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BECAUSE, BOULDER: Study to Examine Effects of Dog Poo on Open Space
Boulder’s never-ending search for first-world problems came to a screeching halt this week upon the announcement that taxpayer dollars will fund research into the effects of dog poop on open space and the effects of human recreation in parks inhabited by freaking...
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS: Colorado Stands with #Brussels Following ISIS Attack
This morning, many of us woke up to news that ISIS, the radical Islamic terrorist group, attacked the Brussels airport and a subway station, killing at least 34 and injuring approximately 200. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Belgium tonight as they...
DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: Prairie Dogs Evicted for New Belgium Brewing
Nobody wants all of the prairie dogs of Fort Collins, where relocation efforts by a local rescue dog have failed to find the critters new digs, so they now face extermination. The prairie dogs are burrowed underneath a construction site in Fort Collins where student...
DAY IN COURT: Little Sisters of the Poor Take Obamacare Birth Control Mandate to Supreme Court
This week, the Little Sisters of the Poor, a group of Catholic nuns who care for the poorest among us with a large presence in Denver, will get their day in court - the U.S. Supreme Court. This will be the final step in a drawn out battle against the U.S. Department...
BLUE LIVES MATTER: Buck Moves to Make Crimes Against Police a Hate Crime
Republican Congressman Ken Buck introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would qualify attacks on police, motivated by their status as law enforcement officers, as hate crimes. With recent ambush murders of police in New York, Las Vegas,...
EMPTY THREATS? Dems Put Existence of EPA at Risk
Good news from the New York Times, the very existence of the EPA is at stake because of the environmental disasters the agency caused in Colorado and Michigan, failing budgets, and attacks from key politicians. Well, Democratic politicians. It didn’t matter when...
SPECIAL REPORT: Is Tipton’s GOP Opponent Really a Democrat?
By Marjorie Haun, special to Peak Politics Alex Beinstein, a 28 year old Carbondale resident, is vying to unseat Scott Tipton as Colorado’s District 3 GOP congressional candidate. In his blog, Beinstein says he’s running because he wants “to annihilate Islamic terror”...
LAWMAKER TURNS LAWBREAKER: Pabon Arrested on DUI Charges
According to a Tweet that was just sent out by Brian Maass at CBS 4, Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, was arrested last night on drunk driving charges: Breaking: DPD arrested Colorado Rep. Dan Pabon last night for DUI in downtown Denver.. pic.twitter.com/AsoJ2gYKCe — Brian...
TARGET ACQUIRED: Law Needed to Protect Hunting in Colorado
We appreciate that people love our state and want to move here. What gets under our skin is, once they relocate, most want Colorado to become whatever state they just left. Case in point, hunting. We are a hunting state. We do it for sport, we do it for business, it’s...
THREE PINOCCHIOS: Senate Can Refuse to Accept Supreme Court Justice if It Wants
The moaning and wailing of Democrats in an attempt to force the Republican-controlled Senate to accept President Obama's Supreme Court nominee has reached fever pitch, with liberal groups in Colorado obnoxiously urging Sen. Cory Gardner to "do his job". Perhaps this...
