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Aurora begins search for mayor following Hogan’s death
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The Aurora City Council has begun a search to fill the seat of Mayor Steve Hogan following his May 13 death after battling cancer. Acting Mayor Pro Tem Marsha Berzins said at the council’s study session Monday night that she’s been honored to sit in Hogan’s seat. The former councilman and state legislator made being…
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Aurora Mayor Hogan’s death: What they’re saying
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Colorado’s political community is expressing its thoughts on Sunday’s passing of Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan. Here’s a sampling, culled from statements and social media posts. John Hickenlooper, Colorado’s governor and former Denver mayor: Today Colorado lost a true friend in Mayor Steve Hogan. This was a man who went above and beyond to do right…
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Aurora’s Steve Hogan set a standard for public service
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(Editor’s note: Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan died Sunday at 69 after a battle with cancer.) “Thirty four years of elected office, many more of consequential service, have passed far too quickly,” says Steve Hogan, the late mayor of Aurora, in what turned out sadly to be his last message. I only served with him for…
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Taste of Ethiopia festival in Denver is about food, culture with politics on the side
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Good food and community spirit can’t help but attract politics, and that will be the case Saturday in East Denver at the fifth annual Taste of Ethiopia Festival at Parkfield Lake Park. The event that draws heavily from metro Denver’s immigrant community – as well as international food and entertainment fans – has also become…
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ICYMI: Hemp bill hot water, redistricting outcry in El Paso County, Aurora performing arts center in the works
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? A bill designed to help an Arkansas Valley hemp farmer in a water dispute with the federal government landed state Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose, in some hot water with at least one constituent. Coram sponsored Senate Bill 117, which recognizes industrial hemp as an approved agricultural product so it can use federal water. It…
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Coalition of mayors call on Legislature to pass construction defects reform legislation
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A bipartisan coalition of metro-area mayors on Thursday called on members of the Legislature to pass Republican-sponsored legislation aimed at spurring condominium construction by adjusting the rules for settling disputes over construction defects. And while the bill the mayors are backing bears plenty of similarities to legislation that has been blocked by Democrats in recent…
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? Arts & culture tax extension before metro voters
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A 28-year-old sales tax that has helped Metro Denver arts and cultural groups and facilities survive economic downturns and thrive is before voters in seven metro area counties in the Nov. 8 general election. Ballot Issue 4B seeks to extend the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District‘s 0.1 percent ( one cent on every $10) sales…
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Endorsements not sought, but given, for Amendment 70
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Getting endorsements from elected officials is not something either supporters or opponents of Amendment 70, which would raise Colorado’s minimum wage, have been working to get, according to campaign organizers. Instead, both camps are 100 percent focused on gathering voters’ support for their side of the ballot question. But that hasn’t stopped some elected officials from…
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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…
