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No silver bullets: Jim Carpenter stresses fundamentals, agility

Nov 3, 2016

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Ernest Luning

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…
The 2016 Colorado Election Quiz

Nov 2, 2016

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Ernest Luning

As the 2016 election season draws to a close, we thought there would be no better way to reward readers who have paid close attention to the campaigns than offer a quiz about the seemingly endless ordeal. From the sharp reversals and near-daily bombshells of the presidential contest to the stunning upsets and jaw-dropping tangents…
YESTERYEAR: Democrats defend Hillary Clinton as Bill nominated for second term

Sep 1, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Democrats dispelled any preconceptions that their 1996 national convention would mirror “the GOP’s tightly controlled production” that relied on “cheerleading youth to generate enthusiasm and whips to silence dissenters,” The Statesman reported from Chicago, where delegates nominated Bill Clinton and Al Gore for a second…
YESTERYEAR: Lamm threatens veto if GOP draws extremely favorable congressional maps

Jul 28, 2016

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Ernest Luning

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…
YESTERYEAR: Denver grapples with economic challenges in wake of oil price plunge

Jun 30, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Thirty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Cities across the country were facing challenges in the face of economic pressures – a recent study showed that 60 percent of 660 American cities surveyed were anticipating budget deficits in 1986 – but Denver was not demoralized, said Mayor Federico Peña in his State of the…
Michael Hancock’s rhythm continues to beat as ‘heart and soul’ of Denver

Jun 2, 2016

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Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

At a banquet dinner in his honor May 25, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock was given the moniker – “the heart and soul of Denver.” And, it’s no wonder. As the mile high city’s principal executive, Hancock has navigated Denver through a period of rapid growth during his nearly five years at the helm. The city…
YESTERYEAR: Allegations surface that embezzlement scheme helped fund U.S. Senate petition drive

May 19, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Thirty-Five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Some of the money allegedly embezzled from the Central Bank for Cooperatives in Denver by Eve Lincoln, a former coordinator for Secretary of State Mary Estill Buchanan’s 1980 Senate campaign, could have been used to help finance Buchanan’s petition drive to get on the ballot,…
Benson looks ahead to reapportionment, friends toast Armstrong’s career

Mar 3, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … State Republican Party Chairman Bruce Benson warned about the looming redistricting and reapportionment fight in a “message from the chairman” that led the Republican half of the Statesman’s traditional upside-down double issue, printed when the Republicans and Democrats held their state assemblies the same weekend.…