Author: Rachael Wright
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A LOOK BACK | Dems say media biased toward GOP mayor candidate
Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Buie Seawell told The Colorado Statesman that he was unnerved by the media’s over-the-top glee in supporting the Republican’s candidate for Denver mayor, Don Bain. Floyd Ciruli, a former chair of the state’s Democratic apparatus, echoed Seawell, arguing that “both newspapers [referring to the Denver Post…
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A LOOK BACK | Dem chair proclaims tax structure drew Hewlett-Packard to Colorado
Fifty Years Ago This Week: Democratic State Chairman Fred Betz Sr. told a gathering of the Loveland Jane Jefferson Club that good government was about bringing prosperity to Colorado. In his remarks, Betz aimed a few verbal barbs at Republican critics of the Democratic state administration, “They need help sharpening up their rearview mirrors,” Betz…
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A LOOK BACK | Hot debate over reapportionment process changes
Fifty Years Ago This Week: Mike Swift, executive director of Voters Organization to Effect Reapportionment (VOTER) told The Colorado Democrat that he hoped to get seventy thousand signatures on his proposed amendment, which called for a commission to reapportion state legislative seats based on population. VOTER was backed by the League of Women Voters, the…
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Best and Brightest: Making an impact by creating connections
As for many Coloradans, life changed dramatically for Air Academy High School senior and Boettcher Scholarship finalist Josh Kates in 2020. For him, it was not as much the worldwide pandemic as it was the harsh, violent acts against Black people playing out on television screens and showcased by the Black Lives Matter movement that…
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Best and Brightest: Honor and a passion for cybersecurity
At the tender age of 4, Hojin Han immigrated with his family from South Korea to the United States. Speaking the only English words he knew, Hojin shouted “Hello America” as he stepped off the plane onto U.S. soil for the first time. Hojin’s mother and father, Mihyum Lee and Geun Jo Han, remember this…
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Best and Brightest: Developing creative world-changing ideas
A formidable debater, Dishita Sharma is ranked 22nd internationally in the World Schools Debate format and eighth in Colorado for Public Forum Debate competition. However, the Discovery Canyon Campus High School senior’s journey started at a low point when, during her first debate — and in the middle of her speech — she was laughed at by…
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A LOOK BACK | Colorado congressman calls for abolishment of IRS
Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: U.S. Rep. Dan Schaefer, a Republican representing Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, joined several congressional colleagues for “tea” in Boston Harbor aboard the Beaver II, a full-sized replica of the 18th century ship of the same name. Dipping a copy of the United States tax code into a large basin, Schaefer…
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Best and Brightest: Finding the internal motivation to excel
Danny Cho doesn’t shrink from his experiences. The Pine Creek High School senior, despite his academic success and athletic prowess, is open about his struggles to accept changes as a top-tier soccer player. Cho went from making the varsity team as a freshman and being honored as Rookie of the Year to being “benched” his…
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Best and Brightest: A love of community merged with physics
Benjamin Braun comes from a distinguished line of physicists. From the moment he started school he was always ahead and consistently placed in advanced math and reading classes. Braun was told he was bright, that he was clever, and strove continually for perfection. Obvious academic success at such an early age made him a prime…
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A LOOK BACK | Colorado GOP members plot out busy election seasons
Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Arapahoe County Republican activist Mort Marks was perpetuating a rumor among politicos that state Sen. Martha Ezzard, R-Englewood, was going to launch a bid for Congress against incumbent Rep. Dan Schaefer. This even though the media had repeatedly asked Ezzard about her plans for the future and she had consistently…