michael muftic
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A LOOK BACK | Dem chair proclaims tax structure drew Hewlett-Packard to Colorado
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Fifty Years Ago This Week: Democratic State Chairman Fred Betz Sr. told a gathering of the Loveland Jane Jefferson Club that good government was about bringing prosperity to Colorado. In his remarks, Betz aimed a few verbal barbs at Republican critics of the Democratic state administration, “They need help sharpening up their rearview mirrors,” Betz…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm threatens veto if GOP draws extremely favorable congressional maps
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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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Lamm undecided over third term as candidates emerge
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Thirty-Five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Gov. Dick Lamm hadn’t decided yet whether he planned to run for a third term in 1982, but the Democrat conceded he could be unseated by Colorado Republicans, who had said their major goal in the next year was retaking the governor’s mansion. “Oh, sure,”…
