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DRINKING GAME: Polis to Deliver State of State Address Thursday

DRINKING GAME: Polis to Deliver State of State Address Thursday

How magnanimous of Gov. Polis to ask Coloradans what they want to hear in his state of the state address, after the speech was already written. I’m going over last-minute changes to the state of the state address with my team today. We’ve accomplished so much in the...

LOSERS: Fractivists Hope Fourth Time at Ballot Can Win Oil and Gas Setbacks

LOSERS: Fractivists Hope Fourth Time at Ballot Can Win Oil and Gas Setbacks

It’s déjà vu all over again for the folks over at Colorado Rising who can’t take “Hell no” for an answer. They got spanked two years ago when Proposition 112 for oil and gas setbacks was soundly defeated by more than 255,000 votes Now they’re planning to run with the...

SILLY SPIN: Colorado Dems Wrong to Criticize Military Strike

SILLY SPIN: Colorado Dems Wrong to Criticize Military Strike

Are Democrats even listening to themselves as they spin criticism of the successful U.S. military strike that eliminated, forever, the threat of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani? For those not keeping score at home, Soleimani was targeted after hundreds of Americans and...

HITTING THE HOOCH? Here’s Who Made the Wildest New Year Resolutions

HITTING THE HOOCH? Here’s Who Made the Wildest New Year Resolutions

Who was drunkest New Year’s Eve when U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s resolution for 2020 was reported? The candidate, the reporter, or the editor who somehow thought any of this story from ABC News made sense? Shortly after midnight, Bennet boasted to the reporter his “New...

TRUTH IN LABELING: What these Campaign Ballot Measures Really Mean

TRUTH IN LABELING: What these Campaign Ballot Measures Really Mean

The board tasked with truth in titles for all those ballot measures that require our expert legal opinion every election will take up several initiatives Thursday that should make for fairly easy labeling. Initiative 82, Tax credits for voting, would give a $40 tax...

NOT FAKE NEWS: Gov. Polis Takes Credit for TABOR Tax Refund

NOT FAKE NEWS: Gov. Polis Takes Credit for TABOR Tax Refund

We’ve seen politicians take credit for a lot of stupid stuff — advances, accomplishments or even setbacks upon which they had absolutely no bearing. But Gov. Polis takes the cake with extra sprinkles in claiming credit for $428 million coming to taxpayers in income...

PARTY POOPERS: Breckenridge’s Bogus Excuse to Cancel Fireworks

PARTY POOPERS: Breckenridge’s Bogus Excuse to Cancel Fireworks

The Town of Breckenridge is weaseling out of celebrating New Year’s Eve with fireworks claiming they don’t want to disturb wildlife. We’re not saying fireworks don’t scare the devil out of many dogs and have been known to annoy the occasional cat.  Especially when the...