marilyn eddins
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Race in Colorado House District 47 may not be over
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UPDATE, DEC. 7: In a Dec. 6 email to Colorado Politics, Don Bendell stated that he was handed a laptop with his name on it during freshman orientation at the Capitol. He cooperated with IT department employees regarding the laptop’s return, he said, even scheduling an appointment at his house on Dec. 1 with an IT…
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Capitol M, Week ending Feb. 23
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A weekly look at what goes on behind the scenes at the General Assembly, who pops up from time to time and what Capitol M finds either amusing or interesting. Blast from the past…lots of former lawmakers show up at the Capitol from time to time, from those who have gone over to the…
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Colorado politicos tell us all they want for Christmas
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Jon Caldara, by his own admission, is rarely a good boy, but that doesn’t keep the chief of the conservative Independence Institute in Denver from having holiday wishes. “I have stopped asking Santa for my hair back,” said Caldara, who hosts “Devil’s Advocate” each Friday night on Colorado Public Television. “I am now asking Satan…
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BARTELS: Honoring “The Lady of the House”
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Lawmakers past and present showed up Tuesday to pay tribute to Lee Bahrych, the former chief clerk of the state House who loved the Capitol as much as she despised the pranks rowdy lawmakers were prone to pull. Former staffer Donna Acierno recalled how Bahrych once got so annoyed with Rep. Scott McInnis she…
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BARTELS: In memory of Lee Bahrych, former chief clerk of the state House
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Lee Bahrych, who served as chief clerk of the Colorado House of Representatives, retired from the state more than two decades ago but her legacy lives on today. It was her idea that when a former representative passed away, their families be invited into the House chamber when the memorial was read and adopted. When…