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POLIS’ UNFORCED ERROR: Strategists in Both Parties Believe Anti-Fracking Measure Could Doom Democrats in November
Much noise has been made by strategists on both sides of the aisle who say the state's anti-fracking movement, led by U.S. Rep Jared Polis (D-Boulder) who has promised to fund anti-oil and gas initiatives this November, may be cutting the electoral throats of...
PEAKFEED: Left Ridicules Gardner for Supporting a Colorado Business
After last year's disastrous legislative session in which the left's extreme legislation cost Colorado jobs, you'd think that the left would ease off the ridicule of Colorado companies. Nope. In trying to peg U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner as a flip flopper, the...
NEW STUDY: When it comes to Education, We’re Paying More for Less
One of the greatest lies ever told to the American public – aside from President Obama’s “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan” – is the notion that our public schools are under funded. A new Cato Institute study, State Education Trends: Academic Performance...
FAILURE TO LEAD: Ford to NYC is Like Hickenlooper to Kids
Fortieth to fourth, fortieth to fourth, fortieth to fourth that’s all we’ve been hearing Governor John Hickenlooper tout even though the facts do not back him up. But we've got a new one for him - fortieth to fourth to tenth and forget the kids! That’s right...
CO WINS LOSING: Head of Union Harassing Legislators With Expletive Strung Voicemails
The head of the state employees' union is not pleased, according to voicemails left on the phones of several Democratic state legislators who sit on the state's Joint Budget Committee. It all started when liberal Governor John Hickenlooper recommended that state...
YES: Woman Asks Exchange if She’d Be Penalized for Keeping Her Doctor
Last night, Complete Colorado's Todd Shepherd dropped a bombshell - a woman, Rebecca Ryan, calling Connect for Health Colorado (the exchange) directly asked an operator on the exchange whether she would be penalized for keeping her doctor on Obamacare. The answer...
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: Putin Hearts Fractivists
Stop the presses PeakNation™, fractivists have a new strong ally! In a new story by, wait for it, The Voice of Russia some local Coloradans get a chance to create propaganda for Mother Russia. Normally, such absurdities would be allowed to whither on the vine, but...
NOT AGAIN: Udall, Bennet Lobby to Renew Wind Production Tax Credit
It’s hard to forget how politicized the wind production tax credit became during the 2012 presidential election. Vestas, the wind turbine manufacturer with plants all over Colorado, was living high on the hog at taxpayer expense until it began laying off workers...
UNSUSTAINABLE? Colorado Ranks #4 in Nation in Per Employee Pension Benefit Obligations
A landmark report published by the American Enterprise Institute on state pension obligations last week delivered some troubling news for taxpayers across the country. In particular, it was interesting to note that the retirement benefits of Colorado career state...
INCONVENIENT TRUTH: Greeley Shows How Fracking Enables a Community to Thrive
The Gazette has a novel idea: the thing driving job and economic growth in your state, keep doing that. In an editorial, the newspaper examines how Greeley has gone from being an awkward, dusty, foul-smelling, town in the 1990’s to an ever-burgeoning urban area today...