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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...
COMMON SENSE PREVAILS: Even Boulder Won’t Back Homeless Bill of Rights
It finally happened… hell has frozen over, pigs have learned to fly, and there is a piece of legislation that is too liberal for the City of Boulder to support. House Bill 1264, the so-called homeless bill of rights, would allow people living on the street unlimited...
ALL HAT, NO CATTLE: Dems Want Truce on War on Rural Colorado
The legislative session in 2013 was blistering for Democrats as they shoved one unpopular bill after another through the Democratic-controlled legislature and across the Democrat Governor's desk. After a 2014 election that was messier than a kick to a fresh cow pile...