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COPO PODCAST | Denver’s Republican and Democratic party chairs talk about their roles
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The chairs of Denver’s Democratic and Republican parties play two very different roles. Democratic Chair Melissa Johnsen said part of her job is to stay neutral when several Democrats are vying for the same office. GOP Chair Kristina Cook said part of her mission is to keep the party relevant in a deep blue city…
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Denver mayoral candidates spar over urban camping ban
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The signs on the lawn leading up to Denver’s South High School on Tuesday night suggested the mayoral debate inside would be dominated by issues of growth and development. They read like a series of the old roadside Burma Shave signs. “What is Denver?” “Not Sprawling Houston.” “Not over-built New York.” “Not smoggy Los Angeles.”…
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IN RESPONSE | Criticism of state GOP missed its mark by a mile
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Scapegoating is as old as the Bible. The word comes from the Book of Leviticus, where the chief priest laid the sins of the people on a goat which was then banished into the wilderness. The goat had done nothing to deserve odium, but it served an important purpose by alleviating the people’s psychological burden.…
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Walker Stapleton calls out fellow Colorado Republicans ‘on the take’ with PERA for blocking pension reform
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Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a GOP candidate for governor, is criticizing fellow Republicans who participate in the state’s public employee pension plan, saying some are blocking reform because they’re “on the take” and unwilling to vote against their own financial interest. A consistent critic of Colorado’s Public Employee Retirement Association policies, Stapleton is working on…
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Harris County Republicans recognize Denver, state GOP officers for Hurricane Harvey relief effort
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Colorado Republican officers who organized a donation drive to help victims of Hurricane Harvey traveled to Houston Monday so the local GOP’s governing body can thank them for the relief operation, which sent four full truckloads of supplies to the Gulf Coast earlier this month. The Harris County Republican Party’s executive committee was scheduled to…
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Update: Colorado’s Republican relief effort for Hurricane Harvey’s victims is underway
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As noted earlier this week, Denver and Jefferson County Republican parties have mounted a donation drive to help the many Gulf Coast Texans waylaid by Hurricane Harvey. And the county GOPs are arranging to ship the donations of humanitarian aid to Texas themselves. According to the update below from Denver Republican Chair Jake Viano, relief workers…
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Vintage Tom Tancredo passes the hat for the Denver GOP
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Tom Tancredo needs $12. He says so in the subject line of a mass email this week – although he actually wants you to give it to the Denver GOP. Why raise funds for a county party that has virtually no chance of electing anyone to public office within its own lopsidedly Democratic jurisdiction? The…
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Denver Republican Party chairman hears from White House after incident at LGBT pride parade
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Denver Republican Party Chairman Jake Viano can scratch a big item off his bucket list. On Monday, he received a phone call from the White House to thank him and GOP volunteers for remaining calm during an altercation with a protester at Sunday’s PrideFest Parade in Denver. “I was really stunned,” Viano told Colorado Politics.…
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Masked protester accosts Denver Republicans displaying Trump quote at Colorado LGBT pride parade
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A masked protester accosted Denver Republicans preparing to take part in Sunday’s annual PrideFest Parade, yelling obscenities while attempting to remove a banner featuring a Donald Trump quotation from the county party’s parade entry, the party’s chairman told Colorado Politics. “We were prepared for a lot of hateful rhetoric,” Denver County Republican Chairman Jake…
