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ON THE BALLOT? Signatures Submitted for Minimum Wage Proposal
Yesterday, Colorado Families for a Fair Wage submitted 200,000 signatures to put the proposal on the ballot. As proposed, the initiative would amend to Colorado Constitution to raise the minimum wage 90 cents per year until 2020, and then set it on a glide path to...
BATTLEGROUND STATE: Why Colorado Is Still Up For Grabs
Political pundits in D.C. may think Colorado is no longer a battleground state, but it looks like Donald Trump disagrees and will be campaigning here this week. As an added insult to Hillary, the visit is planned for Thursday in Colorado Springs, coinciding with the...
FRACTURED PARTY? Colorado Democratic Candidates Avoiding Hillary
Morgan Carroll and Gail Schwartz are desperately distancing themselves from their Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The two congressional candidates will not attend the national convention this week, even though their party will make history by...
SO MUCH FOR DEMOCRACY: DNC Rules Committee Literally Locked Out Sanders Delegates
UPDATE: The Denver Post's John Frank says that media, including colleague Mark Matthews, is barred from any delegate meetings. Because, again, #democracy and #transparency. Apparently, it's "far worse" than Republican National Convention. Ouch. .@mkmatthews reports...
PLEASE, PICK ME: Hickenlooper Hired PR Firm to Enhance Presence Among Crowded VP Field
Over the weekend, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made her VP pick official - and it's Virginia U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, not John Hickenlooper. We almost feel for our Governor. It seemed he really wanted the gig. A little-reported fact from the...
CAUGHT! Democrats Rigged the System for Hillary, Will Colorado Pay a Price?
Democrats are rightly upset at Debbie Wasserman Schultz for trying to rig the campaign against Bernie Sanders in favor of Hillary Clinton, but she isn’t the first party official to do so — she’s just the only one who has resigned. The Colorado Democratic Party, ahem,...
IF YOU’VE LOST THE POST….: Denver Post Ed Board Calls for Pabon to Resign
Granted the Denver Post is not as liberal as it used to be, but it still favors the left side of the aisle. That's why last night's editorial page piece asking for the resignation of Rep. Dan Pabon is so damning. As we highlighted yesterday, not only did Pabon try to...
THAT WAS FAST: Bachelor Ben Higgins Enters and Quickly Exits Race
In one of the shortest campaigns in recent history, ABC's The Bachelor, Ben Higgins, filed to run against former Assistant Majorly Drunk Leader Dan Pabon in Denver on Wednesday and, today, he announced he would no longer be running. What? What happened? This sounded...
MINIMUM WAGE: Just Say No to Killing Jobs
Proponents of a ballot measure to tell our bosses how much employees should be paid, regardless of skill or experience, say they have enough signatures to get the initiative on the ballot in November. These are the same folks who organize social media boycotts against...
STRANGE TIMES: Coloradans on Tap for the Democratic Convention
In fulfilling his duties as Mr. Congeniality, Gov. Hickenlooper will speak at the Democrat’s dog and pony show, also known as their national party convention next week. We don’t expect he will pull a Ted Cruz and refuse to endorse Hillary. Afterall, Hick and Colorado...