the colardo statesman
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Hawkish Graham touts foreign-policy chops in Aspen
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ASPEN – The first thing South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham says he’ll do if he’s elected president in 2016 is rebuild the U.S. military and roll back defense spending cuts. The second thing he’ll do is remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power, either “standing up or laying down.” The Republican presidential hopeful — among…
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Sanders rocks Denver crowd, calls for ‘political revolution’
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Neil Young’s music was blasting inside the University of Denver on Saturday night – but he wasn’t the rock star the frenzied crowd had come to hear. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders electrified supporters with a fiery, populist message that resonated with the thousands that packed DU’s Hamilton Gymnasium. Not long after stepping up to…
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Coffman turns 60, braces for new challenge ahead
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Declaring that “60 is the new 40,” U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman welcomed some 150 guests to his birthday party on Saturday at the Summit Steakhouse in Aurora. “I hope that’s true, I really hope that’s true,” he said with a smile before dropping to the floor and doing 100 pushups at the urging of the…
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Arizona Guv’s appearance brews up controversy
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When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was relaxing in her room at the Westin Denver Downtown Hotel Thursday night, she discovered that the press in Colorado is indeed alive and kicking, especially after eyeing some of the left-leaning blogs and liberal websites which earlier that day had blasted her rumored appearance at a fundraiser for Republican…
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Judge grants Preliminary Injunction in case involving mental health services
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Denver District Court Judge Hub Stern granted the Preliminary Injunction requested by Crisis Access on Friday, Feb. 28. His injunction prevents the Colorado Department of Human Services from proceeding with the re-bidding of its original solicitation for a vendor that would provide statewide emergency services to individuals experiencing an acute behavioral health crisis. This ruling…
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A crisis of major magnitude as mental health services are delayed over legal wrangling
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Gravel-voiced Illinois Republican Everett Dirksen, the long-serving U.S. Senate Minority Leader, observed a half century ago that, “…a billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” God only knows what he would have to say about today’s trillion dollar federal budgets. In Colorado, by contrast, it appears $100 million…
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Election bill at forefront of Legislature — again
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Lawmakers this week debated a bill that aims to fix problems revealed by a Democratic-backed election law passed last year. But critics say the measure does not go far enough, and that the only solution is to repeal last year’s House Bill 1303. The House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Commit-tee on Monday backed House…
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Denver to try to lure RNC to town
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The Democrats did it in 2008. Now a bipartisan effort is underway to lure the Republicans to Denver in 2016 for their 41st national nominating convention. The idea was hatched in late 2013 by Colorado GOP Chairman Ryan Call in anticipation of the formal bidding which will occur later this year. The Republican National Committee…
