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FRACKING FIGHT: Colorado Joins Wyoming Lawsuit Against Feds
Colorado has joined a lawsuit challenging the new Obama administration rules on fracking, arguing correctly that states, not the feds, have regulatory power over the energy development process. Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Friday signed onto the...
PUBLIC TEMPER TANTRUM: Polis Introduces Legislation to Silence Colleague
Last summer, Colorado was aghast at the way U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who was upset about fracking near his vacation home, unilaterally threw down cash to hold Colorado's economy hostage through a threatened ballot initiative to ban fracking. Back then, we called him an...
HEAVY HANDED: Hullinghorst Caves to Special Interests, Outrages Fellow Democrats
One of the most watched pieces of legislation this session is Senate Bill 177, a construction defects reform bill that would make it easier for homeowners and builders locked in a construction defects dispute to settle their case out of court. This would save both...
CRITTER LIBERATORS OF CASTLE ROCK UPDATE:T-Shirt Lady Responds to Our Post
Deb L Deborah, we're guessing that's not her real name, responded to our post last week about naming an animal rights movement after activist groups that the FBI considers as ecoterrorists. Warning, her post contains very strong language, and limited punctuation....
DEMOCRATS’ WINNING STRATEGY? Attacking Coffman’s Record on Veterans, Yeah, That’ll Work
The Democrats have selected what they believe will be their winning strategy to defeat U.S. Rep. Michael Coffman in the next election –- whichever contest he chooses and against whomever he runs. And that is, to attack his record on veterans. The silence of the...
DRIVING MR. MICHAEL: Bennet Spends Thousands on Chauffeur
Sen. Bennet is just like us! Just kidding, he's not at all like us and his first quarter campaign finance filings are proof positive. A kind reader pointed out that Bennet, in the first quarter alone, has spent nearly $4,000 on chauffeur services from Carey...
WEEKEND READ: LG Garcia Makes Cameo in Dana Perino’s New Book
We haven’t had a chance to pick up Dana Perino’s new book yet, but getting a copy is on the top item of our weekend to-do list. All week, readers have been emailing us about a juicy nugget in the book that involves the author being insulted by our very own Lt. Gov....
THE INSIDIOUS VA CULTURE: Bureaucrats Show Their True Colors in Bonus Battle
The problems at the VA are not mismanagement flukes that can be cleaned up with a few strokes of a housekeeping broom. These are problems so deeply engrained in the bureaucratic culture that even a new agency secretary, exhaustive congressional oversight, and an angry...
MAKE IT MATTER: Bipartisan Support for a Colorado Presidential Primary
Stop the presses! Democrats and Republicans in Colorado actually agree on something: the caucus system isn’t fun when it comes to selecting presidential nominees. A presidential primary would be more fun and would involve more people. The caucus system is complicated,...
LYNCH CONFIRMED: Colorado Splits on Attorney General Vote
Loretta Lynch was confirmed today as the new attorney general to replace Eric Holder by a Senate vote of 56 to 43 – that means 10 Republicans crossed party lines to support President Obama’s nominee. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner was not one of them. Gardner voted against...