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HUDSON | What if TABOR isn’t a ‘third rail’ of Colorado politics after all?
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Since Colorado voters pasted the TABOR amendment that steers spending and revenues into our state constitution in 1992, the myth of its sacrosanct power has been embroidered each year. It is frequently viewed as the “third rail” of politics – attempt to tamper with it and you will surely die. However, only a slim majority…
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YESTERYEAR: Dole, Kemp make first campaign stop in Denver after boisterous GOP convention
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Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp – the “American Dream team” – would make their first post-convention campaign appearance in Denver, underlining the importance of Colorado as a crucial swing state in the 1996 election. The Kansas senator gave a…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm flirts with presidential run on Ross Perot’s Reform Party ticket
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Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former Gov. Dick Lamm was remaining a Democrat – for the time being – but would be working hard to help Ross Perot’s Reform Party get its presidential candidate on the ballot in Colorado, and Lamm might be that candidate. “I think it’s really important…
