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LIBERAL ANGST: Today’s Target, American Legislative Exchange Council Meet
Liberal activists including unions and education leaders (but we repeat ourselves) are heading to the Colorado Convention Center today to protest, because it’s what they do. Today’s target is the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting — a group of...
NO TRESPASSING: Climbing This Fourteener Could Soon Be Restricted
Mt. Bierstadt in the Mount Evans Wilderness Area has become so popular with hikers, that federal land managers are taking it upon themselves to find a way to keep folks off the public lands. CBS4 reports that a new user fee is in the works, and that other options are...
PROMISES, PROMISES: Polis Promises Moon, Stars and Life Everlasting
If we elect U.S. Rep. Jared Polis as our next governor, he will save the unicorn from extinction, pass health care to ensure no one ever dies, and cut our energy bills by taking away our heat and power. At least that’s how we figure the latter plan will work. That...
CHILLING EFFECT: Michael Sandoval Targeted In Bizarre Lawsuit
A Lafayette man who wrote that letter to the Boulder Daily Camera expressing his thoughts on fracking and violence against energy workers is now on a lawsuit frenzy in another incident, claiming of all things, invasion of privacy, defamation, and intentional...
CASH DASH: Robinson Raises the Most, Mitchell Has Most Cash on Hand
Today's election filings turned over a few surprises (ahem, Rep. Perlmutter), but District Attorney George Brauchler appears to have raised the most cash in the latest quarterly filing by raising $161,051. The caveat there is that some of the self-funders, like Victor...
NOW WE KNOW: Perlmutter Raised a Paltry $340,000 in His First Quarter
When U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter announced he would drop out of the Colorado Governor's race, we were shocked. In political circles, he was known as the man to beat. Those close to Perlmutter said that he just didn't have fire in the belly for the race, particularly after...
EYEBROW RAISING FUNDRAISING: Crow Raises Less Than $10,000 from His District
Colorado’s Sixth Congressional District Democratic candidate Jason Crow may have boasted about a $300,000 haul, but the truth is that less than $10,000 - $9,625 by our count – came from within the district he hopes to represent. Perhaps not coincidentally, this is the...
OBAMACARE SCARE: Colorado Family Featured in President’s Weekly Address
We're reported on the myriad ways in which Obamacare has damaged Colorado families. One of the best examples if the Couey family, which saw its premiums increase to $50,000 per year as it cared for an autistic family member. In his latest weekly address, President...
CRAZIEST, SPIN, EVER: The Real Reason Obamacare Costs Are Set To Skyrocket
The blame game has begun in earnest to explain why health insurance premium costs will spike dramatically for Coloradans next year, as high as 27 percent. We think the answer is obvious. We’re looking at you, former President Obama and that Frankenstein creation...
WE THOUGHT NOT: Is There a Rush to Cancel Medicaid to Protect Privacy?
The Denver Post reports that 3,400 Coloradans have cancelled their voter registration. It’s an action linked to the presidential commission on election integrity’s request for public information to examine past potential voter fraud and future ways to prevent said...