Tag: Dick Lamm
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Denver MLK Marade, other events close down city for holiday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Single-digit temperatures won’t stop many people from streaming down East Colfax Avenue on Monday — Martin Luther King Jr. Day — for the annual Denver Marade, held in his honor since 1986. The annual Marade — a mashup of march and parade — is one of…
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Dick Lamm, foe of 1976 Winter Olympics, weighs in on Denver’s passage of Initiative 302
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm said Wednesday he was pleased that Denver voters overwhelmingly passed Initiative 302, which requires that any future bid for a Winter Olympics must first be subject to a public vote. Final unofficial results posted on Wednesday showed the measure won…
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Denver ballot question would give voters a say on any future Olympic bid
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver voters will have one more referendum to decide this election season when they open their mail ballots for the June 4 runoff. Initiative 302 — titled “Let Denver Vote” — will determine whether voters must be consulted first before any public funds are spent on exploring…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm threatens veto if GOP draws extremely favorable congressional maps
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … House Majority Leader Ron Strahle’s congressional redistricting plan was already drawing veto threats from Gov. Dick Lamm, who swore he would never accept a Republican-drawn map that guaranteed the GOP five safe seats with just…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm flirts with presidential run on Ross Perot’s Reform Party ticket
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former Gov. Dick Lamm was remaining a Democrat — for the time being — but would be working hard to help Ross Perot’s Reform Party get its presidential candidate on the ballot in Colorado, and…
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Lamm undecided over third term as candidates emerge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-Five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Gov. Dick Lamm hadn’t decided yet whether he planned to run for a third term in 1982, but the Democrat conceded he could be unseated by Colorado Republicans, who had said their major goal in…