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MATH IS HARD: Health Exchange Needs More Money to Waste
For Coloradans who still can’t afford the “affordable” insurance provided by the state health exchange, we have exciting news for you – it’s about to get even more expensive. Psych! Exchange officials assured us they could be self-sufficient once they misspent...
RED HANDED: Hullinghorst Aide Forced to Leave Capitol for Rules Violation
A top adviser to House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst was forced to leave the Capitol today for violating House rules that prohibit someone from holding a staff position while simultaneously running for partisan office. Former state lawmaker Jenise May, who lost her...
ACCIDENTAL SENATOR? More Like Senator With Selective Memory
The latest 5280 hagiography of a Democratic saint on embattled U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet painted such a beautiful picture that we almost contemplated voting for him. Too bad a lot of it was hilariously wrong. Below are a few of our favorite passages. We've added...
REAL LIFE COOKIE MONSTERS: Aurora School Bullies Steal Oreos From a Child
Who takes cookies away from a child in preschool? A bully, that’s who. In this case, the bullies were the nutrition ogres at the Children’s Academy in Aurora, who snatched Oreos away from a four-year-old child then sent a nasty note home to the girl’s mother. 7News...
FICKLE FUNDRAISING: Everyone Loves Bennet? Coloradans, Not So Much
“Best fundraising periods ever,” that’s how the Denver Post described the $2 million raised by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the first quarter of the year, the official kick-off to the 2016-election cycle. It sure sounds like a lot of folks want to help Bennet get...
TESTING TROJAN HORSE: Colorado Teachers Union Plots Friendly Ed Commissioner
This year might just be the year of education drama and with the leading role played by embattled Colorado Education Association President Kerrie Dallman. Apparently, Dallman, who is known for overplaying her hand, held a meeting at a Cap Hill watering hole with...
THE CASTING COUCH: Wikileaks Shows Hickenlooper Cozied Up to Hollywood’s Finest During 2014 Election
UPDATE: A loyal reader reminded us that Hick took donations not mentioned in Wikileaks from some of Hollywood's elite as well including: Kate Capshaw, wife of Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg, do you really need us to explain this? Jeffrey Katzenberg, best known for...
GIVE US MORE: Dems Laughably Suggest State Should Run Private Retirement Accounts
Just a little over a month after rating agency Moody's stepped in and told the state of Colorado that it needed to shore up its ailing public pension fund, state House Democrats have proposed the state fund private companies' retirement accounts, too. We know, it's...
GIVING US THE BIRD: Feds Beat Around the Sagebrush on Grouse
The Interior Department says that a bill proposed by U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner allowing states to continue multi-million dollar efforts to preserve the sage grouse is bad because it doesn’t protect brush from fire or weeds. Playing parse the bureaucrat gets rather...
MINIONS, ATTACK! Polis Signals Green Light For Frack Ban Measure
Looks like U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has given fractivists the green light to show themselves and their 2016 ballot measure to ban fracking, because according to him, all other efforts including the governor’s task force have failed. Here’s what the master puppeteer had...
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