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We’ve been watching the tempest unfold for the last week regarding gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis’ self-insertion into the heated debate over expansion of the Pinon Canyon Army training site. As our readers know, McInnis stunned just about everybody when he publicly came out against a state bill headed for Governor Bill Ritter’s desk that would […]

Why in the world would anyone oppose telecommuting? After all, it reduces road congestion, highway and car maintenance costs, fuel consumption, improves employee morale, and all kinds of other good stuff–there’s really no downside. About as uncontroversial a idea as you could possibly propose to the General Assembly, especially in the form of a symbolic […]

When a political scandal breaks, one of the first logical questions to ask is, “qui bono?” Who benefits? In the case of the ongoing Scott McInnis phone message fiasco, the answer to that question was always clear: upcoming primary opponent Josh Penry. And although the origin of the “leak” of the phone message was quickly […]

As we often do when a candidate launches their campaign–just trying to be helpful, though people so rarely seem to take it that way–we were browsing around GOP CD-4 candidate Cory Gardner’s new campaign website this morning. Only to discover that, well, it’s not really a new website. Something tells us that ‘keeping Cory Gardner […]

Government watchdog group Colorado Ethics Watch formally asked the Secretary of State’s office for an investigation of gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis today, regarding the now-infamous voice mail message left by McInnis for an as-yet unidentified Republican where he makes reference to “my, ah…a 527.” Says Ethics Watch Director Chantell Taylor, “This voice message reveals Mr. […]

As we promised a few days ago, this is a poll of who our readers think was the most effective state legislator of either political party in the 2009 legislative session. We’ve tried to identify all the nominees from our prior discussion thread (criteria was nominated and seconded by somebody); feel free to write-in in […]

From CQPolitics: Colorado Republican Cory Gardner, the minority whip in the state House, is challenging one-term Democratic Rep. Betsy Markey in the state’s 4th District in northern and eastern Colorado. Gardner, who’s served in the Colorado House since 2005, told CQ Politics that he will formally announce his candidacy later Thursday. “It’s time that we […]

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As the Pueblo Chieftain reports: For 12 years, Scott McInnis was the Republican congressman who represented the vast 3rd Congressional District, so it took some Democrats and Republicans by surprise this week when McInnis urged Gov. Bill Ritter to veto legislation that could hobble the Army’s long-contested plan to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. […]

As the Pueblo Chieftain reports: Former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis jumped into the fight over expanding the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site this week, sending a letter to Gov. Bill Ritter urging him to veto legislation that would stop the Army from buying any Colorado State Board land around the 238,000-acre training range. McInnis, a Republican […]

UPDATE #3: House Bill 1274 fails Senate by one vote. UPDATE #2: Ritter breaks silence, essentially says he will veto House Bill 1274 as presently written. Developing. UPDATE: Rumors of the death penalty ban’s demise appear to have been exaggerated, breaking Denver Post: Lawmakers this morning put a ban on the death penalty back into […]

A thoughtful writeup on Colorado GOP Senate contenders from The Hill’s Aaron Blake: There is a good bit of early buzz about Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier and, to a lesser extent, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck. But even supporters say it remains to be seen how formidable either will be – particularly on […]

That’s odd, isn’t it? Isn’t “transparency” their big deal? Depends, as the Denver Post reports: A legislative proposal calls for state colleges and universities to open up their hiring processes, despite protests the scrutiny will discourage executives from applying for president and chancellor positions. Republicans hammered House Bill 1369, which received initial approval Friday in […]

Didn’t take long for the Grand Junction Sentinel to put it all together: A voice-mail message left by Scott McInnis to someone he hoped would support his bid for governor was posted on a Web site operated by two Front Range residents who are supporting McInnis’ likely intraparty rival, Josh Penry. McInnis and Penry, both […]

Wow, you think? As the Grand Junction Sentinel reports: A Front Range political watchdog group says it will investigate a phone message left by former Republican Congressman Scott McInnis with a supporter. McInnis’ message suggests he’s working with a 527, the term borrowed from the IRS code for an independent political organization… McInnis mentioned no […]

Responding directly to claims made by our readers, Politics West reports: House Bill 1274, which would repeal the death penalty, awaits a hearing in a Senate committee. The former prosecutor, however, denied assertions made on a Democratic blog site that he had committed to signing such a death penalty repeal bill during his 2006 campaign. […]

We’ve talked a couple of times about the uncertainty over the search process for Colorado State University’s new “chancellor,” a position being carved out of the system independent of CSU’s campuses and based in Denver. In addition to fresh concerns from stakeholders over the speed, secrecy, and possible favoritism of usual suspect cronies in the […]