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RETURN TO OWNER: Tabor Tax Rebates May Be Coming to a Mailbox Near You
It has been almost 15 years, but hard-working Colorado taxpayers may be in for a TABOR refund in the near future. The combination of an improving economy and tax receipts from the state's nascent marijuana industry have created a surplus that must be refunded to...
PREPARE THE SMELLING SALTS: DeGette and Polis Support Fracking!
Have you heard the joke about the politician who got ran over, because she tried to stay in the middle of the road when she opposed an issue that many of her constituents supported? The punch line is Diana DeGette. Or at least it’s about to be … According to a...
DISGUSTING: Dr. Chaps Goes Too Far
The entire country was aghast at the brutality of a heinous crime committed in Longmont, Colorado in which a seven-month pregnant woman, Michelle Wilkins, was lured to a house via a Craigslist ad for baby clothes. Once she arrived, another woman attacked her, cutting...
IT’S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY: More Information for Voters = Good
It’s not secret that Colorado has one of the most accessible ballots in the nation, which has led the state to become a petri dish of sorts for all kinds of wackadoo measures over the years. So anything we can do to give the voters more information and create more...
SCANDAL WATCH: Get Rich Schemes on Veteran Health Care Must End
Colorado lawmakers have demanded that VA officials be held accountable for outrageous cost overruns at the Aurora hospital project that has continually stalled construction. Unfortunately, that VA official who bestowed upon himself $64,000 in bonuses for gross...
PEAK THERAPY: Did We Hurt Your Feelings, Rep. Salazar?
We laughed when Rep. Joe Salazar (D-Rape Whistle), while discussing an online harassment bill, specifically cited the Peak calling him "Jackass Joe" because just twice in five years have we called him that. In fact, we only have mentioned Salazar in approximately 39...
WATER GRABBACK: Gardner Measure Would Protect Colorado Water from Federal Theft
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is taking on the Interior and Agriculture Departments with an amendment to the budget bill that would protect Colorado’s privately held water rights and permits from what now days appears to be constant federal overreach. The measure is needed...
TAX CUTTER: Newbie on Loveland City Council Takes Aim at Grocery Tax, and Kills It
It is always refreshing to see fearless citizens in elected positions actually use their platform to create meaningful change, even if they have to break a few eggs in doing so. One of these citizen-lawmakers is Troy Krenning of the Loveland City Council. With barely...
GIVING BACK TO SPECIAL INTERESTS: Hullinghorst Stands Up for Trial Lawyers
House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst is giving back to one of her party’s biggest donors: the trial lawyers lobby. According to the Denver Business Journal, she has drawn a line in the sand over bipartisan construction defects reform legislation, saying that unless...
BUNK SCIENCE? Yelling Fire in Beetle-Killed Forest is OK, Cause Climate Change
In a story so finely nuanced one can barely see the forest for the trees, the Denver Post’s Bruce Finley suggests that dead tree stands decimated by pine beetle infestations are not really a fire hazard. It’s more of a climate thing: “CU study finds climate, not pine...
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