Tag: Richard Holtorf
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Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn says she’ll resign next month, points to ‘divide within our party’
Colorado Republican Party Chair Brita Horn said Thursday that she will resign her position next month following the GOP’s state assembly, citing what she described as an “enduring divide” within the party “marked by vitriol and hostility.” Horn’s announcement came just over a week after the Republicans’ state central committee voted overwhelmingly to approve a…
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In a meeting Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn calls ‘illegal,’ Republicans vote to demand her resignation
Roughly half the membership of the Colorado Republican Party’s state central committee on Saturday voted overwhelmingly to approve a resolution expressing “no confidence” in state GOP Chairman Brita Horn’s leadership and calling for her immediate resignation in an online meeting Horn says wasn’t authorized and will have “zero impact.” The 250 Republican party officials who…
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Colorado GOP officers set competing meetings to hold ‘no-confidence’ votes on state chair Brita Horn
Once again, members of the Colorado Republican Party’s central committee have scheduled separate, competing meetings to consider whether the state GOP’s governing body supports its chair, but this time neither meeting will be held under a bridge. State GOP Chair Brita Horn on Feb. 14 issued a formal call for an online meeting March 2…
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Colorado Republicans set meeting to restrain state chair Brita Horn, but she says they can’t do that
A Colorado Republican Party officer has scheduled a meeting of the party’s state central committee to consider whether to curb state GOP chair Brita Horn’s spending authority and hold a confidence vote in her leadership, but Horn said the party official who issued the formal call lacked the required legal authority, so the meeting won’t…
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Colorado Republicans call meeting to rein in chair Brita Horn, but state GOP says plans are ‘illegal’
They’re at it again. For the second time in as many years, a group of Colorado Republicans are planning to convene a meeting of the party’s state central committee despite the state GOP insisting that the proposed meeting would be “illegal” because its organizers haven’t complied with the party’s bylaws. Critics of state Republican Party…
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Colorado lawmakers renew debate about sites allowing drug use under supervision
Colorado lawmakers have renewed deliberations on a proposal to allow sites for people to use drugs under supervision in order to — backers say — do it more safely and prevent overdoses. The legislature’s discussion largely mirrors the talking points of five years ago, when lawmakers last brought a bill to allow such a center…
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Citizen of the West Matt Mead celebrated at National Western Stock Show
Chief among the reasons that former Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead was selected to be the 2023 Citizen of the West was his deep respect for the land and the inhabitants of it. What might not have factored in — but became abundantly clear during Monday night’s Citizen of the West Dinner — is his ability to respect…
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Challenger files campaign finance complaint against Richard Holtorf in northeastern Colorado GOP primary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The contest between two northeastern Colorado Republicans for House District 63 ratcheted up Monday, when one accused the other of writing checks to himself without explaining their purpose and improperly filing contributions. Primary challenger Jessie Vance, a resident of Eckley, filed a campaign finance complaint…
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Colorado’s deadliest shooters: Male, mostly young and signs of mental illness
Dylan Klebold wielded an Intratec TEC-DC9, an assault weapon originally conceived as a machine gun for South African police. His friend Eric Harris carried a Hi Point 995, a cheap short-barreled rifle. Both also brought shotguns sawed off to spray ammunition widely. Together they fired 188 rounds at Columbine High School, killing 12 classmates and…