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Guest ColumnsHILLMAN: COULD $13 MILLION TO OBAMA FROM UAW TIP SCALES?Obama Motors is taking the nation for a ride
6/12/2009
President Barack Obama claims to “have no interest” in running General Motors. He does so with a straight face — and the same monotonous cadence that he employs whether condemning North Korea for nuclear explosions or joking with Jay Leno. But his actions, as well as his words, betray him. SMITH: LEGISLATIVE VETERANS WELCOME JOE SHOEMAKER'S NEW BRIDEShoemaker pulls another stunner
6/12/2009
Morgan. I want you to come to Denver for a wedding on May 16.” I immediately recognize Joe Shoemaker’s raspy voice. “Whose wedding?” I ask. “Mine.” DURAN: PROMISES MADE, PROMISES BROKENRitter is no friend of Colorado workers
6/5/2009
As a fifth-generation Coloradan and someone who saw promise in citizen Bill Ritter when I attended law school with him, I can tell you that today is a sad day in Colorado history. Gov. Bill Ritter has proven he cannot be trusted. MARTIN: SPECTER'S SWITCH IS PERFECT EXAMPLERepublican ‘big tent’ has fallen flat because of lack of diversity and thought
5/29/2009
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, of Pennsylvania, did more than simply change his party affiliation recently. By leaving the GOP to become a Democrat, he shifted control of the Senate. But he also did something more far-reaching, perhaps firing the final shot in a new moderate revolution in American politics. Even Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-SC, slammed the right wing of his party for pushing moderates out. HILLMAN: ADDING ARROGANCE TO INSULTColorado Dems ignore the Constitution, and state Supreme Court backs them up
5/29/2009
If Democrats in the 2007 General Assembly were devious for passing Gov. Bill Ritter’s infamous property tax hike without voter approval, the current crop plunges to new depths. In an act of sheer arrogance, this year’s Democrat majority poked taxpayers in the eye just for spite. DAVOREN: THE PAST AND FUTURE COME TOGETHERGoodstein’s new book evokes memories of South Denver’s colorful politicians
5/22/2009
Phil Goodstein. The Haunts of Washington Park. Denver: New Social Publications, 2009. vi + 302 pp. ISBN 0-9743364-4-0. $19.95. maps, illustrations, index. Reviewed By John Davoren As a boy, I sometimes traveled across town from my home in North Denver to visit Washington Park. Particularly exciting was plunging off the high-diving tower, about 30 feet above the water, into Smith Lake. After splashing into the water, I remember sinking down, the mud encompassing my ankles. Phil Goodstein’s new book, The Haunts of Washington Park, brought this to mind and many other memories of the people and places that have made South Denver what it is. STRAAYER: THIS IS NO TIME TO SQUANDER $1 MILLIONMemo to CSU: Wait! Don’t do it! Oops!
5/15/2009
On May 5, in what appeared to be an attempt to outrace the Legislature’s effort to place some limits on the hiring of college and university presidents and chancellors, the Colorado State University Board of Governors rushed the selection of a chancellor and proceeded to name a single finalist: Joe Blake, the board’s own vice president. MAROSTICA: ARVESCOUG-BIRD HANDCUFFS LEGISLATUREBudget process is broken; SB 228 would fix it
5/1/2009
There’s an old saying that goes, “If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyways.” That’s a pretty good summation of where we’re at with Colorado’s budget system. LARSON: AN OPEN LETTER TO MEMBERS OF COLORADO'S LEGISLATURETime to let higher ed find its own funding
4/10/2009
Having served on the Pinnacol Assurance Board of Directors (when it was still the Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority), I learned a great deal about insurance, actuaries and the difficulty of building reserves. When I was on the board, CCIA was still working hard to overcome the deep hole that was dug by the State Compensation Insurance Authority and subsequently handed to CCIA with instructions to “fix it.” PERKINS: THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE 20TH CENTURYPolitical deals threaten to destroy history of African-Americans in Radio Golf
4/10/2009
Reviewed by Owen Perkins “Politics is about symbolism,” mayoral hopeful Harmond Wilks tells his wife in the opening moments of Radio Golf. “Black people don’t vote, but they have symbolic weight.” |
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