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Pat Steadman
Patrick "Pat" Steadman (born March 31, 1964) is an attorney, former legislator, and former lobbyist from the U.S. state of Colorado. Steadman, a United States Democratic Party, Democrat, was appointed to the Colorado Senate in May 2009 following the resignation of Jennifer Veiga. He represented the Colorado's 31st Senate district, 31st Senate district, which covered downtown and north-central Denver, Colorado, Denver and portions of Adams County, Colorado, Adams County. He did not seek re-election in 2016, and his term ended in January, 2017. Biography A resident of Denver's Capitol Hill (Denver), Capitol Hill neighborhood, Steadman grew up in Westminster, Colorado, graduating from Westminster High School (Westminster, Colorado), Westminster High School, Regis University, Regis College and the University of Colorado School of Law. In 2013, Steadman completeHarvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Governmentprogram for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado's 31st Senate District
Colorado's 31st Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Colorado Senate. It has been represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Chris Hansen (politician), Chris Hansen since 2020, following the resignation of fellow Democrat Lois Court. Geography District 31 is based in the central and southeastern neighborhoods of Denver, including Capitol Hill (Denver), Capitol Hill; the district also includes the Arapahoe County, Colorado, Arapahoe County Enclave and exclave, exclaves of Glendale, Colorado, Glendale and Holly Hills, Colorado, Holly Hills. The district is located entirely within Colorado's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 9th districts of the Colorado House of Representatives. At 23 square miles, it is the smallest Senate district in the state. Recent election results Colorado state senators are elected to staggered four-year terms; under normal circumstances, the 31st district holds elections in presidential years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Denver Post
''The Denver Post'' is a daily newspaper and website published in Denver, Colorado. As of June 2022, it has an average print circulation of 57,265. In 2016, its website received roughly six million monthly unique visitors generating more than 13 million page views, according to comScore. Ownership The ''Post'' was the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean "Dinky" Singleton and Richard Scudder. MediaNews is today one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in 13 states. MediaNews bought ''The Denver Post'' from the Times Mirror Co. on December 1, 1987. Times Mirror had bought the paper from the heirs of founder Frederick Gilmer Bonfils in 1980. Since 2010, The Denver Post has been owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital, which acquired its bankrupt parent company, MediaNews Group. In April 2018, a group called "Together for Colorado Springs" said that it was rais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recognition Of Same-sex Unions In Colorado
The U.S. state of Colorado has provided limited recognition of same-sex unions in the form of ''designated beneficiary agreements'' since July 1, 2009, and as ''civil unions'' since May 1, 2013. Same-sex marriage was legalized on October 7, 2014. Designated beneficiary agreements grant limited rights, such as hospital and jail visitation rights, control of funeral arrangements, death benefits, and the right of a surviving partner to be recognized as next of kin. Civil unions provide rights comparable to those enjoyed by married different-sex couples. When Colorado enacted civil union legislation in March 2013, effective May 1, 2013, Colorado became the third state to provide the status of civil unions to both same-sex couples and different-sex couples, as Hawaii and Illinois had until both of these states allowed same-sex marriage in 2013. In 2014, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of ''Kitchen v. Herbert'' found Utah's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, but s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
The City of Wheat Ridge is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Wheat Ridge is located immediately west of Denver and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Wheat Ridge Municipal Center is approximately west-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The city had a population of 30,166 as of the 2010 Census. History Although Wheat Ridge is a relatively young incorporated city, it has a history based on agriculture and the community's location along regional travel routes. It grew from a popular rest stop for travelers during the Gold Rush of the late 1850s to an agricultural and suburban community known as the “Carnation City” in the mid 1900s. As the residential areas of unincorporated Jefferson County grew to provide housing to the Denver workforce during the 1950s, the major transportation corridors extending from Denver developed with commercial services. During that era, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Schafer
Sue Schafer is an educator and former legislator from the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a United States Democratic Party, Democrat in 2008, Schafer represented House District 24, which encompassed the cities of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Wheat Ridge, Edgewater, Colorado, Edgewater, and Arvada, Colorado, Arvada, and was redrawn in 2011 to encompass Wheat Ridge, Edgewater and Golden, Colorado, Golden. Biography Born in Portland, Maine, Schafer holds a bachelor's degree in secondary education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a master's degree in counseling from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a doctorate in education from the University of Northern Colorado. She also holds a principal's license from Colorado State University. She has taught social studies and French in Denver, Colorado, Denver public schools, worked as a counselor in Omaha Public Schools and at Skagit Valley Community College in Mt. Vernon, Washington, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Collins
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joann Ginal
Joann Ginal is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district since 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party. Before her tenure in the state senate she served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 52nd district from 2013 to 2019. Ginal was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and also lived in Florida and Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire, Iowa State University, and Colorado State University during which she moved to Fort Collins, Colorado. In 2012, she was elected to the state house to succeed John Kefalas, who had run for a seat in the state senate, and served until she was selected to replace Kefalas in the state senate in 2018. Early life and education Joann Ginal was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. She lived in Florida and Massachusetts before moving to Fort Collins, Colorado, to continue her college education in 1990. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominick Moreno
Dominick Moreno is an American politician, currently serving as a state legislator in Colorado. A Democrat, Moreno was elected to the 21st district of the Colorado Senate in 2016. He previously represented the 32nd district in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2012 to 2016."Colorado House Democrats pick Ferrandino for speaker, historic first for gays" '''', November 8, 2012. Biography Early life and education Moreno was born and raised in |
Paul Rosenthal (Colorado Politician)
Paul Rosenthal is an American community activist, teacher and politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He represented House District 9. Rosenthal ran for re-election in 2018 but was eliminated in the Democratic primary, so he was not a candidate in the general election. 2020 RTD board election In 2020, Rosenthal ran for a seat on Denver's Regional Transportation District The Regional Transportation District, more commonly referred to as RTD, is the regional agency operating public transit services in eight out of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area in the U.S. state of Col ... board of directors. The board has fifteen elected members who serve four-year terms. Rosenthal was unopposed for the District E seat and won 63,442 votes, 100% of the votes cast. References External links Rosenthal's RTD board campaign websitePaul Rosenthal's state house campaign websiteLegislative website Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ferrandino
Mark Steven Ferrandino (born August 9, 1977) is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado and former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Appointed to the legislature in 2007, Ferrandino represented House District 2, encompassing south central Denver from 2012 to 2014. He is the first openly gay male legislator in Colorado history. He did not seek re-election in 2014, and was the chief financial officer of Denver Public Schools. On November 19, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis named Mark Ferrandino as the new executive director for the Colorado Department of Revenue. Biography Ferrandino, the son of two Italian-American public school teachers, was born in Nyack, New York. He was born with oxygen deprivation and had to have surgery because he was cross eyed. Suffering from multiple learning difficulties, he took special education classes until the fourth grade. He later joined mainstream classes, played the trumpet and captained his high school track team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commerce City, Colorado
The City of Commerce City is a home rule municipality located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States Census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States Census. Commerce City is the 18th most populous municipality in Colorado. Commerce City is located north of Denver and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. Commerce City is a mixed residential and industrial community that is known for an oil refinery with a capacity of , operated by Suncor. Dick's Sporting Goods Park, a soccer stadium in Commerce City, hosts the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. History In 1859 after fighting in Bleeding Kansas, John D. "Colonel Jack" Henderson built a ranch, trading post, and hotel on Henderson Island in the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory north of Denver, from which he sold meat and provisions to gold seekers on their way u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Ulibarri
Jessie Ulibarri is an American politician from Commerce City, Colorado. A Democrat, Ulibarri served four years in the Colorado Senate representing District 21 in Adams County. Ulibarri worked on the 2013 bill to allow Colorado same-sex couples to form civil unions. Biography Ulibarri graduated from the University of Colorado, and became the first person in his family to receive a bachelor's degree. In 2013, Ulibarri completeHarvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Governmentprogram for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as David Bohnett Leadership Fellow. His employment history includes working as a policy fellow with the office of Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois), as Public Policy Director with the ACLU of Colorado, and as Senior Managing Associate for JVA Consulting. Uliba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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