Colorado History
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Ballot initiative seeks to help Colorado gambling towns survive, Gov. Romer pushes back | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: All the Black Hawk, Cripple Creek and Central City sponsors of state ballot Initiative 4 were hoping for was to pay for the upkeep of their historic buildings, or so the initiative’s proponents claimed. “They just want to raise enough new money to tide their towns over between tourist seasons,”…
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GOP accuse Dems, Polis of evading Fair Campaign Practices Act | A LOOK BACK
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Twenty-Five Years Ago This Week: Complaints about “dirty tricks” being played as election day drew nearer were rising to a fever pitch. The Colorado Republican Party filed a formal complaint against state Sens. Mike Feeley, D-Lakewood, Ed Permutter, D-Golden, and Stan Matsunaka, D-Loveland, alleging that they had engaged in a conspiracy with State Board of…
