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THANK YOU? When the Ethics Office Targeted Polis
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis owes the Republican delegation thanks for their vote against dismantling the Office of Congressional Ethics, which GOP party leaders abandoned after Trump weighed in and shamed them for the attempt. That office, as PeakNation™ will recall, is the...
LAND GRAB: Locals Defy Media’s Glorification of Obama’s New Monuments
The Denver Post makes a weak case in defending President Barack Obama’s land grab in declaring 1.65 million acres in Utah and Nevada as national monuments. Their editorial board say it was used wisely in 1911 by President William Taft to declare the Colorado National...
CLAWBACK: Colorado Health Exchange Blew Millions, Feds Want It Back
UPDATE: Apparently, AFP put enough political pressure on Democrats to perform a real audit of the Exchange that one is actually happening right now. We just haven't seen the results. They will be published in about six months. Stay tuned, PeakNation™. We're on the...
PROPERTY RIGHTS BATTLE: Realtors Fight Denver’s Historic Designation Abuse
The Denver Metro Association of Realtors, the area's largest trade organization for real estate agents, is stepping up to fight the city's controversial "historic designation review process" for residential real estate. Through the city's new process, city residents...
NOT ROGUE ONE: Perlmutter Supports Pelosi for Speaker
Well, that was short lived. Democratic U.S. Representative Governor Wannabe Ed Perlmutter may have tried to position himself as a free-thinker a couple months ago in support of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's opponent for the top Democratic House leadership spot,...
GOP LEFT AT THE ELWAY ALTAR (AGAIN): Elway Declines Gubernatorial Run
We knew it was too good to be true. When Colorado Politics speculated about a potential gubernatorial run by Broncos general manager (and overall football superstar) John Elway, it caused waves through the party. Certainly, Elway could have cleared the GOP field, or...
GARDNER: Obama Has Turned Blind Eye to Russian Belligerence
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner isn’t mincing words on soon-to-be-former President Barack Obama’s bizarre sanctions against Russia that include expelling 35 diplomats suspected of being spies and closing two staff retreats. I welcome President Obama's eleventh hour effort to...
NOT A CLICHE: A Kennedy Gets Arrested at an Aspen Bar
An environmentalist and member of the prominent Kennedy family and was arrested at an Aspen bar for fighting. But we repeat ourselves. Conor Kennedy, 22, is known for his 2013 arrest after handcuffing himself with plastic ties to the White House gate with Daryl Hannah...
ICYMI: Golden Landlord Wants to Curb Front Range Growth
Daniel Hayes got his, but seems to want to shut the door behind him. The Golden landlord owns and manages 20 residential properties in Jefferson County, presumably renting to many who would like to one day own their own home. But now he wants to virtually shut down...
DUH SCIENCE: It Cost $7 Million to Figure This Out
The federal government spent $7 million in taxpayer dollars on a climate change study that determined trees can’t grow here without water. We kid you not. A six-year-old child knows that plants and trees can’t grow without water, but this came as a surprise to...