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MEAN GIRLS: CO Senate Sunsets Pay Equity Commission after Allegations of Bullying and Ineffectiveness
One would think that a commission on pay equity would be a welcoming environment for women, but yesterday's testimony on the Pay Equity Commission revealed a troubling history of bullying and abuse by the commission's leadership - and a failure to produce any work...
PEAK FEED: Sen. Bennet Burned for Denver Public Schools Mess
A video posted yesterday of Sen. Bennet in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee shows our embattled Democratic Senator getting burned by Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander. Here's the set up. Sen. Mumbles praised the work of Denver...
HOT AND BOTHERED: Global Warming Vote has Greenies Stomping their Birkenstocks
That clickety-clack noise you hear this morning is the sound of environmentalists stomping their Birkenstocks in indignation over the U.S. Senate vote Wednesday night on global warming. Is it real or a hoax? The Senate voted 98-1 in favor of being real – GOP Sen....
CONNECT FOR HEALTH COLORADO: Senate Committee Votes to Require Audit
Connect for Health Colorado officials had better start sharpening their pencils and erasers, because senators have taken a significant step to require a performance audit. The Democratic-controlled body bowed down to pressure last year from health exchange...
GREEN-EYED MONSTER: Pols Jumps the Shark to Downplay Our Success
We know that it must be hard for ColoradoPols to accept that it's getting its ass kicked by a conservative blog, but stooping so low as to accuse us of "systematically inflating" our Facebook likes and shares? C'mon. To be perfectly clear, we aren't. And, really, why...
ELECTION 2016: New York Native to Lead Bennet’s Colorado Campaign
Is there no one left in the State of Colorado who knows how to manage a Democratic race for the U.S. Senate? Last year we had Chris Harris of Kansas leading the communication efforts of Mark Udall’s failed reelection bid, and now U.S. Sen. Mike Bennet has hired Dan...
EPIC FAIL ROUND 2: Union-backed Groups Just Can’t Get it Right in Jeffco
Our friends over at Complete Colorado have a great piece up about the never-ending embarrassment of the Jeffco Teachers Union and its supporters. At last week’s board meeting, a group with close ties to the union had one of its representatives disrupt the meeting by...
STATE OF THE UNION: It’s Strong, but Obama Pledges to Make it Worse
The media hounds of Congress typically stake out the aisle seats on the morning of the president’s State of the Union speech so they can score valuable TV face time with the commander in chief as he enters the chambers. Members of the Colorado delegation spotted along...
THOMPSON DIVIDE: Bennet Bill a Bust, Again
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet seems pretty confident that when the BLM makes its decision on the Thompson Divide, it will be to cancel existing leases for oil and gas development. Why else would he continue to pursue legislation to retire existing leases should those be...
PEAK FEED: One Percenters Unite!
From the files of "I know I am but what are you?" comes this tweet from U.S. Rep. Jared Polis: New Oxfam report says half of global wealth held by wealthiest 1% http://t.co/KgxNMWnGGH — Jared Polis (@jaredpolis) January 20, 2015 That’s wishful thinking from Polis, who...