wally stealey
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FEEDBACK: Requiem for a lobbyist; water, and more
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Wally Stealey’s last roll call Thank you for your coverage on the passing of Wally Stealey. I’m one of the last, standing partners who worked closely with Wally in his practice. As you report, Wally is famous for his efforts to launch many a politician, and even played a pivotal role in the career of…
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Remembering Wally Stealey — power lobbyist, avid farmer and dear friend
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I first met Wally in the late 60s in Adams County when I handled a minor traffic ticket for him. That was the start of a rich and treasured friendship that included both politics and agriculture but was always full of laughter. In fact, as I learned of his death on Oct. 6, I was…
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Wally Stealey, lobbyist and legendary Democratic operative, dies at 83
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Wallace “Wally” Stealey, who helped launch the political careers of many Democrats and was a legend as a Colorado lobbyist, died at his Pueblo home Friday morning of congestive heart failure. He was 83. Stealey was remembered as jovial, shrewd, well-connected and warm by colleagues and friends. Former Gov. Richard Lamm said Stealey was a…
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Smith: May The Colorado Statesman’s legacy of humanizing politics live on
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Congratulations and best wishes to Clarity Media, the new owner of The Colorado Statesman. I’ve been writing for The Statesman since at least the early 1980s when I was commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture and have always seen the newspaper as a vital player in Colorado’s political life. I see its value even…
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Pueblo political mainstay Ray Kogovsek passes on — and evokes a torrent of tributes
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The death Sunday of onetime 3rd Congressional District U.S. Rep. Ray Kogovsek — a legend in southern Colorado politics, a linchpin in the state Democratic Party and a friend to countless Coloradans — has prompted an outpouring of praise and memories from fellow Puebloans as well as the state’s political establishment. The Pueblo Chieftain’s Peter Roper…
