{"id":8246,"date":"2018-05-03T14:46:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T14:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=3040218"},"modified":"2018-05-03T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T14:46:31","slug":"the-spot-newsletter-will-denver-land-the-nfl-draft-colorado-legislature-in-its-final-sprint-a-resolution-in-the-doug-lamborn-ballot-battle-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/the-spot-newsletter-will-denver-land-the-nfl-draft-colorado-legislature-in-its-final-sprint-a-resolution-in-the-doug-lamborn-ballot-battle-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spot newsletter: Will Denver land the NFL draft?, Colorado legislature in its final sprint, a resolution in the Doug Lamborn ballot battle and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/the-spot-newsletter-will-denver-land-the-nfl-draft-colorado-legislature-in-its-final-sprint-a-resolution-in-the-doug-lamborn-ballot-battle-and-more\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p><img class=\"size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/the-spot-newsletter-will-denver-land-the-nfl-draft-colorado-legislature-in-its-final-sprint-a-resolution-in-the-doug-lamborn-ballot-battle-and-more\" alt=\"\u00a0\" width=\"1500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post\u2019s politics team captures what\u2019s happening this week \u2014 from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Greetings from this world of chaos that we call Colorado politics, where state lawmakers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/04\/29\/2018-colorado-legislative-session-final-agenda\/\">rushing to pass major bills<\/a> in the waning days of this year\u2019s legislative session and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/04\/30\/doug-lamborn-court-decision-hearing-ballot\/\">2018 campaigns have been scrambling in court<\/a> to get their candidates on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/extras.denverpost.com\/newsletter\/splash\/thespot.html\">Sign up for The Spot newsletter for a weekly rundown of Colorado politics.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/05\/02\/castle-rock-pit-bull-ban-vote\/\">pit bulls are allowed in Castle Rock now<\/a>, school kids have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/04\/29\/rocky-flats-school-field-trips-ban\/\">barred from a former nuclear weapons production site<\/a> in the Denver area and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/04\/26\/2018-nfl-draft-denver-mayor-hancock\/\">Denver NFL draft 2019<\/a> watch is, like, so underway.<\/p>\n<p>Also \u2014 because we are everywhere at every moment \u2014 reporter John Frank literally witnessed Colorado Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/04\/30\/donna-lynne-tattoo-colorado-governor-race\/\">getting a very real and very permanent tattoo<\/a> as part of her bid to become the state\u2019s next governor. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2017\/07\/13\/colorado-governor-race-candidates-2018\/\">Here\u2019s who is running for governor<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>If you keep reading this newsletter, there\u2019s even a video of the tattoo being administered (I think that\u2019s the right word?) below.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fresh news:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>The so-called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/05\/03\/colorado-beer-sales-public-consumption-parks-bill\/\">\u201cbeer wars\u201d are back<\/a><\/strong>. And without a truce, you won\u2019t be able to drink beer in Denver parks.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Also:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Thousands of residents across three metro-Denver counties are about to see the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/05\/03\/colorado-highway-e-470-fee\/\">end of a longtime government fee<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3031959\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/the-spot-newsletter-will-denver-land-the-nfl-draft-colorado-legislature-in-its-final-sprint-a-resolution-in-the-doug-lamborn-ballot-battle-and-more-1\" alt=\"State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, watches as Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, speaks passionately about the right to dig holes and remove roots, while addressing SB18-167(enforce requirements to call 811 to locate underground facilities) before a vote at the Colorado state Capitol on Thursday, April 26, 2018. The legislative session will come to a close on May 9, 2018.\" width=\"4402\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, watches as Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, speaks passionately about the right to dig holes and remove roots, while addressing SB18-167 (enforce requirements to call 811 to locate underground facilities) before a vote at the Colorado state Capitol on Thursday, April 26, 2018. The legislative session will come to a close on May 9, 2018, and there is still a lot lawmakers are trying to get done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span>ROLL CALL<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>COLORADO: THE STATEHOUSE &amp; BEYOND<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Time lapse of the growing teacher protest on the West Steps of the Colorado Capitol. Definitely Secretary thousand people out there. Business as usual inside. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coleg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coleg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/copolitics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#copolitics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wYm3FLhrUn\">pic.twitter.com\/wYm3FLhrUn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Aaron Paul (@JesseAPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseAPaul\/status\/989951678953672704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colorado\u2019s Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne \u2014 an underdog candidate for governor \u2014 just made her campaign permanent in a tattoo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cz8CAutq0A\">https:\/\/t.co\/cz8CAutq0A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/copolitics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#copolitics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coleg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coleg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cogov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cogov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4IORXqhSuW\">pic.twitter.com\/4IORXqhSuW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByJohnFrank\/status\/990954387076861952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>DENVER &amp; THE SUBURBS<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3038391\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/the-spot-newsletter-will-denver-land-the-nfl-draft-colorado-legislature-in-its-final-sprint-a-resolution-in-the-doug-lamborn-ballot-battle-and-more-2\" alt=\"Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Southeast ...\" width=\"5568\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>Joe Amon, The Denver Post<\/p>\n<p>Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge on May 1, 2018 in Golden. Almost 300,000 students from metro Denver school systems will be barred from school-sanctioned trips to the refuge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>D.C. POLITICS FROM A COLORADO PERSPECTIVE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\">[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>THE WIRE<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Questions, comments, feedback about this newsletter? Cool stories?\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jpaul@denverpost.com?subject=The%20Spot%20feedback\">Send them our way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p>P.S.\u00a0Please consider backing The Denver Post (<a href=\"https:\/\/checkout.denverpost.com\/subscriptionpanel\">you can subscribe here<\/a>) or journalism wherever you might be. And thanks for your support, whatever it might be.<\/p>\n<p>P.P.S. Here are your GIF rewards for making it to the end of this newsletter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Current mood <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lJubPYDYzj\">pic.twitter.com\/lJubPYDYzj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Aaron Paul (@JesseAPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseAPaul\/status\/991682505655767050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My mood has remained the same: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nocn0IVLEk\">pic.twitter.com\/nocn0IVLEk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Aaron Paul (@JesseAPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseAPaul\/status\/991790385088286720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Staff writers John Frank, Jon Murray, Mark K. Matthews and John Aguilar contributed to this newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post&#8217;s politics team captures what&#8217;s happening this week &#8212; from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[307,7702,5062,7703,330,7704,2056,7705,7042,7706,7337,7707,7656,6907,6811,6857,7657,117,7163,6897,6812,376,6847,5662,7708,7406,7709,2205,784,7662,7454,1642,7418,1538,7648,7642,854,7710,7711,7664,6813,6848,77,9,6855,5019,1091,7712,7713,1680,7714,441,7271,7715,7716,7717,7718,7719,7720,1,3,2230,7654,7721,7508,7722,6963,7723,1525,61,7724,1736],"tags":[2885,7725,5063,7726,2908,7727,4624,7728,7045,7729,7338,7730,7675,6909,6816,6859,7676,2695,7165,6898,6817,2954,6850,5668,7731,7411,7732,4773,3357,7681,7458,4210,7419,4106,7650,7645,3427,7733,7734,7683,6818,6851,2655,6856,5022,3661,7735,7736,4248,7737,3015,7272,7738,7739,7740,7741,7742,7743,4797,7673,7744,7510,7745,6966,7746,4093,7747],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}