josh penry
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Q&A w/Kristin Strohm | Republican rainmaker and agent of change
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So, what is to be done about the unholy alliance between money and politics? Policy wonks and editorialists wring their hands over that perennial talking point, but streetwise insiders say the answer’s simple: Get yourself a good fundraiser. And Colorado’s center-right political realm has found just that in the Starboard Group and its president, Kristin…
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Craig Hulse goes from Uber to uber-education reform
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Ready Colorado, the conservative champion of school choice that is growing its profile on the state’s political scene, has tapped ride-sharing giant Uber to recruit a new vice president. The education advocacy group announced Monday it has hired Craig Hulse, “a widely respected policy and legislative expert” who most recently was Uber Technologies’ public affairs…
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Political pros say Colorado’s unaffiliated voters could confound stereotypes in primary election
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When Colorado voters cast ballots in the upcoming primary election, they’ll almost certainly face an unprecedented smorgasbord of candidates spread across an unusually high number of races up and down the ballot. And for the first time, the state’s unaffiliated voters – there are slightly more of them than there are either Democrats or Republicans…
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It’s Penry vs. Brophy — not at the Capitol but on the court …
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… and it’s actually their kids we’re talking about, not the dads; the dads remain birds of a political feather. Thanks are in order (yet again) to Secretary of State’s Office messenger in chief Lynn Bartels for keeping us apprised of some truly fun tangents off of Colorado politics. Like the fact that the sons…
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Eco-wisdom — out of the mouths of babes (and climate warriors)
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If a 7-year-old sports a T-shirt proclaiming, “My Body, My Choice” or “Don’t Tread On Me,” it’s a fairly safe assumption mom or dad had something to do with it. But what if 17-year-old “climate warrior” and “hip hop artist” Xiuhtezcatl Martinez proposes a regulation to the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission requiring that drilling permits…
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Colorado bill to ban gay conversion therapy clears House
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An effort three years running in Colorado to ban gay conversion therapy moved forward on Tuesday. All 37 state House Democrats and one Republican voted in favor of sending the proposal to the Republican-controlled Senate. Sponsor, Rep. Paul Rosenthal, a Denver Democrat and co-founder of the legislative LGBT caucus, was hopeful that this year’s bill,…
