Recent Headlines
Nearly $4 million in emergency rent aid wasted by Polis administration
It looks like Polis administration officials are taking their talking points lessons from the White House, which thinks the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan constitutes as a success. Case in point, a state audit says as much as $4.4 million in pandemic rent aid...
Colorado Dems refused to cosponsor medal for those killed during Afghanistan exit
Democrats and Republicans agree on little these days, so it was heartwarming to see a bill cosponsored by 323 lawmakers pass Monday to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to service members killed during the Afghanistan exit. To Colorado’s shame, noticeably...
Endorsement says ‘no’ to Tay Anderson’s buddy for Denver school board
For Denver voters who don’t like what Tay Anderson has done for their children’s education, they should consider these endorsements for next week’s election for new members to sit on the public school board. Clearly excluded from the list is one of the union-endorsed...
Bennet must address White House’s role in labeling parents as domestic terrorists
Colorado Republicans haven’t been shy in reprimanding Attorney General Merrick Garland for using the Justice Department to take out the White House’s political trash. From ignoring Hunter Biden’s influence peddling schemes to instead focus on a domestic terrorist...
Rolling Stone article dangles Boebert’s name, but no actual claim of wrongdoing
That special congressional commission to keep Jan. 6 a Democrat talking point through the midterm elections is so desperate for relevancy, they’re sending witnesses to Rolling Stone magazine to peddle their stories that lack in credibility. Not only is the headline...
Attorney charged with fraud tied to Clintons and Colorado Democrats
If you're an elected Democrat in Colorado, you might want to call your office. Denver Attorney and political heavy-hitter Steven Bachar is wanted on charges of securities fraud, according to a Denver Post report Monday....
Record fuel prices turn up the heat on Polis, Dems for hiking gas tax
Democrats in Colorado have stumbled into their biggest political blunder in decades. Last spring they passed SB-260, a transportation bill signed into law by Gov. Polis that used a legally dubious maneuver to bypass voters and increase taxes by reclassifying them as...
Griswold challenger pledges to stop hyper-partisan handling of state’s election office
It sounds like former Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson is going to stick to the nuts and bolts of what the job requires in her campaign to unseat Secretary of State Jena Griswold. But in making her announcement Saturday on KNUS radio, Anderson wasn’t...
Out-of-state donors account for 67% of Bennet’s Senate campaign donations
A lot of important information gets lost in the numbers game the media plays every quarter when political candidates file their campaign finance disclosures. The focus is always on who raised the most money and who has the biggest piggy bank going forward. Spoiler...
School board candidate’s campaign manager was convicted of shooting at a prostitute
Denver School Board candidate Scott Esserman, a Tay Anderson and Denver Teachers Union ally, has apparently hired Hashim Coates to manage his campaign. Longtime Peak readers will remember Coates well, because he was convicted in 2017 on charges relating to an incident...