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  USATODAY.com - Beer exec Pete Coors cited in May for DUI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coors was driving a 2004 Jaguar when he was pulled over by a Colorado State Patrol trooper just before midnight May 29, according to officials in the Jefferson County District Court clerk's office.
Coors took over as president of his family's company in 1987 and in 2000 was named chief executive of the brewer, which has 8,500 employees and rang up $4 billion in sales in 2003.
Coors, a tall, silver-haired figure familiar to many as the face of the Coors television ads, was a political novice in 2004 when he decided to seek the Senate seat being given up by Republican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2006-07-14-coors_x.htm   (421 words)

  
 Pete Coors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In October of 2006, Coors was appointed by the University of Colorado Hospital Board of Directors as chairman of the board for the new University of Colorado Hospital Foundation.
Born in Golden, Colorado, Coors graduated from Cornell University with a degree in engineering, and was a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity.
Coors faced Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar in the November 2004 election, but Coors was defeated by a margin of 51% to 47%.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pete_Coors   (691 words)

  
 Beer Baron Pete Coors Cited Faces Drunk Driving Charges - The Deadbolt
In an ironic twist of fate, Pete Coors, the beer company executive, chief commercial pitcher and former Senate candidate, confirmed to the media that, back in May, he was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Pete Coors was the man responsible for that merger.
Coors won the GOP primaries to gain the nomination spot on the ballot, but was ultimately defeated by Democrat Ken Salazar.
www.thedeadbolt.com /news/111382/coorsdui.php   (421 words)

  
 9news.com | News | Pete Coors R-Candidate for U.S. Senate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pete is a native of the state of Colorado.
Pete serves as Chairman for the Vision 2006 Campaign for Johnson & Wales University at Denver and is a board member of the University of Colorado Hospital.
Pete is the son of Joseph and Holly Coors, and is a great-grandson of Adolph Coors, who founded the Golden brewery in 1873.
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 Beer executive Pete Coors loses license - Boston.com
Coors said he had drunk a beer about 30 minutes before leaving a wedding.
Coors' spokeswoman Kabira Hatland said Coors was charged with driving while under the influence.
Coors took over as president of his family's company in 1987 and in 2000 was named chief executive of the brewer with 8,500 employees and $4 billion in sales in 2003.
www.boston.com /news/odd/articles/2006/07/16/beer_baron_coors_loses_license_for_dui/?p1=MEWell_Pos3   (384 words)

  
 The Blue Republic - This Week In Hypocrisy, Vol. 2, No. 29 — “Pete Coors”
Coors is known worldwide as a major producer of some of the crappiest swill-beer known to mankind.
Pete Coors stated that the campaign (which was largely spearheaded by Mary Cheney) was strictly business and that he had no problem making profits from people whose lifestyle he didn’t agree with.
Coors won his primary, the shift to the right-wing that he deemed necessary to make it to the general election cost him dearly, and he eventually lost to Democrat Ken Salazar that November (way to go, Colorado).
thebluerepublic.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=43   (832 words)

  
 Online NewsHour | Vote 2004 | Key Races | Colorado Senate Race | Pete Coors
Peter H. Coors, chairman of Coors Brewing Co., may be a novice to politics, but his family and their Golden brewery are Colorado icons.
Coors is a scion of a family with deep Colorado roots.
Pete Coors lists his biggest private life accomplishment as his 34-year marriage to his wife, Marilyn, and his six children, in a recent Rocky Mountain News survey.
www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2004/key-races/co_coors.html   (750 words)

  
 The Coors campaign's deceptive advertising - Salon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the long and colorful history of Coors, there came a time about two decades ago when the heirs of the Colorado brewing dynasty realized that their ultra-right political legacy was discouraging sales of their once-legendary beer.
Now that Pete Coors is running for the U.S. Senate in Colorado, the same tactics that cooled the Coors boycott have been engaged to soften his political persona.
As a politician, Pete Coors is no doubt well advised to gloss over the rougher edges of his philosophy.
www.salon.com /opinion/conason/2004/10/22/coors/index_np.html   (1031 words)

  
 cbs11tv.com - Pete Coors Gets Community Service For DWI
Coors' driver's license also was suspended for three months from the date of his arrest.
Coors, 59, vice chairman and a director of Molson Coors Brewing Co., was pulled over by a state trooper May 28 after he left a friend's wedding celebration.
Pete Coors, 59, vice chairman and a director of Molson Coors Brewing Co.
cbs11tv.com /topstories/topstories_story_237123226.html   (349 words)

  
 Banking on the Brewer: in Colorado, Republican hopes rest on Pete Coors National Review - Find Articles
The real Pete Coors is much like the plainspoken guy he plays in his company's commercials, with ruddy good looks and hair that's as silver as a can of Coors Light.
The candidate's father, the late Joe Coors, was a member of Ronald Reagan's "kitchen cabinet." His work as a philanthropist was even more important: In 1972, he wrote a $250,000 check that helped establish the conservative movement's preeminent think tank.
Coors was one of the first companies in the country to offer benefits to employees' same-sex partners--a fact that generated flak from social conservatives during the primary.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_19_56/ai_n13675418   (979 words)

  
 9news.com | News | Pete Coors arrested for DUI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coors, 59, is scheduled to appear in court next Thursday.
Coors was driving a 2004 green Jaguar and was stopped in the driveway to his home.
Coors was arrested on suspicion of DUI, registering a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit.
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 cbs4denver.com - Beer Executive Pete Coors Pleads Guilty
Coors entered the plea against the advice of his attorney, saying the arrest had been an embarrassment to him and his company, The Denver Post reported.
Coors, 59, vice chairman and a director of Molson Coors Brewing Co., was pulled over by a Colorado State Patrol trooper late on the night of May 28 after he left a friend's wedding celebration.
Pete Coors, arriving for an initial court hearing on his DUI arrest on July 14.
cbs4denver.com /topstories/local_story_237113856.html   (345 words)

  
 The Mouse Ranch Gazette - Pete Coors
Coors would consider it inappropriate to provide auto or home owners insurance to his employees as a benefit, why should health insurance be different?
I think if everyone had to provide their own health insurance, the insurance companies would have to work in a more competitive market and provide competitive rates, even more so than auto insurance which is required by law (if you drive a car).
Coors plans on running the government like a business (as his ads state) he should have some plan to address just these 2 questions.
news.mouseranch.com /peteCoors/index.shtml   (586 words)

  
 Coors buyers beware - Washington Blade
Pete Coors, a former chair of the Coors Brewing Co., is now a Republican candidate for the United States Senate from the state of Colorado.
Pete Coors’ opponent in the senate race is making much of that history, in an attempt to tarnish Pete Coors with the state’s much-coveted right-wing voters.
Hey, that Pete Coors guy, he can do whatever he wants as a private citizen, the company seems to be saying; you have to evaluate us independently, on our own policies.
www.washblade.com /2004/6-25/view/editorial/coors.cfm   (888 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Beer executive Pete Coors pleads guilty to driving while impaired, given ...
GOLDEN, Colo. – Beer executive Pete Coors pleaded guilty Friday to driving while impaired, a lesser charge than the DUI count filed against him after his May arrest, and was sentenced to 24 hours of community service.
Coors' driver's license also was suspended for three months from the date of his arrest, and he must also pay $495 in court costs and fees.
Coors often appears in television ads for the company and ran for the U.S. Senate as a Republican in 2004.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20060825-1127-coors-dui.html   (331 words)

  
 Beer maker Pete Coors pleads guilty to DWI
Pete Coors, the vice-chairman of Molson Coors Brewing Co., pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of impaired driving and was sentenced to 24 hours community service.
Coors also was given a suspended $200 US fine, ordered to pay $495 US in court costs and take alcohol education courses, and participate in a panel by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Coors was less than a block from his home in Golden, Colorado, when he apparently rolled through a stop sign.
www.cbc.ca /money/story/2006/08/25/coors-dwi.html?ref=rss   (987 words)

  
 cbs4denver.com - Pete Coors To Appear In Court On DUI Charge
Coors was due to appear in a Jefferson County courtroom on the charges next Thursday.
Coors unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 2004 as a Republican against Sen. Ken Salazar.
In 2005, Adolph Coors Co. merged with Molson to form the Molson Coors Brewing Co. and Pete Coors was named vice-chairman.
cbs4denver.com /local/local_story_194171510.html   (395 words)

  
 John J. Miller on Pete Coors & Election 2004 on National Review Online
That's where Coors aims to be less than a year from now, after beating former congressman Bob Schaffer in a GOP primary on August 10 and the Democrats' likely nominee, attorney general Ken Salazar, on November 2.
Pete's father, Joe Coors, was one of the most important conservative philanthropists of the 20th century.
Coors starts out with some enormous advantages, beginning with his personal wealth and that great brand name.
www.nationalreview.com /miller/miller200405030843.asp   (1015 words)

  
 Pete Coors Loses License for DUI
Beer executive Pete Coors' driver's license was revoked after a hearing officer ruled on July 14 that Coors had been driving under the influence, the Associated Press reported on July 16.
On May 28, Coors failed to stop at a stop sign in Golden, Colorado and was driving with a blood alcohol level of.088.
Coors claimed that he drank one beer 30 minutes before leaving a friend's wedding.
www.jointogether.org /news/headlines/inthenews/2006/pete-coors-loses-license-for.html   (185 words)

  
 Pete Coors Pleads Guilty to DWAI
He was cited with DUI on May 28, 2006 after he was contacted by the Colorado State Patrol near his home in Golden, for failure to stop at a stop sign.
Coors pled guilty today in spite of his defense attorney's recommendation to go to trial and he apologized for his conduct.
Coors was sentenced to 24 hours useful community services, to include participation in a MADD (Mother's Against Drunk Driving) Panel.
www.co.jefferson.co.us /news/news_item_T3_R304.htm   (119 words)

  
 Pete Coors versus Ken Salazar - News
U.S. Senate candidate Pete Coors pledged Oct. 21 to vote to eliminate the federal estate tax should he be elected senator.
After the ceremony, Coors told the Advocate the reasons for students to vote for him, the differences between him and his opponent in the Senate race, Attorney General Ken Salazar, and what he thinks of higher education funding.
Coors: I believe that education is a state issue and not a federal issue.
www.ucdadvocate.com /media/storage/paper538/news/2004/10/27/News/Pete-Coors.Versus.Ken.Salazar-783104.shtml?norewrite200606101002&sourcedomain=www.ucdadvocate.com   (429 words)

  
 CCAGW Political Action Committee: Pete Coors
“Pete Coors’ experience in creating jobs as a businessman and understanding the need for fiscal responsibility demonstrate why he should be elected to serve the state of Colorado.
Pete Coors has vowed to control spending in Congress by opposing any increase in non-defense discretionary spending not offset elsewhere in the budget.
Coors is a leader who has the ability to improve the future economic outlook by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government.”
www.ccagwpac.org /Coors.htm   (250 words)

  
 NFL.com: Passion for the Game -- Pete Coors (Week 16)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coors, chairman of the Coors Brewing Company and great-grandson of brewery founder Adolph Coors, is a true outdoorsman.
Of course, Coors has a very good relationship with the Denver Broncos, and I try to get out to a couple of games a year (even though it conflicts with duck-hunting season).
Coors chairman Pete Coors is very familiar with John Elway's work.
www.nfl.com /passion/coors.html   (859 words)

  
 ABC News: Beer Exec Pete Coors Cited in May for DUI
Beer Exec Pete Coors Confirms He Was Cited in May for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol
Coors confirmed Thursday, July 13, 2006, he was cited in May for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol after leaving a friend's wedding celebration.
By P. DENVER Jul 14, 2006 (AP)— Beer company executive, chief commercial pitcher and former Senate candidate Pete Coors confirmed Thursday he was cited in May for driving under the influence of alcohol after leaving a friend's wedding celebration.
abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=2191107   (450 words)

  
 August 2004 > Pete Coors Wins Primary Campaign for U.S. Senate Seat in Colorado | NACS Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coors won a landslide victory against Republican opponent former Rep. Bob Schaffer, capturing 60 percent of the vote.
For the general election, Coors and his Democratic opponent Salazar are already setting a pace for the most expensive statewide election in history.
"Pete Coors is a friend of the industry and NACSPAC was pleased to support his primary campaign.
www.nacsonline.com /NR/exeres/0000711alpfizawytsgoyzgd/NewsPosting.asp?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=/nacs/news/daily_news_archives/august2004/nd0812042.htm&NRNODEGUID={2499901F-6719-4F96-A02C-CE4CF30DFDF8}&NRQUERYTERMINATOR=1&cookie_test=1   (452 words)

  
 Will Pete Coors be a better senator than beer-maker? - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine
Pete Coors, the chairman, longtime CEO, and public face of Coors Brewing Co., is tired of standing next to cold Rocky Mountain streams extolling the virtue of his beer.
Candidate Coors probably enjoys something close to 100 percent name recognition in Colorado and is a major employer to boot.
Because CEOs and chairmen are wealthy—the Coors family no longer ranks on the Forbes 400, but they're still worth at least $100 million—they have the ability to endow campaigns with instant credibility by digging into their own pockets.
www.slate.com /id/2099748   (913 words)

  
 Total DUI: Pete Coors Pleads Guilty to DUI
Beer magnate and former candidate for the US Senate Pete Coors had his driver's license suspended for three months from the date of his arrest for DUI when he pled guilty to driving while alcohol impaired, a lesser version of DUI.
Coors was arrested in May with a breathalyzer reading of 0.088 BAC.
Coors was also ordered to pay a $200 fine, $495 in court costs, and attend Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) courses at his expense.
blog.totaldui.com /archives/dui-arrest-procedures-pete-coors-pleads-guilty-to-dui.html   (202 words)

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