Colorado Springs. She’s my old college town and she runs right through this episode like the coal train running next to I-25. Henry Sachs lived in Colorado Springs less than a hundred years ago and this show is dedicated to him and Civil War hero General William Palmer.
Carol McKinley is a professional journalist and a former Big 8 pentathlete for CU. This Buff track team captain is a special guest, describing her days in Boulder at KBCO, in Denver at KOA, & her gigs at FNC, ABC, & elsewhere.
Carol describes covering Balloon Boy and JonBenet stories, with the latest updates on both cases. Carol just wrote a wonderful Colorado Sun story about the Brown Bombers who dominated Colorado Springs muni league baseball in 1949-50, and how they broke Colorado racial barriers.
Colorado Springs was home to Henry Sachs, a successful Jewish businessman, who befriended black families in the 1920s. And vice versa. Mr. Sachs paid for Effie Strand to attend Colorado College and his Foundation has paid the way for many more black students to attend college. Listen to fascinating Ben Ralston, President of Sachs Foundation Colorado.
Legendary Denver Judge Gary Jackson was one such Sachs scholarship recipient and he has paid it forward by being Colorado’s premier advocate for judicial diversity. This Denver native and first black deputy DA in Denver also knew O. Otto Moore, our mentor who battled the Klan in Denver. He returns to Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge.
Colorado College and Colorado Springs make one think of coal trains moving north to Denver and south to Texas. Poor Texas is dealing with Colorado-type snow and old energy, like coal, that is failing. Coal Train Love is the perfect song about imperfect love. Listen to the fun story behind the song from our Troubadour Dave Gunders.
Rundown-
Carol Mckinley - 00:06:53
Judge Gary Jackson in Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge - 00:56:14
Ben Ralston - 01:34:26
Craig's Commentary on State of Colorado Judiciary. With RIP Rush at end - 01:54:44
Dave Gunders - 02:13:25
Episode 212 - Henry Weinstein
Episode 211 - Eli Stokols
Episode 210 - Barry Levine and Greg Gold
Episode 209 - Craig’s Colorado Corner with Greg Gold and Chris Decker
Episode 208 - Kyle Clark
Episode 207 - Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO)
Episode 206 - Dagny Van Der Jagt Wants to be Douglas County (23rd JD) DA
Episode 205 - Trisha Calvarese wants to represent Colorado’s CD4 in the US Congress
Episode 204 - Charles “CJ” Johnson wants to be CU Regent at Large - Colorado College Head Basketball Coach Jeff Conarroe Craves March Madness
Episode 203 - ADL Regional Director Scott Levin and CO State Representative Leslie Herod
Episode 202 - Colorado Democratic Party Chair Shad Murib
Episode 201 - Karen Friedman Agnifilo
Episode 200 - John Jackson and Ken Toltz
Episode 199 - Dani Newsum
Episode 198 - Amy Padden wants to be Arapahoe County DA
Episode 197 - Sandy Phillips
Episode 196 - Leora Joseph wants to be Denver District Attorney
Episode 195 - Craig’s Colorado Corner starring Nicolais, Molk, Joseph, Barad, Alschuler, Kaudy and Jackson
Episode 194 - Tom Costello and Rick Sallinger
Episode 193 - John Walsh wants to be Denver DA
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