(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) Joe Neguse
(D) Phil Weiser
(D) Jena Griswold
60%
60%
40%↓
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Alexis King
(D) Brian Mason
40%
40%
30%
(D) George Stern
(D) A. Gonzalez
(R) Sheri Davis
40%
40%
30%
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
60%
30%
20%
(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Somebody
80%
40%
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Yadira Caraveo
(D) Joe Salazar
50%
40%
40%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
The Senate Republicans go to the podium on just about every significant bill and challenge it as a threat to the people’s pocketbook, to marriage, to the American way of life, to motherhood and apple pie, etc….They do this, not just briefly, but ad nauseum on issues they cannot hope to win, and on which […]
As The Golden Transcript reports:
The movement to recall six sitting city council members including the mayor fell short on Monday, Feb. 23 when recall organizers failed to turn in any documentation by the 5 p.m. deadline…
…Petitions to recall Smith, and council members Karen Oxman, Joe Behm, Diane Chesbro, Bill Fisher and Marjorie Sloan were filed with the City Clerk’s office in December. The petitions claimed council had been fiscally irresponsible, lacked civility and improperly convened executive sessions.
Ward One Councilwoman Mary Weaver was the only sitting council member not recalled.
Recall organizers then had 60 days to collect enough signatures to force a special election with an estimated cost of $50,000.
“I’m glad the citizens of Golden recognize that the recall petitions are intended for serious breaches of the public’s trust, not for petty disagreements about city policy decisions” said City Manager Mike Bestor.
Phone calls made to two recall supporters were not returned, A third recall supporter declined to comment.
This is good news for many reasons, not the least that the city won’t have to spend unnecessary money for a recall election when a general election will be held in November anyway. There was no real reason for the recall effort aside from the personal gripes of a small minority.
If you live in Golden, you know the author of the Voice of Golden likes to tout her political views in the guise of news. The author recently tried to recall most of the Golden City Council, but failed to turn in enough signatures.
From Golden Mayor Jacob Smith’s website:
Recall Attempt Fails
February 23, 2009 by Jacob Smith
I am please to report that the petitioners seeking to recall six of seven members of the Golden City Council failed today to submit the necessary signatures.
This recall attempt failed because so many in the community opposed it: refusing to sign the recall petitions, adding their names to the list of Citizens for Golden supporters, volunteering to make phone calls or walk door-to-door, making financial contributions in support of the effort. Opposition to the recall attempt has been incredibly broad and energetic, spanning across the entire community.
Citizens for Golden, the community group that organized the opposition to the recall attempt, deserve a HUGE amount of credit.
I offer my sincere gratitude to everyone who expressed their support or otherwise contributed. We’ve still got plenty of work to do but we can move forward now without the expense, distraction, and divisiveness of a recall election. For our part on the City Council, we will continue our focus on open government and making sure the citizens of Golden have a voice, maintaining the City’s financial health, and protecting our quality of life.
A very interesting maneuver by the Dems, as the Denver Post reports: A bill that would make it easier for unwed couples to plan their estates and share benefits in times of tragedy is certain to touch off a gay-rights debate at the Capitol. Unwed couples can already designate each other as emergency decision makers, […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Last week ColoradoPols front-paged their diary on the attempt by Commissar John Martin to stifle an equal elected official in Garfield County through a gag order. Martin squeaked by in his last election by less than 2% of the vote after outside groups (funded by the oil and gas […]
I have waited all day for a diary on President Obama’s first interview. The President’s skills demonstrated his clear resolve to redefine the situation and move forward to peaceful positions. I congratulate this first effort and hope it will lead to peace. http://abcnews.go.com/video/pl… On the rhetoric about him by Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden: […]
If Perlmutter heads to the Senate, what Republicans will be foaming at the mouth to try to catch the 8:00am Monday flight to D.C.? While I’m not a Republican, I would think the Party’s best shot candidate must come from Jeffco based upon population.
Who is strong enough to win in a special election in this swing district?
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) What we generally refer to as The Great Depression might be more accuately called The Republican Great Depression. After all, it was Republican policies from 1920-1929 that principally got us into that jam. Well, it’s deja vu all over again, isn’t it? From Ronald Reagan’s initial cracking of […]
Writing in the Sterling Journal-Advocate, former state Sen. Mark Hillman lays out his reasons for the Republican Party’s decline–presaging his comeback? After being routed at the polls for two consecutive election cycles, Republicans are turning introspective, asking how the party fell out of favor so suddenly and how to correct course. That introspection includes the […]
A Canadian comedy duo called The Masked Avengers from CKOI 96.9 FM in Montreal, Quebec pranked Sarah Palin, convincing her (and her team) they were receiving a call from French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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