Recent Headlines
TROUBLING SIGN: Fewer Folks Means Fewer Jobs
A headline on KUSA says Colorado natives can rejoice, because fewer people are moving here. The TV writers admittedly did so to grab attention, and the news these days is all about clicks on the website, but it’s actually a very troubling story. Fewer people are...
NOT EXACTLY HOSPITABLE: Denver Bureaucrats Ramp Up Fight Against Airbnb Hosts
When Denver rings in the new year, the city's bureaucracy will have a new class of busybodies peering into the lives of citizens. Government watchdogs will be hovering over the city's nascent market for short-term rentals, and issuing fines up to $999 for home owners...
SHOWN THE DOOR: JeffCo School Board Likely to Search for New Chief
The writing was on the chalkboard for Jeffco superintendent Dan McMinimee from the day in 2015 that JeffCo voters ousted their school choice board members in a bitter recall battle. Now, it appears that the formality of showing the district's superintendent the door...
SERIOUSLY? Hick’s Contenders for the 2020 White House Race
Gov. Hickenlooper appears to be desperately unhappy with his job. How else to explain that he’s tossing his hat in the ring for every political appointment that’s come his way during Hillary’s campaign. Now he’s going after the top top job, and has someone (PR company...
GO FOR IT: Tipton Angling for Resources Committee
U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton is eyeing his old seat on the House Natural Resources Committee, angling for a reassignment when the new session of Congress begins in January. Tipton has been serving on the House Financial Services Committee, which is a powerful seat indeed...
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Look Who’s Thriving Without Stupid Laws
In the continuing saga of what happens when Colorado over-regulates and drives businesses out of our state, Magpul Industries is thriving. The company used to employ 200 Coloradans to make ammunition magazines until ridiculous Democratic gun-control laws signed by...
FESTIVUS FOR POLIS? How Politicos Greet the Holidays
Colorado’s delegation spread holiday joy among their constituents through Twitter, and while some were heartwarming, at least one was just bizarre. They all chimed in with their own special message on Christmas except for U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet who was just...
HELLO 2017: All the News That’s Fit to Hide
And the end of a very long and drawn-out, rather dry story on how Republicans won’t be able to overturn Obama’s flurry of midnight regulations to kill jobs and the energy industry that powers our universe, is the real story of 2017. Environmentalists plan to make that...
MERRY CHRISTMAS, TAXPAYERS: Something Else to Pay For
Environmentalists claim to be doing a good deed by plopping down nearly $1 million to buy a private inholding in the Rocky Mountain National Park and tearing down the existing house to turn the area back into wilderness. Then they plan to “turn it over to the park.”...
GRAVY TRAIN: PERA Head Takes Second Raise in Just over Year Plus $79k Bonus
Greg Smith, the Chief Executive Officer of the state's retirement fund for employees, is ringing in the new year with a raise that bumps his base pay to $406,000, along with a $79,000 incentive bonus. This comes sixteen months after Smith was granted a whopping 20%...