Tag: Marlon Reis
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Governor’s wildlife commission picks face pushback ahead of Colorado Senate hearing
Colorado’s largest coalition of hunters, anglers, and wildlife conservation groups is urging state lawmakers to reject two of Gov. Jared Polis’ latest nominees to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission, setting up a contentious confirmation hearing before the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee next week. Gaspar Perricone, speaking for the Colorado Wildlife Conservation Project,…
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Ranchers reach out to federal government to take over wolf reintroduction program
Ranchers who have lost dozens of livestock to wolves no longer have confidence in Colorado Parks and Wildlife and are now asking the federal government to intervene. On Aug. 28, Don Gittleson of Jackson County and Conway Farrell of Grand County and their families wrote to regional officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,…
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Ellen Kessler, ag critic and former Polis appointee to veterinary board, charged with 13 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ellen Kessler, an animal rights activist who was appointed to the state veterinary board by Gov. Jared Polis but resigned earlier this year, has been charged with 13 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. According to CBS Denver, which first reported the charges Monday, Kessler had…
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Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler resigned from state veterinary board to protect Polis, email shows
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Records show former state veterinary medicine board member Ellen Kessler resigned to shield Gov. Jared Polis from blowback after she made what ranchers viewed as incendiary remarks about the livestock industry. “The controversy has gotten out of hand and I believe I would be most…
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Ellen Kessler, controversial appointee to state vet board, resigns after calling ranchers ‘lazy,’ ‘nasty’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Updated 6:10 p.m. with statement from Gov. Jared Polis Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler, a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, submitted her resignation from the board at 3:26 p.m. Monday. Kessler’s letter, released by the governor’s office, said her resignation would…
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Ellen Kessler accuses ‘lazy’ and ‘nasty’ ranchers of wolf ‘bait’ to get reimbursement
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler, a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, is back in the news with what rural Coloradans and their allies claim is another attack on ranchers. Kessler, appointed to the state vet board in 2020, has earned the…
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Q&A with Gov. Jared Polis | Governor reflects on COVID, family, first term in office
Jared Schutz Polis is Colorado’s 43rd governor, elected in 2018. He’s the nation’s first openly gay governor and Colorado’s first Jewish governor. Polis served five terms in the U.S. House, representing the 2nd Congressional District, from Jan. 2009 to Jan. 2019. During his time as a federal lawmaker, he was ranked as one of Congress’…
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Gov. Polis marries longtime partner and First Gentleman Marlon Reis
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis, the first openly gay man elected governor in the United States, married his longtime partner and First Gentleman Marlon Reis in a traditional Jewish ceremony on Wednesday. The ceremony marked the first…
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ELECTION 2020 | The winners and losers of the season that never ends
As the counting wraps up and decisions become decree, Colorado voters turned out in record numbers to make their choices known on Tuesday. The Colorado Politics staff offers their takes on who came out on top in the “most important election in our lifetimes” — this year. Winners Winner, Kent Thiry: The retired Davita CEO turned philanthropist and…