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Liberal Loon Carol Hedges Surrenders on Her Tax Increase Initiatives

Today, Liberal Loon Carol Hedges, Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI), announced over an email that she was withdrawing her six tax increase initiatives over a lack of support from leaders in Colorado and bad polling data. We predicted this demise...

Gardner Kicks Some Gas — Greenhouse That Is

Since arriving in Washington only two months ago, Congressman Cory Gardner (R-Yuma) has quickly developed a reputation as a star of one of the largest freshman classes in history. Gaining a coveted seat on the high profile House Energy and Commerce Committee, a key...

Morse Implosion Goes National

Update: John Morse is now literally ditching the public in an attempt to avoid scrutiny for his per diem payments. A reader emails that Senator Morse skipped out on the "Budget Listening Tour" in CO Springs yesterday where he was scheduled to attend. In less than 24...

Checking In: Ryan Frazier

Often times sitting around at happy hour we find ourselves wondering with friends what old candidates are up to, as the daily stream of news that comes out during the campaign quickly dries up after the election.  To help fulfill our own curiosity and give our...

Senate Ethics Investigation to Look Into Morse Per Diem

Senate President Brandon Shaffer announced today that he would convene an ethics investigation into Senate Majority Leader John Morse's per diem scandal.Shaffer appointed to the ethics panel Democrat Senators Carroll, Bacon and Steadman and Republican Senators...

Who Knew Morse’s Passion Pit Was Made of Glass?

The push for a full blown investigation into Senator John Morse claiming per diem during junkets and golf trips has a new and surprising ally: Senator John Morse. Back in 2008, John Morse requested an investigation into whether District Attorney John Newsome committed...

Arrogance, Thy Name Is John Morse

Senate Majority Leader John Morse, speaking to the Colorado Springs Gazette yesterday, made possibly one of the dumbest comments ever uttered by a State Senator in Colorado history. In responding to an ethics complaint filed by the Colorado Government...

Colorado Peak Politics Reporting on John Morse Scandal

The Senate Majority Leader John Morse per diem story has hit the proverbial fan in the last 12 hours, with Morse threatening the home of Stephanie Cegielski of the Colorado Government Accountability Project for filing an ethics complaint over his per diem payments....

Compromise Filed to Only Raise Your Taxes $500 Million FOREVER

Three days ago, we told our readers about a coming tax increase "compromise" between Liberal Loon Carol Hedges of the Fiscal Policy Institute and Boulder liberal Rollie "Mr Burns" Heath. That compromise has now been filed with the Legislative Council by Rollie Heath....