According to a tweet by 9News‘ Kyle Clark, Jamie Giellis, a liberal Democrat running for Denver’s Mayor, sent out approximately 25,000 mailers to (presumably) Republicans in Denver claiming Republican support. The only problem is that the mailer didn’t come from a group called “Republicans for Jamie Giellis.” Such a group doesn’t exist. It came from the Giellis campaign. Awkward.

25,000 Denver Republicans received a mayoral race mailer from a group called “Republicans for Jamie Giellis.” No such group exists. It was from the @jamiefordenver campaign. A campaign finance complaint has been filed. (1st by @AndyKnny) #copolitics #9NEWS pic.twitter.com/6IfwmOTWjG

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) April 24, 2019

A campaign finance complaint already has been filed. The campaign has about a month to fix the campaign finance error. Then, again, the mayoral election is on May 7th, so it may not impact the election. The Giellis campaign said that the lack of disclaimer was a simple oversight. While Republicans are certainly nowhere near the majority in Denver, with such a crowded primary, it is clear that Giellis is looking for any advantage possible in the race.

We saw a photo of a resolution for a joint session at which Governor Polis was planning to speak making its way around social media this week. It made us scratch our heads. The resolution called Governor Polis “His Excellency” which is typically reserved for heads of state, as in heads of countries or international bodies. Some claimed that Polis had snagged the honorific for himself because of his high opinion of himself. We also considered the possibility that his caucus was playing a joke on him as we’ve heard rumblings that they are frustrated with his heavy-handed management of the legislative process from his Governor’s perch.

He may have a high opinion of himself, but a quick search of the Colorado General Assembly showed that the tradition actually started with former Governor, now Presidential candidate, John Hickenlooper in 2016.

That said, we still had to ask – why “His Excellency”? Was this even correct? The answer is no, according to Emily Post. That honorific is reserved for Ambassadors. We’re not sure why or how “His Excellency” was introduced into the legislative lexicon, but it’s wrong. That said, we giggled at the thought of Democratic staffers having to refer to former Governor Hickenlooper and current Governor Polis as “His Excellency.” Given the level of control each has attempted to exert over Coloradans’ lives, it did seem to be somewhat Freudian.

Good news from the global warming/climate change front, which has threatened for years to reduce snowfall and effectively put our ski resorts out of business.

It turns out climate change is actually producing too much snow and it’s the winters that could kill us all.

We know it’s true, because Gov. Polis posted it on his Facebook page.

With winters expected to increase in severity because of climate change, generating power in the cold, snowy season will likely become a major issue in years to come. Fortunately, scientists from UCLA just invented a way to produce energy from snow.

So that’s one problem solved for the high country.

Now all Eagle County has to do is figure out how to reduce the forest fire threat —which liberals are insisting once again is caused by climate change — rather than the decades of neglect that allowed a beetle infestation to kill mountains of trees.

No, he didn’t do this. This is not murder.

Today, we see companies and organizations celebrating Earth Day by sharing all sorts of woke posts about preserving the land or something. We agree – we should definitely not be jerks about pollution and trash. That said, we were saddened to see no posts dedicated to the utterly insane life of the founder of Earth Day, Ira Einhorn, who is known for killing his girlfriend and “composting” her body.

Ew.

Apparently, Einhorn’s girlfriend, Holly Maddux, broke up with him and he killed her when she came to retrieve her things from his house, according to NBCNews.

“It wasn’t until 18 months later that investigators searched Einhorn’s apartment after one of his neighbors complained that a reddish-brown, foul-smelling liquid was leaking from the ceiling directly below Einhorn’s bedroom closet. Inside the closet, police found Maddux’s beaten and partially mummified body stuffed into a trunk that had also been packed with Styrofoam, air fresheners and newspapers.”

According to the report and, like other historical goingson, environmentalists would like to rewrite history around Earth Day by distancing themselves from Einhorn.

“Although Einhorn was only the master of ceremonies at the first Earth Day event, he maintains that Earth Day was his idea and that he’s responsible for launching it. Understandably, Earth Day’s organizers have distanced themselves from his name, citing Gaylord Nelson, an environmental activist and former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator who died in 2005, as Earth Day’s official founder and organizer.”

So, cheers to Earth Day, the event that originally highlighted the mental in environmentalist.

This just in: Gov. Polis went to the Western Slope and stood around with his hands in his pockets.

Seriously, in his own pockets.

He was there to watch kids being school students, and listen to others talk about economic development, while he governed his pockets.

It’s too soon to tell whether this gesture will be symbolic of his reign and we should start calling him Gov. Hands in his Pockets.

Or, if he’s just a millionaire holding onto his own wallet.

It does remind us of a once-trendy website that hosted nothing but pictures of South Korean Overlord Kim Jong Un pointing at things.

And its sister publication, Kim Jong Un looking at things.

We so hope this becomes a trend for Gov. Polis, traveling the state and looking at stuff with his hands in his own pockets.

Maybe we can cut a deal: We won’t lift his wallet, if he’ll keep his hands off ours.

Call us cynical, but Mayor Hancock announced the city’s planned all along — it’s only coincidence he’s telling us right before an election — that he will solve the homeless problem by spending millions of tax dollars to create more bureaucracy.

Mayoral challenger Penfield Tate III called the plan what it is, “an election season ploy” to make voters think the homeless problem will all be under control soon.

All we need are millions of tax dollars, and some private donations, to enable fix the problem.

For example, Hiz Honor wants $5 million for 200 vouchers to help folks move into a home. We’ll save you the math, that’s $25,000 each. Minus the costs of the new bureaucracy, we imagine only a few hundreds bucks per needy homeless person would be available.

Then there’s the $10.7 million Hancock wants for homeless day care centers, places for them to go when shelters are closed.

Just like fire and police, Hancock thinks the government should have an agency in charge of housing. No, not for low income folks, for homeless people who just happen to have little money.

See the difference? We don’t either.

Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Senator Michael Bennet has successfully treated his prostate cancer. A couple of weeks ago, Bennet announced that he would undergo surgery to treat the cancer, and if doctors successfully removed it, he would hop (back?) on the presidential campaign trail. If not, he would stand down. It looks like he’s headed back in Iowa/New Hampshire/other early primary state.

While he’s a political opponent, he’s also a human being and we’re glad for him and his family that he caught his prostate cancer early and it was treated quickly. We wish him continued recovery and good health.

Now, we will get back to our regularly scheduled ribbing of the Senator for his quixotic presidential run. Bennet has not officially announced; however, the names of the 14 (yes, 14) candidates who have made the cut for the Democratic primary presidential debates already was announced. It’s possible he could be included after officially announcing. There’s a polling threshold of just 1% in three polls.

But 1% doesn’t win elections and certainly not Democratic primaries. Then again, is Bennet really running to win the nomination or just position himself as a cabinet member for the eventual nominee?

If anyone knows the ins and outs of the Secretary of State’s purview, it’s former Deputy Suzanne Staiert, who served in her capacity since January 2012, first under Scott Gessler and then under Wayne Williams, until newly-elected and “champion of women” saw her to the door this year. That’s why when she talks, Colorado should listen, and, boy, did she have a lot to say about some of the legislation Democrats are ramming through the legislature this year.

Take the lede in her op-ed in Colorado Politics:

“Democrats won big in 2018 in “The Blue Wave,” and the election bills they’ve introduced this legislative session are designed to make sure they never relinquish control. “

But it gets better:

• Democrats are (further) disenfranchising Colorado independents by forcing them to get 10,500 signatures to get on the ballot under House Bill 1278, instead of the 1,000 they do now.
• Democrats are moving “campaign finance under the full control of the secretary of state: audits, investigations, hearings, enforcement — all of it. With no independence and no oversight.” That’s downright scary (especially under the juvenile Secretary Griswold).
• Democrats’ stakeholder process is a sham (where have we heard that before). In fact, she notes: “getting in a room with Democratic attorneys and their special-interest groups is not a stakeholder process — but rather a political strategy meeting.”

She’s right about all of this. Democrats are rigging the process to disenfranchise anyone who is not a Democrat. Republicans and Independents should be appalled at Staiert’s (true) claims.

This is just another example of Democrats’ vast overreach this legislative session. Will it come back to bite them in the a$$? Only time will tell, but these bills are not good for Democracy no matter which way you lean.

The devil’s in the details, like when Denver Mayor Hancock says he supports the camping ban, only it turns out he might support camping sites for the homeless.

So long as the campsites are sanctioned, and have lots of services, that we assume won’t require any more of his campsite sweeps, which he still supports.

Confused? So are we.

Here’s what happened in the mayoral campaign so far this week on the issue:

Several mayoral candidates attended a movie and discussion about homelessness Tuesday night, where the topic of sanctioned campsites was applauded by the candidates who attended.

Hancock was not one of them, he sent a spokeswoman who committed His Honor to being open about the idea of sanctioned campsites for the homeless.

Occupy Wall Street, and all its nasty offshoots that were breeding grounds for public health problems and crime, springs to mind.

We are to suppose sanctioned camping will be different, because this sanctioning would come with rules and people offering city services and support, perhaps abandoned school buildings in a neighborhood near you.

Jamie Giellis and Penfield Tate said sanctioned camps are a swell idea, and Lisa Calderón thinks it’s a useful path out of homelessness and into uhm, camping capable or something.

Anyway, at a Wednesday debate hosted by Channel 9 News, Hancock was there in person to defend the city’s actions in homeless camp sweeps, and said it’s necessary to address public health issues in the camps and he will do it again in the future. If elected.

We suppose next time, assuming Hancock is reelected, the sweeps would be in sanctioned camps supported by Hancock.

Which is completely different, we are supposed to believe, from his support for a camping ban.

There are a few things Coloradans previously could count on and one of those was that the Colorado State Legislature would be closed on Good Friday. PeakNation™, it’s a brave new world. Tomorrow, for the first time in Capitol insiders’ memories, the #coleg will remain open for Good Friday.

The closure wasn’t about being a Christian, but about taking time out to spend with friends and family. In fact, this year, in particular, it could also be about being Jewish as Passover starts tomorrow night, too. We acknowledge that Passover is not the very most important of Jewish holidays, but it still may be a holiday in which families would like to travel to spend time together, too. And it may not even be legislators, but what about all of the support staff that have to be at the Capitol tomorrow instead of spending time with their families and loved ones?

It’s just selfish and it’s yet another example of how Democrats’ mismanagement of the calendar and refusal to prioritize bills in the short window that we have is forcing them to put politics over people.

It’s sad, really, but it’s what we’ve come to expect from the leadership at the Capitol.