DID YOU KNOW
Beulah marble at the Capitol
Because the Capitol Dome is now open again for tours after being closed for five years, a visit to the statehouse should include a good look at the building’s Beulah red marble, the only known marble of its kind in the world. From the Beulah area, the marble was used in the building’s interior but was depleted during construction. It took from 1894 to 1900 to cut and install the marble in the Capitol.
The only other place it can be found is in the Pueblo County Courthouse, around the fireplace.
The town of Beulah also is known as the home of the first female speaker of the house, Lola Spradley.
Source: Source: “The Pride of our People, The Colorado State Capitol,” by the Colorado General Assembly
Release off the Mark
State Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, and House Minority Leader Mike May, R-Parker, were sharing a laugh Tuesday afternoon on the second floor of the state Capitol.
Gardner brandished a Democratic news release that blared: “As Democrats fight for change, Representative Udall rubber stamps President Bush’s misguided Iraq policy.”
Turns out, U.S. Rep. Mark Udall had voted for the House resolution denouncing Bush’s war policy.
“The previous e-mail was an error,” read the follow-up that Gardner had in hand.
Lawrence Pacheco, spokesman for Udall, said the mistake was quickly corrected and a Democratic spokeswoman apologized. But maybe it wasn’t so bad. Pacheco said, “I told her, ‘It’s not necessarily a bad thing that the Democratic Congressional Committee attacked him in Colorado.”‘
Romanoff puts out welcome mat
House Speaker Andrew Romanoff is opening his doors, literally. Every Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., the speaker says his office will be open to anyone who wants to drop in as part of his ongoing effort to “keep an open-door policy with citizens from across Colorado.”
Can we quote you on that?
“I was wondering where that voice was coming from. I couldn’t see you because you’re wearing that camo tie.”
– Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, to Rep. Dan Gibbs, D-Silverthorne, who wore a camouflage tie to a committee hearing on his bill to minimize the oil and gas industry’s impact on wildlife
Compiled by Bonnie Gilbert, Jennifer Brown and Jeri Clausing
