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BLOOD IN THE WATER: Big Green Smells Money and Victory in Colorado
Cliff Willmeng isn’t letting the loss of Jared Polis’s millions deter him from his grand scheme to ban fracking through so-called “local control” -- government by commune. The wacky fractivist has turned to crowdfunding to bank his delusion dream, The Statesman...
FAT TIRE FLAT TIRE: New Belgium Beer Summit with Craig a Flop
It looks like New Belgium is finding that it can’t have its beer and sell it, too. We reported earlier this week that New Belgium’s discriminatory hiring practices and embrace of all things anti-fracking and anti-energy development ran smack into the economic...
TICK-TOCK: Gardner Defends Colowyo Workers and Electricity Consumers in Senate Speech
As the clock ticks down on the Colowyo mine court order, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner took the case to the Senate floor Thursday with a public plea for the Interior Department to appeal the ruling before the looming 80-day deadline. Gardner spoke bluntly about the economic...
PARIS IN THE SPRINGTIME: Wait, the VA Owns a Hotel in Paris?
Yesterday, Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman suggested that the VA sell a hotel it apparently has in Paris in order to pay for a new VA hospital in Aurora. To that we say, since when does the VA have a hospital in Paris? Then, we heard it was a five-star hotel. Why...
JURASSIC PORK: Aspen Dinosaur Buses Booed as Waste of Taxpayer Dollars
It turns out that Aspen skiers really dig fossil fuels, especially when used to power those ridiculous Velociraptor buses running to Glenwood Springs at an astronomical cost of $36 million to American taxpayers. The express bus service dubbed the VelociRFTA...
HOLY HYPOCRITE, BATMAN! Democrats Reveal Strategy to Shut Down VA, Military Spending
Hypocrite, thy name is Michael Bennet. Despite putting on a good show over the past month that he really and truly wanted Congress to keep funding the VA hospital construction in Aurora, it turns out Senate Democrats have a plan up their collective sleeves to block...
GLOOM AND DOOM: New Poll Shows Clinton Struggles in Battleground States, Including Colorado
A recent poll released by the Republican National Committee, shows that Hillary Clinton is “clearly unpopular” among battleground state Independents, including those in Colorado. She trails the generic Republican candidate 40%-36% in key states that include: Virginia,...
SHUTDOWN SWINDLE: GOP Says Parks Should Remain Open When Government Shuts Down
Remember that scam Gov. Hickenlooper fell for in 2013 when he fronted the feds $300,000 large Colorado taxpayer dollars to reopen Rocky Mountain National Park during the government shutdown? Yeah, we still haven’t been repaid. Forcing that refund from the National...
MOST PARTISAN EVER? New Supreme Court Possibility Raises Eyebrows
Before the newest Colorado Supreme Court nomination gets out of hand, we thought it would be a good idea to take a look at University of Colorado Law Professor Melissa Hart. Hart would undoubtedly be the most partisan selection Coloradans have seen on the court as...
SMOKING CRACK: D.C. Enviros Accuse Westerners of Land Grab
There is nothing more annoying than Washington environmentalists throwing a tie-dyed hissy fit and wailing that westerners are determined to destroy the very public lands that we have been entrusted to protect for centuries. Having said that, prepare to share in our...