Author: Rachael Wright
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Democratic Party Chair Ciruli slams GOP tax hikes | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: In a fiery speech delivered to the Weld County Democratic Party, Colorado Democratic Party Chair Floyd Ciruli dubbed the Republican dominated state legislature the most anti-taxpayer and anti-consumer legislature in twenty years. “The 1983 Colorado General Assembly raised more taxes than any other legislature in the last two decades,” Ciruli…
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Hart recognized for work on human rights | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: Colorado U.S. Sen. Gary Hart received a human rights citation from the Commission on International Jewish Affairs for his outspoken support of Soviet Jews. Bobbie Towbin of the CIJA noted that nearly 400,000 Jews in the USSR were being denied exit visas and that the Democratic senator had worked diligently…
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In issue-centered race, Hickenlooper elected Denver mayor | A LOOK BACK
Twenty Years Ago: The victory party at City Park had started – even before the Denver election polls had officially closed – to support what political pundits were calling ‘anyone’s candidate,’ a man new to politics – but no stranger – in the city with a funny last name. The new Denver mayor-elect – a…
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Underdog Peña rises in Denver mayoral contest | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: Not long after Federico Peña announced his candidacy for Denver mayor, Tom Gavin of The Denver Post penned a column saying that while Peña was a decent guy, he would not make it in politics because of the tilde mark in his name, it was just too much for a…
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Fitz-Gerald, other Dem senators throw cold water on GOP’s redistricting process | A LOOK BACK
Twenty Years Ago This Week: An enraged Sen. Joan Fitz-Gerald, D-Golden, said she would “fight with every breath” to stop a “subversive plot by the national Republican Party” to redraw a district map more favorable to the GOP during a redistricting meeting. “This has been a kangaroo proceeding,” Fitz-Gerald said. “Nothing that transpired in the…
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Dems follow GOP playbook, fund nonpartisan Denver Election Commission candidates | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: After some grumbling by disillusioned political activists, the Denver Democratic Party admitted that they were indeed supporting Denver Election Commission candidates Jack Kintzele and Susan Duncan with a $10,000 donation. Incumbents Sylvia Dennis and Don Nicholson had been complaining vehemently about the interference of the Democratic Party in what was…
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Dem state lawmaker attacks GOP majority over fiscal policy | A LOOK BACK
Sixty Years Ago This Week: Rep. Elmer Johnson, D-Denver, lamented to the Denver Democratic Forum that his Republican colleagues had created a “first-class” state financial mess. “I thought it would take two or three years to develop effective issues against the state administration,” Johnson said, “but they’ve done it for us in a single session.”…
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Best and Brightest: Chronic illness drives scholar toward medical career
After months of dealing with constant, debilitating pain, on March 25, 2022, Joseph Brock was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. The diagnosis came in the middle of a particularly difficult academic year for the Air Academy High School student. In June 2022, Brock underwent a major surgery due to complications with Crohn’s and at the time…
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GOP leaders divided over Denver mayoral race | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: As the Denver mayoral race built toward crescendo, several high-profile members of the Republican Party seemed to be divided over how to handle a race with no registered Republicans running for the seat. “Myself and the Colorado Republicans are officially staying out of the race,” said Colorado Republican Party Chairman…
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Best and Brightest: Future lawyer looks beyond pain and loss
“I cannot describe myself without first describing my mom, Karoline Borega,” said Haley Kern. “She is the person that has forged my personality, my determination and my intelligence.” In the fall, Kern will attend Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., in the Pre-Professional Law Scholars Program where she hopes to earn her juris doctorate in six…