Idaho Springs Mayor Michael Hillman survived a recall election on Tuesday. Unofficial results from the city’s clerk show 348 people cast votes opposing the recall while 244 wanted to oust Hillman, who is in his second term as mayor. “Thank you to all of my supporters that believed in me and took the time to […]
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Idaho Springs voters will decide whether to recall Mayor Michael Hillman after signatures are verified
Idaho Springs voters will decide early next year whether to oust Mayor Michael Hillman from office after signatures gathered by the effort to recall him were verified by the city on Friday. The City Council during its next regular meeting, on Jan. 13, will pick a date for a special recall election. The election must […]
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Colorado’s recall fever arrives in Idaho Springs, where leaders fear damage to their town’s renaissance
IDAHO SPRINGS — Up here the air may be thinner, but the political drama brewing is thicker than the crust of the famously dense pizza sold at Beau Jo’s on Miner Street. Recall fever, sweeping across the state from the governor’s mansion on down, has come to Idaho Springs, one of Colorado’s most economically stalled […]