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Denver’s Michael Hancock profiled as one of America’s 11 most interesting mayors

Jun 27, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Just because Michael Hancock used to dress up like a horse in a helmet, does that make him interesting? Politico Magazine thinks so, citing the Denver mayor’s time as Huddles, the Broncos mascot. The Mile High City’s biggest cheerleader today was profiled as a “cool-headed change agent” among America’s 11 most interesting mayors in a Sunday…
John Hickenlooper proclaims official John Elway Day in Colorado to honor Broncos legend

May 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday declared May 24, 2017, John Elway Day in Colorado, but the Denver Broncos general manager and former quarterback didn’t know he had a holiday until late in the evening after he’d finished eating dinner along with 2,000 business, political and civic leaders at the Mizel Institute’s annual dinner in Denver.…
YESTERYEAR: Broncos stadium project debated, Hickenlooper again wins mayor

May 4, 2017

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Rachael Wright

Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … The issue of a “new” stadium for the Denver Broncos turned two bill sponsors against one another when Rep. Vickie Agler, R-Littleton, House co-sponsor of SB 97-230 — a bill that allowed for consideration of a re-fit of Mile High Stadium — accepted an amendment that Senate sponsor Mike Coffman,…
John Elway gets behind fourth-quarter drive for Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court bid

Mar 20, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway on Monday threw his support behind U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. The Colorado star’s endorsement came as Gorsuch, who is also from Colorado, was facing U.S. Senate confirmation hearings. A letter Elway wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee was first reported by Colorado Politics. “A native of Colorado,…
Sewald Hanfling adds Brittany Morris Saunders as local affairs chief

Feb 2, 2017

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Ernest Luning

UPDATED with comments from Mayor Michael Hancock, Tami Door and R.D. Sewald. Brittany Morris Saunders, the senior vice president for economic development and public affairs with the Downtown Denver Partnership, is joining Sewald Hanfling Public Affairs, a Denver-based lobbying, business development and communications firm, The Colorado Statesman has learned. Saunders, a former economic development director for…
Denver Broncos sign lobbyists Sewald Hanfling

Jan 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Denver Broncos have a new lobbying firm to go along with the team’s new coach after signing up with powerhouse persuaders Sewald Hanfling Public Affairs this week. The young Denver-based firm will handle local government relations and also assist longtime Broncos lobbyists Bill and Lacee Artist of J. William Artist and Associates with matters…
Grantham totally OK being one kind of hater

Jan 23, 2017

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John Tomasic

Colorado Sen. President Kevin Grantham, R-Canon City, is a straight talker. He’s a straight tweeter, too. On Monday afternoon, he let loose on the twitterspere: In an era in which debates rage over hate speech and political correctness, it takes a certain kind of boldness to acknowledge a shared hatred and to suggest that, in…
Elway not running for governor

Jan 3, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

Just before starting his search for a new head coach for the Denver Broncos, John Elway denied any plans to throw his name in the hopper with others already mentioned as potential candidates for Colorado governor in 2018. Speaking to 9News on Monday, Jan. 2, the Broncos general manager and Hall of Fame quarterback said…
Elway ads promote amendment 71, oppose 69 & 70

Oct 25, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

Likely the most recognizable and perhaps admired person in Colorado, John Elway has made what may be his first highly visible entry into the political world, appearing in TV ads for the campaign promoting passage of Amendment 71, the Raise the Bar effort to make it harder to change the state constitution. The Hall of…
Hickenlooper rappels down Denver high-rise for charity

Sep 9, 2016

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Associated Press

Colorado’s governor rappelled down a high-rise apartment building in downtown Denver to raise awareness for cancer Thursday, squeezing his eyes shut as he approached the sidewalk. Gov. John Hickenlooper, clad in a bright-orange Denver Broncos jersey, described the 380-foot rappel as “pure fear, but nothing like facing cancer.” He descended the 32-floor building for the Cancer…