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WASHED UP: Clean Water in Colorado Scraps Task Force Rally Plans After No Interest
Clean Water in Colorado, an enviro group that claims to have "turned out impacted and frustrated" Coloradans for rallies at every oil and gas task force meeting, pulled the plug yesterday on a planned rally to coincide with the Denver Oil and Gas Task Force Meeting....
DENVER VA CHIEF RETIRES: Pretends it Has Nothing to Do With Scandals
The Veterans Affairs hospital director in Denver has come down with a severe case of sudden retirement syndrome, the symptoms of which are cost overruns, delayed patient care, and a 9News investigation. In the days of yore, public officials were held...
KEYSTONE COPS: Vote Shenanigans Show More Task Force Organizer Missteps
How many shenanigans happened during this edition of the Jared Polis I hate fracking show oil and gas task force, let us count the ways. Or the votes. Despite headlines from Mark Jaffe of The Denver Post, the task force did vote down two recommendations and,...
WHO’S IN CHARGE? Moderators for Gov’s Oil and Gas Taskforce Stink
Chaos reigns supreme at Gov. John Hickenlooper’s oil and gas task force as the moderators are routinely caught off guard, confused by the rules, and steamrolled by members of the panel. Karen Crummy with Protect Colorado, a pro-industry group, explains via Twitter: In...
MONDAY IN CLICHES: Please, Just Stop it
The only thing more annoying than Bill Murray’s movie Groundhog Day, are the insipid clichés it has encouraged. Every morning in the movie, Murray’s character awakens to a day exactly like the previous day, which happened to be the most celebrated time of the year for...
PEAK FEED: Chinese Immigrant Explains What Gun Control Means to Her
Last night, the Colorado State Legislature heard eight hours of testimony on legislation to roll back the over-the-top gun control bills that East Coast Democrats imposed on Colorado in 2013, including the Magban, which limited the legal capacity of a magazine to 15...
OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: Denver City Council Votes Themselves a 10.3% Raise
Earlier this week, the Denver City Council voted to give itself a whopping 10.3% raise. Soon after, we informed our boss that we decided that we also would be getting a raise. It's funny, our boss didn't agree and was, unbelievably, offended. We suspect that...
BACKDOOR BAN: Surprise! Oil and Gas Commission Takes Up “Local Control”
It looks like that the same backdoor ban on fracking Gov. Hickenlooper appeared to be avoiding by his creation of the oil and gas task force has crept into the process under the guise of local control. Energy in Depth reports that task force member Jim Fitzgerald, who...
RAPE WHISTLE REDUX: Jackass Joe Salazar Takes Up Gun Control, What Could Go Wrong?
Update: Jackass Joe voted Monday to postpone indefinitely the bill to repeal the ban on standard-size firearm magazines. That’s super-insider Colorado lingo for: Salazar popped a round into the bill. We have popcorn, nachos, and hot wings at the ready today for our...
FLYING HIGH: Lang Sias Lands in HD27
If there was ever a more deserving candidate ripe for House District 27, it was pilot Lang Sias, who, over the weekend, received his boarding pass to represent the district and replace Libby Szabo. Szabo's last day as a State Representative was on Thursday as she was...
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