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EMPLOYMENT OFFICE: Obamacare Provides Full Time Employment to the Left
Durango Herald reporter Joe Hanel has left his journalism gig for (wait for it) a left-wing think tank position with the Colorado Health Institute. Hanel's flight to more liberal pastures makes him one of a handful of reporters in the past few years to leave his or...
WAR ON RURAL CO CONTINUES: Polis Whines, Hickenlooper Acquiesces
PeakNation™, did you miss this Friday news dump? The one where Colorado Insurance Commissoner, Marguerite Salazar (a Hickenlooper appointee), decided the best way to bring down healthcare costs for those poor, wretched souls who have to suffer living in Aspen and...
LOVE IT: Statesman Story Highlights Dem Infighting, Carroll’s Weak Leadership
Typically Democrats are a lot better than Republicans at closing ranks and whipping votes. Republicans tend to be more independent thinkers and less afraid of bucking party leadership, whereas Democrats tend to be more okay with sacrificing their principals for the...
OUT IN THE FRACKING COLD: Why Don’t Landowners Get a Seat at the Table?
This week, negotiations are taking place among key stakeholders in the "local control" (aka fracking ban) debate to determine whether the sides can come to some kind of compromise and head into special session or if the sides will chance it on the ballot. But,...
ASSESSING THE SITUATION: Where Is Polis’ Guest House, Again?
U.S. Rep Jared Polis rose to infamy in Colorado's fracking debate when he created a mini-documentary in which he bemoaned fracking near his vacation home in Weld County. During the video at about 2:24, Polis points to a building and says “this is my detached garage...
YAWN: Breaking Down The Fallacies Of The PPP Senate Poll
When the most recent Public Policy Polling Colorado Senate poll was passed around the Peak offices today, it was met with a mixture of yawns and chuckles. 47-43, Udall-Gardner, of all registered voters with those push-poll questions done for a group that has already...
AUDIT. NOW.: Colorado Healthcare Exchange CEO Receives $14K Bonus And Raise
What do you get for lying to Colorado state legislators when you testify in front of them? If you’re Connect for Health Colorado’s CEO Patty Fontneau, you get a $14,000 bonus and an almost $5,000 raise. Where do we even start with this mess? Fontneau’s audacity to...
GUEST POST: Keg Stands and Cushy Jobs
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a guest post. It should be noted that it has yet to be proven that taxpayer dollars funded Brosurance ads. For every Colorado Obamacare sign up, taxpayers paid $1,427. The average national cost per sign up was $922. So we didn't get much of a...
DEVELOPING: DeGette Skips Benghazi Vote for Chichi Event
Sources say that Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette skipped the vote on a special committee to investigate Benghazi in order to attend the super fun and locally-prestigious Union Station ribbon cutting this morning. Last night, the House voted to form a special...
PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE: Polis Might Be Chair For DCCC Next Cycle
Rarely does a chairman stay on for three cycles at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and with Rep. Steve Israel finishing up his second term this cycle, rumors have already started on who might be the next chairman. Among the most talked about...
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