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Majority Leader Amy Stephens Leads the Way on Health Care
We admire political guts when we see it, and so we give a special nod to House Majority Leader Amy Stephens. Stephens, the top GOP health care mind in Colorado politics today, has led the push to peal Colorado from the ravenous grip of Obamacare. As the Denver Post...
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
Our parents taught us at an early age that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Unfortunately, it looks like the parents of the bill sponsors of SB126, a bill to provide "unsubsidized" in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, never taught them the same lesson....
Caucus for Keeps — Brophy Introduces Bill to Make February Caucus Binding
State Senator Greg Brophy (R-Wray) introduced a bill today to give Colorado the respect it deserves in the Presidential nominating process. Previously Colorado's multi-step process that ended very late in the nominating process ensured that candidates did not pay...
Denver Mayor’s Race: Linkhart and Hancock Make It Rain (for themselves)
In a stunningly tone-deaf vote last night, Denver Mayoral candidates Michael Hancock and Doug Linkhart voted to raise their own salaries on the City Council. Just a "Little Raise" Linkhart We just couldn't believe our eyes when we saw this. Denver...
Breaking: Morse Collected Per Diem While Playing Golf, Attending Fundraisers in 2010
New documents have just been posted by the Colorado Government Accountability Project that show State Senator John Morse collecting tax-free per diem while playing golf, having dinner with lobbyists and attending fundraisers in 2010. For those just tuning into this...
New Dem Chairman Making It Up As He Goes Along
In a fawning interview with the Pueblo Chieftain, new Democrat Party Chair Rick Palacio made a comment that struck us as one of the bigger whoppers we've heard in a while.While talking about the losses incurred by Democrats in the last cycle, Palacio had the gall...
President Clinton Attacks Salazar’s Energy Policy as “Ridiculous”
Getting right to the point, former President Clinton last Friday called Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Obama's drilling permit policy "ridiculous." Dumb and Dumber At the VIP conference that was supposed to be off the record, Clinton spoke following...
Hedges Hedges: Liberal Think Tank Retreats — Is Another Unseemly Tax “Compromise” Coming Soon?
Late Friday afternoon we had a couple loyal readers forward us a rambling missive from Liberal Loon Carol Hedges. (Thanks for the tips and the analysis. We always appreciate good intelligence from our readers -- [email protected]) Hedges is the self-styled...
Morse Per Diem Scandal Now Shaffer’s Political Cross to Carry
As our friends at Complete Colorado first promoted, a formal call for an ethics investigation has been made into Majority Leader John Morse's year-long taxpayer funded per diem party, a 331 day extravaganza where the Senate Dem floor leader claimed per diem even...
Destiny and Cherry Can Rest Easy: Taxpayer Dollar Bills Will Continue to Line Their G-String
In a disappointing vote, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee killed a bill that would have banned recipients of public assistance from taking their government benefits out of strip club ATMs. We thought this was good legislation, and so did the House which...