Author: Rachael Wright
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A LOOK BACK | Former House speaker lines up campaign to take on Lamm
Forty Years Ago This Week: In an anticipated move by pundits, John Fuhr, an Aurora Republican who had served as speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. The veterinarian by trade had before unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor in 1974 having just wrapped up his term…
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A LOOK BACK | Dem, GOP state party heads argue over redistricting
Forty Years Ago This Week: In a public spat between party leaders, Adams County Democratic Party Chair Ann Ragsdale called the redistricting in her county “Halmandering and Teddymandering” after the redrawing of Westminster Republican Sen. Ted Strickland’s new district was preliminarily mapped to include “practically every registered Republican in Adams County.” But Hal Shroyer, Adams…
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A LOOK BACK | Reagan Republican Duggin argues with Black caucus
Forty Years Ago This Week: The Colorado Black Caucus invited Thelma Duggin, special assistant to the president in the Office of Public Liaison, to speak at their monthly meeting regarding the Reagan administration’s concerning cuts to programs that provided services for minorities. Duggin, one of just a few Black members of the administration, had said…
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A LOOK BACK | State legislative campaign costs rise steeply
Forty Years Ago This Week: Rep. Jack McCroskey, D-Denver, told The Colorado Statesman that the costs of running a campaign were rising and that while it wasn’t one of the joys of being a legislator, the art of fundraising to finance expensive campaigns had become “as important as serving.” Expenses for 1980 state legislative campaigns…
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A LOOK BACK | Owens, JBC adapt budget to signs of economic slowdown
Twenty Years Ago This Week: Newly appointed chairman of the Joint Budget Committee, Rep. Brad Young, R-Lamar, spoke to The Colorado Statesman regarding the need to keep one eye on the economy and the other on state spending. “No doubt about it, we face a tremendous challenge regarding the state’s budget for the coming year,”…
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A LOOK BACK | District court rules state law unconstitutional in historic move
Forty Years Ago This Week: The Colorado Association of Public Employees had filed suit in the Denver District Court challenging sections of the State Personnel System Act, and Judge Gilbert Alexander responded with a ruling that portions of the act were, in fact, unconstitutional. Alexander said in his ruling that the law, which had been…
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A LOOK BACK | Hefley decries Clean Air Act mandates on west
Forty Years Ago This Week: State Sen. Joel Hefley, R-Colorado Springs, told The Colorado Statesman that new federally mandated regulations under the Clean Air Act were completely unnecessary and pointless for coal production in the west. “Mandated scrubbers of power plants in Colorado Springs are useless,” said Hefley. “Western coal, which the power plants burn…
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A LOOK BACK | Legislature works to define contraband, eliminate loopholes
Forty Years Ago This Week: Rep. Jerry Kopel, D-Denver, and the Statutory Revision Committee were in the process of addressing what items were to be considered contraband to smuggle into a state penitentiary. While it was a crime to smuggle contraband into the penitentiary, not everything that could be smuggled in would be considered contraband.…
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A LOOK BACK | GOP sues in partisan redistricting process
Forty Years Ago This Week: Republican voters who had filed suit in Federal District Court to have congressional redistricting settled by Nov. 10 were seeking “expedited consideration” for their suit, said Ted Halaby, attorney for the Colorado GOP. Halaby said that at least 60 days were needed for “pre-clearance of any plan by the U.S.…
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A LOOK BACK | Coors Brewery future questioned during years-long strike
Forty Years Ago This Week: A four-year AFL-CIO directed strike against Coors Brewery that had resulted in stagnant sales led Bill Coors to write in a company-wide publication, “Due to organized labor, a number of beer consumers dislike us enough to discontinue buying our beer.” Colorado labor leaders had called for the strike after being…