ian silverii
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Progressive group takes aim at Tipton’s health care vote with ad campaign
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A Colorado-based progressive group launched a TV ad campaign this week slamming U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton for the Cortez Republican’s vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. “Stop hiking up health care premiums,” outdoor enthusiast who identify themselves as Tom and Mary say in the 30-second ad. A spokeswoman for Colorado United for…
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Cover Story: ‘Anybody’s ballgame’ — crowded ballots, wide-open primaries make for a wild governor’s race
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DENVER – For the first time in 20 years, Colorado voters in both parties are faced this year with contested primaries for an open seat for governor. While the race to replace term-limited Gov. John Hickenlooper has been underway for more than a year and front-runners have emerged, the June primary ballot likely won’t be…
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Q&A with Kelly Maher: Politics needs ‘more than a tweet and a bullhorn’ — and a little more humor, too
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It’s easy enough to find someone who can get you hoppin’ mad over politics; easier still to find someone who’ll bore you into a coma. Just invite your least favorite uncle over for a beer, tell him you missed Rush today, and ask him to fill you in. But to find someone who can talk…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 11 edition
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I’LL SEE YOUR BERNIE AND RAISE A JOYCE FOSTER … The battle of the bold-faced names is on in the House District 9 Democratic primary, where three-term incumbent state Rep. Paul Rosenthal is facing two candidates seeking to dislodge him from the southeast Denver seat. Less than a week had passed since Bernie Sanders –…
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Ads thanking Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman for tax vote to air this week
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Next Wednesday, ads supporting the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will start airing on metro Denver TV, and those ads will encourage viewers to thank U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman for his votes on the law. According to the Washington Post, the ads are coming from American Action Network and will air in 23 congressional…
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ProgressNow Colorado hailing drivers on Cory Gardner’s vote on clean-air rules
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Honk, if you hate Cory. That’s what the billboard along westbound Interstate 70 in Denver should say, and that would likely bring a smile to the face of Ian Silverii, leader of ProgressNow Colorado. The state’s largest liberal advocacy group is the latest to use outdoor advertising to call out Republican Sen. Cory Gardner’s May…
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Colorado politicos react to Supreme Court hearing on Masterpiece Cakeshop case
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Both sides agree it’s a question of rights but differ sharply whose rights should prevail under the law in a case argued Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court – whether it’s the baker and his religious beliefs or the same-sex couple and their right to be treated like any other customers. As the divisive case…
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Otero County Republican Judy Reyher engulfed in controversy after contested House District 47 vacancy appointment
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The aftershocks were still coming days after a Republican vacancy committee picked a replacement for former state Rep. Clarice Navarro, the Pueblo Republican who resigned to take a position with the Trump administration in early November. Judy Reyher, a Swink resident and former Otero County GOP chair, won the appointment to Navarro’s seat on a…