Tag: bob loevy
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How Colorado regions voted: Front Range for Harris, rural counties for Trump | Cronin and Loevy
Colorado maintained its position as among the most Democratic Party-oriented states in the 2024 presidential election. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris defeated Republican candidate Donald Trump by 11 percentage points in Colorado. She won about 54% of the vote, a little more than Obama’s nearly 54% in 2008 and slightly less than Joe Biden’s 55% four…
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2024 presidential election retrospectives | Cronin and Loevy
Former President Donald Trump enjoyed an impressive comeback victory on Election Day last Tuesday. Virtually all the pollsters had predicted the closest of elections, yet they once again underestimated Trump’s support from the voters. Trump won the national popular vote, which was a first for him. His was the first Republican win of the popular…
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Bold downtown Colorado Springs waterfront plan deserves consideration | Cronin and Loevy
Neighborhood associations adjacent to Monument Creek and Fountain Creek in Colorado Springs are currently busy reviewing an ambitious long-term plan for the redevelopment of those two bodies of water. The portion of the two creeks to be redeveloped begins where Monument Creek, flowing southward, passes under Garden of the Gods Road. The creek then flows by…
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Our suggestions on the 2024 ballot issues | Cronin and Loevy
Here are our views for the 2024 Colorado state and Colorado Springs ballot issues. We summarize each proposed measure, then indicate our personal vote and finally offer our prediction of what the public vote will be. Colorado state issues Amendment G: Modify Property Tax Exemption for Veterans with Disabilities. Proposed by the legislature. 55% vote…
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Vance promotes Trumpism; Walz carries the Harris flag | Cronin and Loevy
Vice presidents matter. Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and George H. W. Bush, among others, were vice presidents before they were presidents. We have had some notable disappointments as vice president. Andrew Johnson, who was Abraham Lincoln’s inadequate successor, came within one vote of being impeached. Spiro Agnew, who almost became Richard…
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Voters must choose between ranked choice voting or two-party system | Bob Loevy
Colorado voters may want to think carefully before voting for ranked choice voting, a ballot issue in the general election this November. It will mean the end of the two-party system as we have known and practiced it in Colorado for almost 150 years. Ranked choice voting will do away with the Democratic Party primary…
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Kamala Harris gains momentum after last week’s presidential debate | Cronin and Loevy
Sixty-seven million Americans watched an ABC-sponsored presidential campaign debate last week between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump spoke for about 43 minutes. Harris spoke for about 38 minutes. She was poised, confident and generally effective. He was dour, snarly and, as usual, given to too many windy exaggerations. She somehow…
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Are Coloradans ready for ranked choice voting? | Cronin and Loevy
Citizen Initiative 310, backed by a few Denver political reformers, will be on your Nov. 5 general election ballot. It proposes a major overhaul of how Coloradans would vote in state and congressional elections — but not for local and presidential elections. This reform is named ranked choice voting. It is being supported by the “Colorado…
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Harris hits a home run as Democrats ‘party it up’ in Chicago
What a turnaround story. Democrats meeting at their National Convention in Chicago showed President Joe Biden some love, yet they also showed him the “exit.” Democrats feared a divisive national convention with multiple presidential contenders and the possibility of rioting pro-Palestinian protesters in the streets of the Windy City. This didn’t happen. Humorist Will Rogers…
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Update on the building-height limits debate
Colorado Springs is a pro-growth city. Real estate developers are the biggest donors to election campaigns for local public office. A proposed 27-story apartment building, taller than any other building downtown, will very likely be built in the near future. But there are some city volunteer homeowner associations that are planning to fight these plans…