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ON THE BALLOT: Coloradans Will Vote on Open Primaries and Presidential Primaries in November
Yesterday, the Secretary of State certified that two ballot initiatives, 98 and 140, will appear on the November ballot. Initiative 98 allows unaffiliated voters to participate in primary elections without having to be a member of a certain party. This measure would...
SPINNING SALARIES: Minimum Wage Proponents Blame Clerical Error
Union labor flunkies who were busted for paying their signature minions less than the $12 minimum wage max they are demanding Coloradans vote into law are scrambling to cover their faux pas. They are claiming that a “clerical error” was to blame in the report they...
SUBPOENA: Clinton’s Denver Email Server Under Congressional Microscope
The FBI might be done with their investigation of Hillary and whether classified information passed through her private email server that was operated by a Denver company (it did), but Congress is not. Platte River Networks was subpoenaed Tuesday by a congressional...
SNUFF THIS OUT: Why Cigarette Tax Is About More Than Just Smoking
In case you missed it, the proposed cigarette tax made the ballot earlier this week. The proposed tax would increase a tax on cigarettes, but not e-cigarettes or marijuana, by approximately $315 million per year, or from 89 cents per pack of cigarettes to $2.59 per...
COLD SHOULDER: Glenn Brushes Off Denver Post
It appears that Darryl Glenn has a new strategy when dealing with the media. Just tried to talk to Darryl Glenn after an event. He made clear he is no longer talking to @denverpost, CO's largest newspaper. #copolitics — John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) August 23, 2016 Wow....
FRACKING FRAUD OF 2016: Is This the Week that Fractivists and The New York Times Are Totally Humiliated?
There has been much coverage of the epic fail that was the backdoor attempt of zany environmentalists to get two anti-fracking measure on the November ballot in Colorado. The fractivists turned in a bunch of half-empty boxes – while cheering and crying. The New York...
KUDOS: 9News Raises Awareness About Judicial Retention Races
We have taken on the self-appointed role of right-wing media critics from time-to-time (feel free to thank us later), and it probably annoys the crap out of many reporters. So we feel it is only fair to also praise the mainstream media when they put their platform...
MISFIRE: Gabby Giffords’ Gun Grab Group Backs Bennet
Perhaps embattled Democratic U.S. Senator Michael Bennet missed the memo. Coloradans like the Second Amendment. That's why it's puzzling that news of his recent endorsement from Gabby Giffords' gun grabby group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, even saw the light...
INVITE ONLY: Kaine Only Wants to Talk to Some Small Business Owners
Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine is hosting a small business roundtable because he wants to hear from small businesses, right? Well, not exactly. Kaine is talking to a few small businesses, but, apparently, small business owners can go only if invited...
MISSING – COMMON SENSE: Did Media Really Think a 12-Year Old Was Running Trump’s Jeffco Operation?
A hilarious story erupted yesterday in which some members of the media and the Twittersphere seemed to think that 12-year old Weston Imer was running Trump's Jefferson County, Colorado campaign office. Liberals and other Trump haters used this as an example of how...