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FOSSIL FUEL FREE CHALLENGE: Day 3 Gave Us a Headache
We admit it -- we are failing miserably at the Western Energy Alliance’s Fossil Fuel Free Challenge. Freeing ourselves of the products produced by petroleum on day one was easy enough, because our work commute to the basement required little energy but our own steam....
JEFFCO SHOWDOWN? With Brauchler Out, Another Jeffco Republican Rumored to Consider a Run
Yesterday, some were saddened to hear that District Attorney George Brauchler would not seek the Republican nomination, but in the wake of that news a new name was dropped into the mix - Republican Jefferson County Board of Commissioners Chairman Don Rosier. While...
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE: The Devolution of Bennet’s Protégé
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s reelection campaign has its work cut out for them when it comes to distancing the Democratic candidate from his radical environmentalist friends, especially the one who used to work in Bennet’s Washington office. We are speaking of Zane...
THEY’RE BAAAACK! WildEarth Guardians Sue to Shutdown Another Colorado Mine
Like a whack-a-mole game on steroids, the WildEarth Guardians have popped up again on the Western Slope hoping to wreak havoc with the economy, this time the target is the Bowie Mine near Paonia. According to Dennis Webb of the Daily Sentinel, the WildEarthers just...
CHILDISH: Department of Education Uses Technicality to Dish Out Revenge Against DougCo
It's been in the news lately that the Colorado Department of Education is suggesting that Douglas County did not fulfill requirements for full-time students and, thus, has to give money back to the state. We are literally talking seconds here - it's a paperwork error....
LIBERALS ARE BAD AT MATH: AKA the Story of Colorado’s Health Cooperative
Sen. Cory Gardner is shinning light on the potential financial disaster that is Colorado’s Health Cooperative by asking the secretary of Health and Human Services to investigate whether the organization is financially solvent. Considering it posted a loss of $23...
DAY TWO: Failing at the Fossil Fuel Free Challenge
Going to work barefoot for day one of the “Living Fossil Fuel Free Challenge” was a cinch for us – we haven’t left the basement for the past 24 hours. We shall endeavor to attack the day two challenge with equal vigor, along with the cheating ingenuity of a NASCAR...
IN: State Senator Tim Neville Declares Candidacy for U.S. Senate
After walking the Appalachian Trail, Republican state Senator Tim Neville has decided to throw his hat in the ring for U.S. Senate. To that we say, Sen., you had to fly all the way east to find mountains? We've heard Colorado has a trail or two.... Neville joins...
NEW DIGS: CDOT Wants to Spend $150 Million on New Facilities
Colorado officials are bristling at the Colorado Department of Transportation's request for $150 million for new buildings in Denver, Pueblo, and Greeley. This request follows CDOT's opposition last year to a bill that would have issued $3.5 billion in transportation...
EXPOSED! Radical Leftwing Group Profits from Abused Dogs and Cats
Cue the sad music, pictures of horrifically abused dogs and cats, followed by the pitch for animal lovers to donate their hard-earned money to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), and you’ve got the making of a scam that would make the devil himself blush....