colorado political history
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State Rep. Peña outlines significant inequalities in Colorado’s school finance law | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: In a guest column published in The Colorado Statesman, House Minority Leader Rep. Federico Peña, D-Denver, wrote that his greatest disappointment with the legislative process was “the inability, or unwillingness, of the General Assembly to address major issues in a forthright manner.” One of the most serious issues was Colorado’s…
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Colorado’s national correspondent recounts violent KKK march in D.C. | A LOOK BACK
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by Rachael Wright Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: “I had forgotten about the Ku Klux Klan,” said Ann Downing Schmidt, The Colorado Statesman’s Washington, D.C., correspondent. In a commentary piece published in The Statesman, Schmidt described trying to make the ten-minute drive from her home to take a visiting friend to the Vietnam Memorial. That day the main…
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Denver Mayor Peña makes unexpected announcement | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Denver Mayor Federico Peña announced personal news that caught many of his supporters and Denver residents who paid close attention to politics off guard. Just two weeks prior on Nov. 16, 1990, The Colorado Statesman had published a paid ad embellished with the statement, “We’re for Peña, for Denver.” The…
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GOP chair candidates circle Benson, statehouse candidate alleges SOS voter fraud | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Although Colorado Republican Party Chairman Bruce Benson had told one of his predecessors that he hadn’t yet made up his mind as to whether he’d run for a third term, party insiders had already begun to toss around names should Benson decide to bow out. The top contender seemed to…
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Colorado Campaign finance commission convenes to address rising PACs, make other reforms | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Gov. Roy Romer convened the first meeting of the Colorado Campaign Finance Reform Commission, which was led by Dr. Gene Nichols, dean of the University of Colorado Law School. The Campaign Finance Commission was made up of seven Democrats and seven Republicans, including Dick Freese and Bruce Benson. Colorado Supreme…
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A LOOK BACK | Colorado congressman calls for abolishment of IRS
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: U.S. Rep. Dan Schaefer, a Republican representing Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, joined several congressional colleagues for “tea” in Boston Harbor aboard the Beaver II, a full-sized replica of the 18th century ship of the same name. Dipping a copy of the United States tax code into a large basin, Schaefer…
