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CAPITOL M | Mailers that make you go "huh?"
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We’re encountering Fractured Fairy Tales on the campaign trail lately, including some mailers that have us scratching our heads. We’ll start with the Western Slope and the race in Senate District 5 between Republican Olen Lund of Paonia and incumbent Democratic Sen. Kerry Donovan of Vail. The Colorado Economic Leadership Fund recently sent out a…
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CAPITOL M | A young farmer gets woodshedded by older ones; a sip of water humor
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Whoa Nellie! Somebody probably got a little more than he bargained for at the Sept. 27 meeting of the General Assembly’s interim water resources review committee. Interim water meetings are pretty staid affairs. The committee hears about issues and problems in water and comes up with legislation for the next session. But the Sept. 27…
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CAPITOL M | Observations from rural Colorado (and don’t drive too close to an onion truck)
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Live from rural Colorado! In next week’s print edition (and online Oct. 2), Colorado Politics will take a good look at how rural Coloradans view the upcoming election and the issues that are important to them. (Note to the statewide candidates: There will be surprises. The issues they’re raising aren’t necessarily at the top of…
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Capitol M: Sine Die (#ohthankgoodnessitsover) edition
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A lighter side, usually, of what goes on at #coleg, also known as the Colorado General Assembly, in the last three days of the 2018 session. Talk about jumping the gun…Too soon? House Bill 1436, the red flag bill that generated a ton of controversy in the last 10 days of the 2018 session, came to…
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Capitol M, Week ending April 20, with 19 days until Sine Die edition
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A look at the behind-the-scenes stuff that Capitol M finds interesting, amusing or wants you to know about. Best wishes for a speedy recovery…to Colorado Press Association lobbyist Greg Romberg, who suffered a brain injury in a skiing accident on March 31. According to CPA President Jerry Raehal, Romberg is alert, able to handle day-to-day…
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Capitol M: Week ending April 6, Budget Edition
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Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd, or, what goes on at the Capitol when lawmakers are not sitting at Coors Field, or as it was briefly known as on Friday, Citizens Bank Park. The next time Rep. Leslie Herod offers you donuts around April Fool’s Day…Capitol M advises…
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Capitol M: Week ending March 30
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A look at the lighter side, usually, of what goes on at the state Capitol. This week, however, Capitol M feels the need to call out some ill-thought-out behavior this week. If you aren’t reading…The Facebook page of Senate Majority Leader Chris Holbert, Capitol M says “do it!” Holbert has taken upon himself to…
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Capitol M: Week ending March 9
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A weekly look at the lighter side, or something, of what goes on at the state Capitol. He did what?…Gov. John Hickenlooper didn’t participate in a caucus on Tuesday night. The governor explained he was double-booked and failed to remember that Caucus Night was on the horizon. But he also said that since voters…
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Capitol M (March 2)
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A lighter side, usually, at what goes on in the state Capitol. Given what’s gone on at the Capitol this week, a little lightness is definitely in order. Suggestions that a little harp music might improve attitudes in the House have already been made, but you’ll have to wait until Sine Die. The things…
