colorado springs gazette
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Underwriting ensures 100% of contributions to Colorado Healing Fund go to Club Q victim assistance
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Underwriting separate from public donations made to the Colorado Healing Fund will cover most expenses associated with administering the fund to assist victims of the Nov. 19 Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, officials announced Tuesday. That means “all of the $1.9 million raised to date and all future funds raised for Club Q will…
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Foundation started after Sandy Hook shooting to study violence prevention to merge with CU Anschutz Medical Campus center
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A foundation started by the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim is closing and being reborn as a program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. Folding the Avielle Foundation into the National Mental Health Innovation Center at the university’s main medical training and services campus will make the…
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Toda puts a -30- on a career in journalism and politics
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It was fitting that the way most of the Capitol press corps learned of the departure of House Democratic spokesman Dean Toda was by press release – one he penned himself. “Dean Toda hangs up his spikes today,” he wrote. The sage of the statehouse is retiring after seven sessions. A former editor at the…
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LOMAX: The New York Times hailed the benefits of fracking. What’s left for anti-oil and gas groups?
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How often do you think the New York Times and a Colorado Springs conservative ever agree, about anything? That’s the question I was asking myself after reading recent news coverage in the Times about the geopolitical importance of U.S. oil and natural gas production. The Jan. 28 story explained how much diplomatic and economic leverage we now have over countries like…
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Rep. Joe Salazar spars with Colorado Springs activist over Right to Rest bill
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State Rep. Joe Salazar has a public beef with a Colorado Springs Gazette op-ed contributor over whether his legislation helps the homeless. In the back-and-forth community activist Rachel Stoval alleged his bill was a ploy to secure Democratic votes in El Paso County. “Right to Rest does not offer a single solution to homelessness. Shame…
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FEEDBACK: ‘Primaries make us stronger, not weaker’
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Editorial got it wrong on guv’s race It was with great disappointment that we read an editorial in Colorado Politics’ news affiliate, the Colorado Springs Gazette, calling for a preemptive conclusion to our democratic primary process in favor of prematurely anointing one candidate (“EDITORIAL: Republicans should clear the field for Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton,” Jan.…
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Colorado Hispanic Republicans brush off Tancredo request to join gubernatorial forum
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Tom Tancredo wants to participate in an upcoming gubernatorial candidate forum sponsored by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans, a campaign spokesman says, but the organization has said the event lineup is set and there’s no room for the former five-term congressman known for his hard-line positions on illegal immigration. In response, the Tancredo campaign is reminding…
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BARTELS: Breaking — Secretary Wayne Williams talks to, oh, just about everyone
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Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams saw a familiar face when he visited The Durango Herald newsroom Friday: the new city editor, Sue McMillin, used to work at the Colorado Springs Gazette. McMillin’s career at the Gazette spanned more than 30 years, and she served as new director when she left in December. Williams, who…
