Author: Rachael Wright
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A LOOK BACK | Callaway works to dispel claims of sexist incident
A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898. Forty Years Ago This Week: According to Colorado Republican Party Chairman Bo Callaway, not just the usual political gossip – but some pretty serious personal allegations – were swirling everywhere he went it seemed. And the Rocky Mountain…
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A LOOK BACK | Women’s Commission flap, Dem Party internal disagreement goes public
Forty Years Ago This Week: Barbara Dean, women’s rights activist and columnist for The Colorado Statesman, expressed her dismay that a bill to create a Commission on Women had failed to pass the Colorado General Assembly for the third year. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Betty Neale, R-Denver, Sen. Ruth Stockton, R-Lakewood, and organization Colorado…
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A LOOK BACK | Mayor Webb makes historic arrangements while on China trade mission
Forty Years Ago This Week: Amid national debate on the nature of life and conception and President Reagan’s ardent stance that “life begins with conception,” Rep. Bob Stephenson, R-Colorado Springs, introduced legislation that would change the definition of a child in the Colorado Children’s Code to “a person from the time of conception to 18…
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A LOOK BACK | Lamm refuses to pardon the man who ate five Hinsdale County Dems
A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Forty Years Ago This Week: In an unusual development, Gov. Dick Lamm seemingly hopped into a time machine and thrust himself back into the state’s history books – all the way back to 1874, in fact. He delighted…
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A LOOK BACK | Report of a secret fund riles GOP lawmaker
A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Twenty Years Ago This Week: An article appearing in The Denver Post with the headline ‘Secret Fund riles GOP’ exploded onto Colorado’s political scene and drew the ire of Senate Minority Leader John Andrews, R-Englewood, who responded in…
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A LOOK BACK | ACLU targets Moral Majority; familiar transportation woes of 20 years ago
Forty Years Ago This Week: The American Civil Liberties Union was making a large advertising buy, taking out full page ads in newspapers across Colorado. The theme: “If the Moral Majority has its way you’d better start praying.” But Jim Joy, state ACLU director, said in a news conference that the ad was not only…
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A LOOK BACK | Brown, Grossman talk runs for city council opening
A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Twenty Years Ago: Denver City Councilwoman Sue Casey’s announcement that she was retiring set off a flurry of municipal politicking as potential candidates scurried to launch their campaigns to replace her. Former state representative turned public relations director…
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A LOOK BACK | Lawmakers nearly come to blows on Senate floor
A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Forty Years Ago This Week: A dramatic outburst cut like a knife through the stagnant air of an otherwise boringly typical day when state Senate Majority Leader Ralph Cole, R-Littleton, and state Sen. Sam Zakhem, R-Denver, nearly came…
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A LOOK BACK | Clinton prods Dems to come out of the Stone Age
A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Forty Years Ago This Week: Former Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton spoke at the Denver Democrats second annual dinner, rounding out his speech by saying that, “Colorado is on the cutting edge of the new approach of the Democratic…
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A LOOK BACK | Pueblo state rep. switches parties after flap with Lamm, Dem leadership
A weekly dive into the pages of Colorado Politics’ predecessor, The Colorado Statesman, which started in 1898: Forty Years Ago This Week: In a shocking move, Colorado state Rep. Bob Leon Kirscht, D-Pueblo, switched his party affiliation to Republican after thirteen years as a registered Democrat. Consumer activist John Van Vranken blasted Kirscht for his…