When Gov. Bill Ritter accompanied his mom, Ethel Ritter, to the American Red Cross Breakfast of Champions on Friday at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center, he took the opportunity to publicly tease the 84-year-old, who was a Red Cross volunteer for 15 years.
“In 1993, Gov. (Roy) Romer told me on a Thursday he was going to appoint me as DA of Denver — my entree into public life,” the governor said. “I called my mother and asked her to come to the press conference. She said, ‘Sorry, this is my day to volunteer with the Red Cross.’
“I said, ‘But this is a pretty big day Mom, I’m getting appointed as DA. There’s going to be lots of media there covering this press conference.’ She said, ‘Well, good then. I’ll see it on TV because I’ll be with the Red Cross.’ “
