LOCAL CONTROL GONE WILD: Boulder Attempts to Seize Utility Property

While we joke around here about Boulder being a socialist outpost, we never thought the city would actually start seizing property. But, Boulder, perhaps emboldened by its moratorium ban on fracking is throwing property rights by the wayside in its attempt to seize...

IT HURTS: DBJ Surveys on Regulations, Finds They Sting

When the Denver Business Journal surveyed its readership about whether regulations really hurt readers’ business, its staff probably wasn’t expecting to get an overwhelming affirmative.  The question was written as “Honestly, how much is your...

OBEY: Denver City Planning Aims to Make Driving Inconvenient

While not every citizen of PeakNation™ has time to read the Denver Post editorial page on Sundays, our friend Neil Westergaard, editor in chief of the Denver Business Journal, uncovered an astonishing revelation by the president of the Denver city council, and used...

BEAUPREZ BUZZ: GOP Nominee Siphoning Business Support from Hick

As former Congressman Bob Beauprez gears up his gubernatorial campaign for the general election there is a growing buzz about his ability to peel business support away from sitting Gov. John Hickenlooper. In fact, the latest person to speculate about Bob’s potential...