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Tax Increase? Sen. Bacon’s Friends Say They Can Afford It
In a rather tone-deaf statement during a press conference denouncing Governor Hickenlooper’s proposed budget, Sen. Bob Bacon (D-Fort Collins) declared he and many people he talks to can afford higher taxes. Apparently, Bacon is either deaf, dumb and blind to the...
Campaign Finance Flub Leads Liberals Into Conservative Trap
The intrigue is only just beginning in a story we broke earlier this week about a proverbial train wreck of campaign finance violations committed by the mother-ship of Democratic 527 groups in Colorado, and the dozens of corporations who gave gobs of...
Paging the CEA (Crickets Chirping)
Bully to new Governor John Hickenlooper for having the stones to implement some man-sized cuts to state government, rather than the cloak and dagger budget gimmickry that marred Bill Ritter's 4 years as the state's CEO.The jig is up for business as usual in...
Yet Another Story of Corruption in the Adams County Democrat Party
After the guilty pleas entered in the Quality Paving corruption scandal, yet another Democrat corruption scandal is coming out in Adams County. Is there any Democrat in ADCO not corrupt? Let’s see – we have Commissioner Alice Nichols selling county...
Romney in the Lead in Colorado 2012 Primary Poll
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney would lead the field in Colorado if he were to run again, new polling by Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows. In a poll released today, Romney would garner 19% of the vote with fellow former Govs. Palin and Huckabee tied for...
CPAC Wrap Up
The annual get-together for young conservative activists, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), ended on Saturday, but its impact will last long beyond. As with any massive political gathering with the potential for news coverage, CPAC had its share of...
Wadhams Lovefest Hits Full Throttle
We admit it. We were surprised that Dick Wadhams bowed out of contention for State Party chair. Our prediction of his re-election slam dunk "missed it by that much."But what has happened since has been pretty remarkable: an outpouring of praise for Wadhams...
Boulder Dem Loves Taxes, Just Not His Own
Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles, who never met a tax increase he didn’t like, apparently is not a fan of paying his own taxes.The Daily Camera covers the case of Boulder’s own Charlie Rangel with a rather frank admission from Cowles that cheating the...
Rep. Casso Saved by Defeat of His Own Bill
Representative Ed "Classless" Casso--a man so left wing and beholden to union leaders that he can't even play nice with the Democrat Party, wants to allow unaffiliated voters to vote in primaries.In a good sign for his re-election, his bill was defeated. Had...
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Alan Frankin is outed as taking direction from ProgessNow for the content and posting on ColoradoPols.Check it out at completecolorado.comor try: www.peoplespresscollective.org/2011/02/progressnowcos-alan-franklin-is-colorado-pols/ Shocker? No....