Author: Rachael Wright
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Candidates start lining up to challenge Armstrong for Senate | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: Stockbroker Steve Leatherman, who was briefly a 6th congressional district candidate in 1982, announced that he would seek the Democratic Party nomination for U.S. Senate. Leatherman joined Lt. Gov. Nancy Dick who had already announced her candidacy. “I don’t have as high a name identification as the lieutenant governor,” Leatherman…
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American Red Cross: Saving lives for 142 years | Empty Stocking Fund
For the past 142 years the Red Cross has been in the business of saving lives. The 40 employees and 420 volunteers in Colorado Springs respond daily to calls from the fire department, arriving at the scene within 90 minutes where they offer financial and housing assistance, care packages, and mental and spiritual care. Executive…
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Dem state chair calls out Gov. Love over federal funding stance | A LOOK BACK
Sixty Years Ago This Week: Gov. John Love’s administration was failing to address the many problems surrounding Colorado’s rapidly growing population, and the governor was, “frantically looking for new ways to increase taxes,” said Colorado Democratic Party chairman Robert Maytag. Maytag lobbed the partisan attacks — as pointed as they were unsurprising — at a Prowers County Democratic…
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Lt. governor calls out Gov. Love over pension fund | A LOOK BACK
Sixty Years Ago This Week: Colorado’s Lt. Gov. Robert Knous publicly chastised Gov. John Love for “breaking faith with the Colorado old-age pensioners,” and urged him to make a substantial effort to direct dollars intended for the medical care fund where they ought to be. At the time in Colorado, the governor and lieutenant governor…
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State lawmaker endorses in GOP primary, causes kerfuffle | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: State Rep. Jack Fenlon, R-Aurora, found himself running afoul of the state Republican Party when he endorsed Elsie Lacy for Aurora City Council in a letter to his constituents. Lacy, who served as treasurer on Fenlon’s 1982 campaign was running for re-election to city council, had a primary challenge from…
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Former campaign finance chair becomes primary opponent in statehouse race | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: In a highly unusual move, Pat Grant, the former finance chairman for the successful 1982 statehouse campaign of Rep. Ruth Prendergast, R-Denver, made a surprise announcement that he would now running for the House District 9 seat — against Prendergast. “I’m really running to save the seat, not necessarily against the…
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Dem district chair chastises GOP congressman for voting against tax cut | A LOOK BACK
Sixty Years Ago This Week: The Democratic Party chairman of the 3rd Congressional District Central Committee, Paul Bechtol Jr., told reporters that Republican U.S. Rep. J. Edgar Chenoweth, had “once more voted against the best interests” of his constituents by opposing a bill that would have cut in federal income taxes. “The economy of this…
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Reagan official works on president’s image among women in Denver | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: A devoted group of Denver Republicans where excited to have the opportunity to meet with the White House associate director of the Office of Public Liaison, Trudi Morrison. Phil Winn, Morrison’s former boss at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and current chair of the Colorado Republican Party, introduced…
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Chicago lawyer transplant eyes bid against state treasurer Romer | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: Not long after being elected as treasurer of the Boulder County Republican Party, former Chicago attorney George Hilgendorf was approached by several prominent but unnamed Republicans to run for statewide office. Responding in true political fashion, Hilgendorf had asked his supporters to be patient. But after nearly nine months in…
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Romer wins partial victory in special session to address waive of violence | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: After several months facing discontent from critics within the General Assembly, Gov. Roy Romer opened a special session he called with a speech to both legislative chambers, appealing to lawmakers to pass at least some of his 14-point plan as a “first step” toward dealing with an explosion in youth…