dennis gallagher
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Hickenlooper asks state Supreme Court to weigh in on TABOR, Gallagher conflicts
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday asked the Colorado Supreme Court to look into conflicts between two state constitutional amendments that critics say combine to drain away tax revenue needed by communities around the state to fund schools, firefighting and other services. Those conflicts are “preventing local governments from funding even limited essential services,” Hickenlooper’s filing…
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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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YESTERYEAR: Legislature’s Dem minority presses hot-button Medicaid funding issue
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… Twenty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … Democrat state legislators were making their opinions known on what they contended was a poor handling of Medicaid funding by the Republican majority. The minority party in both chambers had kicked off the 1997 legislative session clashing early and often with GOP leadership over Medicaid. One Senate…
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YESTERYEAR: Youth government mimics real life, politicos undergo reapportionment drama, Hick faces Denver election woes
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Fifteen Years Ago this week in the Colorado Statesman … When the cat’s away … While Colorado legislators were recessed, in their place, the Annual Youth in Government Program took over the House, Senate, judiciary and governor’s seats to get a hands on lesson in government affairs. Entering its 48th year, the youth program – sponsored…
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BARTELS: Ghosts of Colorado caucuses past, from nuns to a naked boy
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As a political reporter for the Rocky Mountain News, I asked a variety of politicos — from then-City Auditor Dennis Gallagher to U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard to former First Lady Wilma Webb — about their precinct caucus experiences. With Colorado Republicans and Democrats holding their precinct caucuses tonight, here’s that 2008 story: Ah, there’s nothing like memories of…
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We’ll miss his old-fashioned grass roots tamale parlor political style
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What I will miss most about Paul Sandoval is that you could disagree with him and still be friends. That is very rare today in Denver politics. He took to heart the words of Shakespeare’s second line from Sonnet 116, “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.” We could disagree on candidates,…
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Stock Show should not be sold down the river because of Gaylord’s over-arching greed
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I will oppose any move of the National Western Stock Show that will damage the City and County of Denver, its citizens and taxpayers, downtown business, our Convention Center and/or the Denver Coliseum. As Auditor I will continue to protect the interests of Denver and its citizens and I will fight any move by the…
