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Colorado Democrats bestow BS — that’s Bush-Stapleton — award on Walker Stapleton after interview
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The Colorado Democratic Party on Friday delivered its inaugural “Bush-Stapleton BS Award” to State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a Republican candidate for governor – purportedly for “the most BS told in a single interview” but maybe also for the chance to print the smiling poop emoji on a fancy-looking certificate. In all, the Democrats count seven…
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Hickenlooper to kick off 2018 Saving Places Conference on historic preservation
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Gov. John Hickenlooper is set to launch the 2018 Saving Places Conference at the beginning of February in Denver. This year’s conference is assembled around the theme “The Power of Place: From the Mountains to the Plains,” celebrating the diversity of Colorado’s history and stories that often go untold, organizers said. The annual event – the…
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Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood reckons with its namesake’s KKK ties
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What’s in a name? While some people might hear Stapleton and think of the old Denver airport or the burgeoning Denver neighborhood, others cringe at its origins. Named after the five-term Denver Mayor Benjamin Stapleton starting in the 1920s – and member of the Ku Klux Klan who helped position Klan members throughout city government…
