Polis to face radio critic on a.m. show

By John Aguilar, Daily Camera

Published June 12, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.

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Jared Polis

One of the more contentious interviews of the political season could hit local airwaves this morning when 2nd Congressional District candidate Jared Polis calls into Jay Marvin's radio talk show.

The discussion, scheduled for 9:05 a.m. on KKZN-AM (760), comes after the liberal talk-show host blasted Polis on the air Wednesday morning, calling him "Lord Polis" and saying were it not for federal rules mandating airtime for political candidates, he wouldn't have Polis on.

Marvin was angry that the Boulder Democrat came by the station earlier this week to "badger" his producer about getting on at an earlier time - during prime commuting hours - on the 6-10 a.m. radio program.

He also claimed that Polis was dismissive about Marvin's plans to devote the first half of the show to the topic of child poverty in Colorado rather than interview him.

According to producer John Turk, Polis said: "You're going to do two hours on that?"

"Oh, excuse us, Jared," Marvin said on the air. "In other words, we should drop the topic and put you on because you're more important than these kids that are living in poverty? You sound like a guy I want to send to Congress - not."

The Polis campaign said the candidate wasn't being flip with Marvin's producer but was pleasantly surprised that the issue was going to get serious consideration on the show.

"Jared has started five schools for disadvantaged youths," Robert Becker, Polis' campaign spokesman, said this afternoon. "This is silly."

Becker said the real reason the longtime talk-show host is lashing out at Polis is because he backs Joan Fitz-Gerald in the 2nd Congressional District race. "It's obviously politically motivated," he said.

Marvin, who had Fitz-Gerald on his show Monday, acknowledged in an interview his preference for her candidacy but said that had nothing to do with the dispute he is having with Polis.

• June 12, 2008

  4:45 a.m.

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  BlueSled writes:

  Friends, the press and the government are in bed together in an embrace so intimate and wrong, they could spoon on a twin mattress and still have room for Ted Koppel.

  Journalists used to question the reasons for war and expose abuse of power. Now, like toothless babies, they live on the sugary teat of misinformation and put it into a diaper we call 'The Six o'Clock News'.

  Demand more from your government
  Demand more from your press
  Vote out your so-called representatives
  Reject your corporate masters
  Buy nothing
  Hug your children
  Love the one you're with.

  - Kent Brockman

• June 14, 2008

  11:10 p.m.

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  redwhiteandBLUE writes:

  I wish Jared Polis charter school "The New America "would stop sending us junk mail about his school in Spanish. We're not interested!!

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