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El Paso County sends three donkeys to the Capitol

By Cara Degette 11/20/08 10:41 AM

The final word is in: Newcomer Dennis Apuan has edged out Catherine “Kit” Roupe in Colorado’s House District 17, making him the third member of a Democratic delegation from El Paso County — and marking the first time since the 1970s that the Republican stronghold has sent three donkeys to the golden dome.

Madeleine Pickens ponies up wild-horse adoption plan

By David O. Williams 11/20/08 8:45 AM

Just call it the “Pickens Pony Plan.”

Jumping into an environmental issue with the same headline-grabbing gusto of her billionaire oil-man husband, Madeleine Pickens Monday rode in like the proverbial cavalry at a public meeting in Reno, Nev., on the mounting wild-horse crisis in the western United States.

Colorado tops Politico’s 2010 Senate ‘races to watch’; Salazar sitting pretty

By Ernest Luning 11/20/08 7:23 AM

Democrats stand to increase the party’s majority in the Senate in the next election, Politico reported Wednesday, pointing to several vulnerable Republican-held seats and a lack of serious challengers to incumbent Democrats, including Colorado’s Sen. Ken Salazar. While Colorado tops the political news site’s list of 10 “races to watch,” Salazar’s prospects are bright because “the GOP talent pool is shallow,” Politico’s Josh Kraushaar wrote.

Reporters invited to park the boss’s cars in Longmont

By Cara Degette 11/19/08 6:33 PM

Media writer Mike Roberts over at Westword frequently delivers good nuggets, like his report today about how staffers at the Longmont Times-Call recently were invited to pick up some extra cash by working as valets at a private Christmas party for the newspaper’s owners. And two staffers, Roberts noted, have already taken them up on the offer.

Focus on the Family turns to ‘Fred’ for funds

By Cara Degette 11/19/08 4:34 PM

Now that Focus on the Family has slashed 202 jobs and cut production of four of its eight specialized magazines, among other cost-cutting efforts, get ready to meet Fred. He’ll soon be appearing in a commercial near you, asking for money, in a manner of speaking, for Focus on the Family.

Newell holds lead after provisionals counted, Clapp expected to concede

By Ernest Luning 11/19/08 3:12 PM

The long ballot count in the Senate District 26 race could be at an end, as a final count Tuesday night put Democrat Linda Newell 191 votes ahead of Republican Lauri Clapp, the Rocky Mountain News reported Wednesday afternoon. An automatic recount could commence as soon as Thursday, but a Republican official said it’s unlikely to change the results and suggested Clapp would concede to Newell “in the next day or so.”

Obama’s HHS chief Daschle to speak at Colorado Health Summit

By Wendy Norris 11/19/08 1:35 PM

If the Colorado Health Summit wasn’t a big deal before, now it’s got some real fire power. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, named today as President-elect Barack Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, will be the program’s keynote speaker next month.

TCI Street Poll: Who should be TIME’s ‘Person of the Year’?

By Wendy Norris 11/19/08 12:00 PM

What say you? Does TIME go with the safe, obvious choice or a wild card pick, like the infamous 1938 Adolf Hitler selection?

Make your case for your selection, or offer up your own nominee, in the comments below the fold.

UPDATE: Vilar guilty on all counts in fraud trial

By David O. Williams 11/19/08 10:41 AM

UPDATE: A federal jury convicted Alberto W. Vilar of all 12 counts in his securities fraud trial on Wednesday, a final fall from grace for a man who gave millions of dollars to musical and other causes but was ostracized for falling short on his pledges.

After three days of deliberations, a verdict is reportedly imminent in the New York fraud trial of Alberto Vilar, a venture capitalist and philanthropist who pumped millions of dollars into cultural programs and facilities in the Vail Valley.

20 apply to be next Secretary of State, but who won’t embarrass Ritter?

By Cara Degette 11/19/08 8:00 AM

OK. The final tally is 20, as in 20 people want to be sworn in to oversee elections and business licensing in Colorado and replace Secretary of State Mike Coffman, who is running off to succeed Republican Tom Tancredo in Congress after drawing the ire of a federal judge for purging 44,000 voters from the rolls at the last minute. As we reported late last week, whoever is picked must not be someone who will embarrass Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, in any way.