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NYT: ‘Factories for processing bets’ abound in expanding Black Hawk

By | 07.22.09 | 3:13 pm

If you haven’t been to the Colorado gambling Mecca of Black Hawk in a few years –- maybe since the quaint notion of $5 limited-stakes gaming was first approved by voters who wanted the former mining town’s western character preserved…

Yes on 50 means more action in Colorado’s casinos, big payout for higher ed

By | 11.06.08 | 5:46 pm

As foreshadowed by the $7.5 million campaign put together by Coloradoans for Community Colleges, Amendment 50 has passed. That means voters in Cripple Creek, Central City and Blackhawk will soon vote on raising the maximum bet limit in Colorado from $5 to $100, allowing casinos to stay open 24/7 and bringing in craps and roulette.

Amendment 50: Odds on the casinos

By | 11.03.08 | 12:08 pm

Amendment 50 promises to pour millions into Colorado’s community colleges without raising taxes in an economy teetering towards recession. Why then, are so many people complaining that this gift horse has rotten teeth?

Colorado’s monster ballot longest in the nation

By | 09.09.08 | 7:14 am

With a record 18 proposals on everything from oil and gas taxes to unions to the developmentally disabled to gambling, Colorado voters will be weighing in on the longest ballot in Colorado since 1912 — and the largest in the United States this year.

Resisting Temptation: Christian ‘GodBloggers’ Convene In Vegas

By | 11.09.07 | 7:00 am

Apparently, for a group of blog-happy Christians, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

Lamborn, Crank & (Maybe) Rayburn: Six or Half-Dozen?

By | 09.23.07 | 2:44 pm

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn is, according to a headline in the Denver Post last week, jumping into the race to take on Rep. Doug Lamborn and Jeff Crank – who announced in early August his own…

Sniping Persists Over Lamborn Gambling Checks

By | 09.10.07 | 2:34 am

In the latest round involving Rep. Doug Lamborn, the El Paso County GOP and a couple who wrote a letter criticizing his vote on dog fighting and accepting gambling money, the county party late last week issued a statement announcing…

Lamborn Losing Grip on Congressional Seat

By | 09.05.07 | 8:00 am

Consequences.

Rookie Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn talked about consequences in a phone message he left for a pair of GOP constituents. The pair had criticized Lamborn in a letter to the editor.

“There are consequences to this…

Hey Colbert! Check Out Doug Lamborn’s Mob Moment!

By | 09.03.07 | 4:07 pm


We knew it was only a matter of time before Colorado’s newest congressman, Doug Lamborn, hit the big time. But who know it would be over a pair of menacing phone calls to a…

A Gamble, And A Dogfight, In the 5th CD

By | 08.31.07 | 1:47 pm

UPDATE Sunday, Sept. 2: The Denver Post today published the text of the phone messages that Rep. Lamborn left on Jonathan and Anna Bartha’s answering machine. The messages appear at the bottom of this story.

It is unclear exactly…