TOWN SQUARE: Hickenlooper, Maes set debate; Lamborn a leftist?
HICKENLOOPER, MAES WILL DEBATE SEPT. 25
Gubernatorial candidates John Hickenlooper and Dan Maes will square off Sept. 25 in the Springs, one of nine upcoming debates.
Hickenlooper and Maes, the Democratic and Republican nominees, respectively, issued a joint statement Tuesday pledging to avoid personal attacks.
The statement didn’t mention Tom Tancredo, the American Constitution Party candidate.
It did say any invitation to a third-party candidate would be up to debate sponsors.
“We have every intention of being at every debate,” said Tancredo campaign spokesman Guy Blasi.
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Here are some other upcoming Colorado Springs debates:
• Sept. 17: 6:30 p.m.: U.S. Senate candidates Ken Buck and Michael Bennet. Sponsored by The Gazette and KOAA. Centennial Hall, 200 S. Cascade Ave. Debate will be televised on News First Now on Cable Channel 9 and over the air on 5.2.
• Oct. 6: 5 - 7 p.m.: Candidates for El Paso County commission and El Paso County clerk and recorder, and Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101, all fiscal measures. Presented by Citizens Project and the Colorado Springs Independent. Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, 10 S. Parkside Drive.
• Oct. 19: 5 - 7 p.m.: featuring Colorado Legislature candidates and Amendment 62, which would define a fetus as a person for purposes of state law. Presented by Citizens Project and the Colorado Springs Independent. Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, 10 S. Parkside Drive.
COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT REQUEST
Today's El Paso County Commission meeting includes a request by Little London LLC for preliminary approval of a 162-acre Highland Park subdivision near Vollmer Road in Black Forest. The company wants to develop 37 single-family lots on minimum 2.5-acre parcels. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the hearing room of the Pikes Peak Regional Development Cente,r 2880 International Circle, east of downtown Colorado Springs.
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CONGRESSIONAL HOPEFUL NOT SO MUCH IN TELLER
Congressional hopeful Kevin Bradley says he isn't hopeful that he'll make big inroads in Teller County.
Bradley lost hope when he went to Woodland Park this week to scope out his competition, two-term incumbent Republican U.S.. Rep Doug Lamborn who held a town hall there.
Bradley, a Fremont County bookseller and unabashed liberal, said he sat silently through a long question-and-answer session between Lamborn and his constituents. He learned that his message isn't right for that crowd. Even Lamborn, he said, may be too leftist for the conservatives on the far side of Pikes Peak.
"Judging from the crowd, he was the most moderate in the room," Bradley said of his opponent.
Bradley and Lamborn are running low-profile campaigns.
Lamborn has held a few gatherings in outlying areas of the district while Bradley has twice been spotted hanging out at events for incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet.
While Bradley has been there to support the Democratic hold on the Senate seat, Bennet hasn't done much to support his ally.
At both Bennet events that Bradley has attended in Colorado Springs, the senator has failed to introduced him to the crowd.
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