town hall
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Protect Our Kids PAC warns against Colorado’s magic mushroom ballot measure
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The Protect Our Kids political action committee warned against a Colorado ballot measure seeking to decriminalize the hallucinogenic compounds in magic mushrooms during a town hall Tuesday. The town hall – hosted by Colorado Politics, The Denver Gazette and The Colorado Springs Gazette – was a public forum for the proponents and opponents of Proposition…
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Residents raise drought concerns at meeting on annexation southeast of Colorado Springs
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The drought across the West dominated concerns at a Colorado Springs town hall Tuesday about the possibility of adding 3,200 acres southeast of town that could be transformed into a new community of about 9,500 homes. The proposed community, known as Amara, is bounded on three sides by the city of Fountain and does not share…
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Colorado commission delays vote on ethics complaint against Sen. Vicki Marble
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The Colorado Ethics Commission Monday spent close to two hours deliberating on the facts and issues in an ethics complaint filed against Fort Collins Republican Sen. Vicki Marble. While the commission appeared to lean toward dismissing the complaint, they decided to hold off on a vote until their next meeting on March 5. Marble is…
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House Speaker Duran sets Tuesday town hall on Colorado’s growth
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Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran is putting on a town hall Tuesday night to chat with the experts and community members about the challenges of the state’s population growth. The state Demographer’s Office said Colorado’s population was about 5 million in 2010 and could reach 8 million by 2040. The town hall is from 7…
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Gardner announces town hall in Pueblo Friday morning
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner had a hard time getting his point across over liberal opponents in a series of town halls this summer, but Friday morning he’ll try again in Pueblo. The Republican from Yuma announced Wednesday morning he will meet with constituents at the Pueblo Convention Center from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The doors…
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Gardner takes on the liberal boos at town hall meeting in Colorado Springs
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner sized up the crowd at his town hall meeting in in Colorado Springs. “How many people here support single-payer” health care, he asked the a packed 400-seat auditorium at Pikes Peak Community College. Maybe 80 percent of the hands in the room went up. And the senator’s odds of getting his…
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After last raucous town hall, Colorado’s Mike Coffman to face constituents again
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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman will hold a town hall meeting on Aug. 1 in Henderson as protests continue over GOP-led health reform efforts. The town hall planned for 6 p.m. at Prairie View High School follows a meeting the congressman held in April when an angry crowd assailed him, resulting in national headlines. Protesters…
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DNC includes Coffman, Lamborn town halls in cheering press releases
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Republican congressional town halls have been making headlines for weeks. Videos of elected officials fielding angry questions and gamely attempting to defend the Trump administration’s first 100 days and Republican-majority policy-making stumbles on Capitol Hill have gone viral soon after they post. The Democratic National Committee is enjoying the extended moment, sending dispatches to members…
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U.S. Rep. Polis expecting 900 constituents each at pair of Front Range town halls
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This weekend, the office of 2nd District Democratic Congressman Jared Polis announced that he expected 900 people at each of the town hall meetings he has scheduled for Sunday, one at Broomfield High School and the other at the Fort Collins Lory Student Center Theater. Polis is an outspoken critic of the Trump administration and…
