Lawmakers past and present showed up Tuesday to pay tribute to Lee Bahrych, the former chief clerk of the state House who loved the Capitol as much as she despised the pranks rowdy lawmakers were prone to pull. Former staffer Donna Acierno recalled how Bahrych once got so annoyed with Rep. Scott McInnis she…
