Mayor Bloomberg may have successfully lobbied Colorado Democrats to push through a far-reaching gun control plan, but national Democrats balked. Here’s why:
The Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate shot down two gun control bills today, offering a sharp reminder to Governor Hickenlooper and Colorado’s State Senate Democrats of how far out on a limb they went on gun control. The assault-weapons ban went down 60-40, with...
Lobbying firms are generally driven by money, not ideology. However, sometimes ideological conflict-of-interest issues are enough to turn down business. Not, however, in the case of Greenberg Traurig in Denver. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock recently hired Greenberg...
It’s a good thing the AFL-CIO’s name isn’t difficult to spell, because by the looks of the website of an AFL-CIO-aligned organization, Douglas County Classrooms, created to attack the Douglas County School Board, the union operatives don’t...
It’s always sad to bid farewell to a friend, and the closing of People’s Press Collective is no exception. Today, the blog passed the torch on to sites like ours after “1704 days, 12,896 posts, 6,625 comments, and three election cycles”. Its...
