With Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser still not talking to reporters about multiple forged signatures on his ballot-access petitions, I had no choice but to look back at previous statements Keyser made about the signature-gathering process. And reporters should be interested in what I found.
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Best reporting on the the state legislature in 2016
Here’s my list of the best reporting on the state legislature this session, from a progressive perspective. The press corps is threatened and depleted but continues to crank out quality journalism. Let’s hope we can say that next year.
Keyser’s promise to “always” answer questions is out the window
Reporters should now that earlier this month, former Rep. Jon Keyser said what some politicians will say, and promised to always answer questions.
Elbert Country Commissioner downplays his Facebook promise to go to jail to protect his granddaughter from “sick” transgender people
In a Facebook post last month, Elbert County (Colorado) Commissioner Robert Rowland wrote that he would end up “in jail” if he saw a transgender person enter a bathroom that was also being used by his granddaughter.
Does embattled GOP candidate Frazier regret not going through assembly, like Darryl Glenn?
Denver talk-radio host Craig Silverman challenged GOP U.S. Senate canidate Ryan Frazier’s assertion May 6 that the petition path to the primary ballot is a grassroots route, and Silverman asked, after Frazier was off air, whether donations to Frazier’s campaign would “go directly to Scott Gessler and his legal fees.”
Did GOP flack intend for his attack on anti-vaxxer Neville to richochet into anti-vaxxer Woods?
GOP operative Tyler Sandberg took a Twitter shot at State Sen.Tim Neville (R-Littleton) last month, just after Neville lost his bid to take on Michael Bennet in this fall’s Colorado Senate race.
9News reporter doesn’t let Coffman hide behind and then contradict spokesperson
Politicians like to trick us by hiding behind their spokespeople and then, if necessary, contradicting whatever their spokesperson said.
TrumpWatch: Gardner said Trump can’t win. Woods favored him. What say local Republicans now?
The local response to Trump’s big win last night should catch the attention of journalists now, with Colorado Republicans coming to grips with Trump as the presumptive GOP nominee.
Fact Check: Keyser blames SOS for ballot fiasco, but he made the error
U.S. Senate candidate John Keyser is blaming his campaign’s initial failure to qualify for the GOP primary ballot on a “bureaucrat” in the CO Secretary of State’s Office.
Powerful Christian-right group aligned with 33 Colorado Republicans against Planned Parenthood
Thirty-three Republican members of the Colorado legislature joined last year with the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a national anti-choice and anti-LGBT organization, in demanding the Colorado health department investigate Planned Parenthood, according to a letter released by ADF via Colorado State Sen. Kevin Lundberg’s office.