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READ THIS: What Does a Library Tax Hike Have to Do With Jeffco Recalls?
Tax hike for...what? At least that's the reaction from some Jeffco voters when they heard that a tax increase to better fund the Jeffco libraries will be on the 2015 ballot in Jefferson County. Not only is a tax increase for increasingly irrelevant libraries a waste...
ELECTION TROUBLE: Iran Deal Hinges on Bennet’s Vote
How much cover does U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet need before he announces he’s had every intention all along of voting for President Obama’s bogus deal with Iran? Former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart is coming to Bennet’s aid, for the second time this week, to hold a press...
NOT TRANSPARENT: Recallers Cite Transparency as Issue, Recall-Backed Candidates MIA
The Colorado Independent headline said all we needed to know about the recall replacement candidates (those candidates that would replace the Jeffco School Board if the recall is successful): "Recall-backed Jeffco school board candidates skip conservative forum". Once...
RUBBER, MEET ROAD: FASTER Audit Shows Reckless Driving with Taxpayer Funds
We'd like to thank the Denver Business Journal for affirming what we've said all along - FASTER fees are a tax in disguise. Yesterday when reporting on a scathing audit of how FASTER dollars are spent, the Denver Business Journal basically predicted our post: "Critics...
DOLLARS FOR DISASTER: New York Enviros Fundraising Off Animas River Spill
Lots of folks have been asking where all the environmental groups were when the EPA dumped millions of gallons of pollution into the Animas River. Well, we’ve found one of them – Water Defense, an environmental group from New York that says they are on the scene and...
FROM FRYING PAN TO FIRE: Unhinged Paula Noonan to Replace Jeffco Board Member?
If pro-recall Jeffco voters are concerned that the Jeffco School Board does not represent the middle, wait until they get a look at one potential replacement - Paula Noonan. If the name sounds familiar, it's because she's served on the Jeffco School Board in the...
BUSTED: Forest Service Planned Gun Restrictions Before July Incident
A Sunday report by Channel 7 suggested that the Forest Service is rewriting sport shooting rules in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest because of the tragic July 3 shooting of Glenn Martin who was camping in the Pike National Forest. It’s true that sport-shooting...
OH GOD, THEY’RE BACK: Look Who’s Lobbying Bennet for the Iran Deal
Former lawmakers with nothing to loose are lobbying their Democratic comrades on Capitol Hill, including U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, to support President Obama’s controversial Iran deal when the measure comes up for a vote in a few weeks. The list of signers/lobbyists...
PRAIRIE DOG POLITICS: Outside Interference Prompts Reform Votes on Ballot Measures
The political fallout from the infamous prairie dog calamity has Castle Rock wrestling with how to deal with future silliness ballot measures that invite interference from outsiders. Instead of the five percent threshold for signatures, a question on the November...
SNEAK ATTACK TAX: Breckenridge Uses Bait-and-Switch to Con Local Voters
Breckenridge and Vail Resorts reached a crappy agreement this week on a ballot measure that would hike the cost of lift tickets to pay for plowing existing parking lots construction of a new parking structure. Only in Breckenridge is a proposed tax hike on skiing...
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