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FALLING STAR: Sen. UIibarri Owes State Nearly $3,600 in Fines from Lobbyist Days
Last week, he was MSNBC's rising star, but, this week, Democratic state Sen. Jesse Ulibarri is in hot water. A 9News investigative report shows that Ulibarri is one of many lobbyists who received fines for not filing or incorrectly filing monthly and yearly lobbyist...
BREAKING: Democratic CD3 Candidate Buffie McFadyen Abruptly Leaves Race
Was it something we said? In a bizarre twist of events, former State House Representative and current Pueblo County Commissioner Buffie McFadyen has left the CD3 race just little over a month after she entered the race. The rumor was confirmed via her Facebook page:...
SRSLY? C’MON: Denver Post Sides with White House Instead of Colorado on Water Rights
It shouldn’t surprise us to see The Denver Post editorial board siding with the Obama White House. At this point, it’s what we expect from them. However, we were quite taken aback by this weekend’s editorial in which The Post takes the opposite side of Colorado’s...
PEAKFEED: MSNBC Names Navarro, Stapleton, and Brauchler Rising Stars in CO
On Friday, MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown" named rising political stars in Colorado. Not surprisingly, Republicans Rep. Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff, State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, and District Attorney George Brauchler made the list. On the left, TDR cited Senate...
FRACTIVIST LAID BARE: Leader of Antifracking Movement Is Also Antigrowth
Fractivists are intent on banning fracking statewide, that much is true. But, do these national groups have larger (and even more damaging) goals, too? Coloradans deserve to know the truth. One of the big organizations pushing the amendment which would wreak havoc...
PEAKFEED: Walker Stapleton Goes on Offense on Gas Taxes
This morning, Colorado state Treasurer Walker Stapleton appeared on Fox News Channel's Cavuto armed with a tongue twister to fight for the average worker in Colorado as a gas tax is considered. An excerpt: ...We're literally picking pockets to plug potholes. And,...
HE CAN’T RESIST: Hancock’s Unnecessary Handout
Remember how awful it was when the housing bubble burst, foreclosure rates skyrocketed, and we were thrust into a deep recession? Apparently, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has forgotten. He’s out in front of a new initiative that is eerily reminiscent of the same...
THE FLORIDA EFFECT: Romanoff Shies Away from Obamacare Bear Hug
Ever since Tuesday's big upset in Florida's CD13, politicians who used to give Obamacare wet sloppy kisses have started ducking into dark alcoves each time the "O word" is uttered. We're coining it The Florida Effect and its first victim is none other than liberal...
BIPARTISAN CRED: Coffman’s Bipartisanship Gets Most Liberal Senator’s Thanks
Friends of friends does not always make them your friend, Andrew Romanoff is learning that the hard way. The person hand-picked by Hillary Clinton to replace her when she left her New York Senate seat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, has given Romanoff’s Republican...
CENTENNIAL STATE SIDE-STEP: Udall Dodges Questions as Artfully as a Fat Guy in a Tutu
Liberal U.S. Senator Mark Udall's family has been in politics for over 100 years and this is how he dances around a question? Who knew he had two political left feet? After seeing the devastating impact of Obamacare in the special election in Florida on Tuesday,...