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MAD MAX! Rep. Max Tyler Joins Occupy Denver Squatters In Park After Hick Orders Camp Disbanded
CORRECTION: The Denver Post informs us that the time stamp displayed on the picture is wrong, and that the picture of Mad Max wallowing with the squatters was actually take before the 11 PM curfew. As we said at the end of the post, it was either a wrong time stamp or...
HICK CAVES: After Pressure From Senator Brophy, Talk Radio, The Governor Finally Enforces The Law
Caving to the pressure brought about by Senator Brophy and conservative talk radio, Governor Hickenlooper finally enforced the law and evicted the squatters at the Occupy Denver camp last night. After debating himself in the media for three days about whether he could...
HELP WANTED: New IT Director For (Pat Stryker Enterprises) Colorado Pols
We'll give Colorado Pols the benefit of the doubt and just assume they're having technical difficulties, instead of assuming, as someone might, that perhaps Pat Stryker pulled their funding. No matter the cause, Colorado Pols is now nothing more than an error...
THE RITTER BUBBLE: New Energy Economy Bursts Spectacularly
A recent article by Debra Saunders on Real Clear Politics pointed out an interesting fact. In President Obama's campaign to pass his now defunct American "Jobs" Act there was something that was noticeably absent from his rhetoric: green jobs. Once the...
WHAT WILL IT BE, HICK? Boxed In By The Right, Liberal Group Demands Hick Stop Hiding On 1-Oh-3!
OUR VIEW: If John Hickenlooper is believing his press clips, he may have started measuring the drapes in the White House. But this salvo from a powerful liberal group is a small reminder that he'll never get a chance to hang those drapes if his liberal base hates...
NEW SENATE GOP LEADERSHIP: Cadman Minority Leader, Scheffel Assistant Leader
Senator Bill Cadman (R-CO Springs) was elected Minority Leader of the state Senate GOP caucus today. As the Peak was first to report on Tuesday, Cadman was the frontrunner for the position and our sources told us he was likely to lock up the race in the coming days....
HICK (CONTINUES TO) DAWDLE; Brophy Doubles Down
Governor Hickenlooper's increasingly common propensity to dawdle, delay and generally avoid taking any position or make any decision that doesn't poll over 60% has now become readily apparent to the wider world with his refusal to enforce basic public safety...
IDENTICAL ATTACKS ON FRAZIER: Is Ed Perlmutter Running Steve Hogan’s Campaign?
An astute reader pointed out something interesting about Steve Hogan's attack ad targeted at Ryan Frazier...it's darn near identical to the attack ads run by Perlmutter against Frazier in their congressional match-up last year. Heck, the ad even cites the...
FUNDRAISING DOG FIGHT: Aurora Mayoral Candidates Hogan & Frazier Duke It Out In Donor Dollars
The Aurora mayoral race, one of the few marquee races of 2011, has become an absolute dog fight when it comes to fundraising. Yesterday, former City Councilman Steve Hogan's campaign announced it has raised $204,418 to date, while the Peak is the first to report...
THE PRESIDENT’S DENVER DUPE: Mayor Hancock Happy To Carry Obama’s Water On “Jobs” Act
Remember when Mayor Hancock's communication team got themselves in trouble by telling the Colorado press that they were bored of them already and that they wanted a national profile for Hancock? Well it appears they have gone full steam ahead with that initiative...