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4 Colorado ex-governors + 1 current guv + 1 Lynn Bartels = a fun read
All of Colorado’s living ex-governors and the one who’s still in office – that John Hickenlooper fella – sat in on the same panel discussion Thursday, weighing in on the heavy issue of partisanship in contemporary politics. Yes, all five of them: Dick Lamm, Roy Romer, Bill Owens, Bill Ritter and Hick himself. They of course…
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Gubernatorial hopefuls castigate, laud Hickenlooper for granting pardon to Lima-Marin
Colorado’s leading gubernatorial candidates mostly reacted along party lines Friday to word that Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, had pardoned Rene Lima-Marin in hopes of heading off plans by immigration officials to deport the Aurora man to Cuba. Democrats Mike Johnston and Cary Kennedy cheered the move, both citing what they termed the governor’s “humanity,”…
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Hickenlooper pardons Rene Lima-Marin in effort to head off deportation to Cuba
Calling it a “question of justice,” Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday granted a full and unconditional pardon to Rene Lima-Marin, the Aurora man who has faced deportation to Cuba since being freed from prison earlier this week in a spectacular case that caught the attention of the nation. “We were convinced this was the right…
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Lawmakers ask Hickenlooper to grant pardon to freed convict facing deportation to Cuba
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is asking Gov. John Hickenlooper to issue a pardon to clear the record of an Aurora man who was released from prison this week only to face deportation to Cuba, a country he hasn’t seen since he was an infant. If Hickenlooper grants the request, it would be the first…
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Pueblo political mainstay Ray Kogovsek passes on — and evokes a torrent of tributes
The death Sunday of onetime 3rd Congressional District U.S. Rep. Ray Kogovsek — a legend in southern Colorado politics, a linchpin in the state Democratic Party and a friend to countless Coloradans — has prompted an outpouring of praise and memories from fellow Puebloans as well as the state’s political establishment. The Pueblo Chieftain’s Peter Roper…
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No silver bullets: Jim Carpenter stresses fundamentals, agility
Jim Carpenter likes to tell a story about a campaign stop more than two decades ago in a small town on the Eastern Plains. It’s no coincidence the story stars former three-term Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, a man Carpenter describes as the master of quick thinking and innovative approaches to the surprises any politician is…
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YESTERYEAR: James Watt blasts critics, defends Interior policies in Grand Junction
Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former U.S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall declared that Colorado was “back in the big leagues” as he introduced divisive Coloradan Interior Secretary James Watt at the annual Club 20 banquet in Grand Junction. Watt, who noted he carried a Navajo arrowhead to “be protected from newspaper…
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YESTERYEAR: Dole, Kemp make first campaign stop in Denver after boisterous GOP convention
Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp – the “American Dream team” – would make their first post-convention campaign appearance in Denver, underlining the importance of Colorado as a crucial swing state in the 1996 election. The Kansas senator gave a…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm threatens veto if GOP draws extremely favorable congressional maps
Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … House Majority Leader Ron Strahle’s congressional redistricting plan was already drawing veto threats from Gov. Dick Lamm, who swore he would never accept a Republican-drawn map that guaranteed the GOP five safe seats with just one seat a Democrat might win. Instead, Lamm proposed aiming…
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YESTERYEAR: Colorado Supreme Court overturns death penalty statute
Twenty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … The lawyer who led a successful constitutional challenge against Colorado’s death penalty law said no one should have been surprised that the Colorado Supreme Court overturned the statute, pointing out that some legislators had warned it was defective when it passed. University of Denver law professor…