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Republicans celebrate Hispanic heritage, court Colorado’s crucial Latino vote
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State Rep. Clarice Navarro, a Republican from Pueblo, celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month with roughly 30 of her re-election campaign supporters at a happy-hour gathering at Lime in downtown Denver earlier this month, kicking off a conversation about ethnic policy and Republican outreach in swing-state Colorado, where the Latino population is now more than 21…
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DIA ballot measures touted as keys to economic growth
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“Measure 1A is a quintessential win-win-win for Adams County, Denver and the entire metro region,” says M.E. Smith, spokesperson for the 1A for DIA campaign. Smith is working with a veteran public affairs firm that has taken on bruising state initiative campaigns in the past, but she seems never to have had an easier job…
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Jabs talks rules for business success, looks to future
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“I’ve never been a goal-setter,” says Jake Jabs, leaning back in his office, overlooking the enormous, quarter-mile long headquarters facility of American Furniture Warehouse near Centennial Airport in Arapahoe County. “I don’t have quotas for salesmen, I don’t have goals for managers, I don’t have goals for the company,” he says. While he might not…
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Colorado front and center amid Dem debate’s Vegas razzmatazz
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LAS VEGAS — If you thought Colorado had a prominent role in the most-recent Republican presidential debate — when the state’s marijuana laws prompted Jeb Bush to publicly confess his pot-smoking habits as a youth — the first Democratic debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday put the state in the national limelight on multiple fronts.…
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Denver unveils construction-defects reform proposal to spur condo building
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock this week unveiled a proposal aimed at reining in costs associated with construction defects lawsuits, an issue he believes has hampered the city’s ability to provide housing options for a booming city population. The proposed ordinance is the latest effort by a municipality to deal with a polarizing issue that has…
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Fight on the right in Colorado Springs over proposed tax hike to fix potholes
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Colorado Springs residents are known for their opposition to tax increases, but they’re also fed up with the potholes that pepper the city’s streets. Voters will decide which is worse on Nov. 3 with Ballot Issue 2C, a measure that would increase the 2.5-percent city sales tax by 0.62 percent to raise $50 million annually…
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Big Sanders crowd points to Dem divide
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BOULDER — Hillary Clinton’s worst nightmare could be voters like Kelly Sprague of Denver. Despite intense sun and no shade, Sprague waited more than two hours Saturday for a campaign appearance by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Potts Field, which drew a crowd estimated at 9,000. Needless to say, she’s…
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Gibbs enjoys tackling local issues in second term as Summit County commissioner
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BRECKENRIDGE – Dan Gibbs is in a good place: Summit County, where he is one of three members of the Board of County Commissioners, a job he’s held for five years. It’s a different life for the 38-year old Gibbs, who spent four sessions at the state Capitol: one year in the House and three…
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Court faces tough Dem primary fight in bid for state Senate seat
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Democratic state Rep. Lois Court’s campaign for the state Senate is looking less like a sure thing and more like a dogfight. Two young, up-and-coming Democrats – 9to5 state director Erin Bennett and emergency-room physician Steve Sherick – are emerging as serious challengers to the venerable Court in her bid for the party’s nomination in…
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‘Prosecutor’s prosecutor’ Hautzinger departs district attorney job for federal position
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Pete Hautzinger has a pile of unfinished murder-case files in his office. He has just added a new manslaughter case to his workload. And he has great interest in seeing those criminal matters through to the end. But after 11 years as the 21st Judicial District Attorney, Hautzinger is resigning his elected position and taking…
