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TOLD YOU SO: Study Finds Welfare Debit Cards Used at Marijuana Shops
File this under “we told you so". After Democrats refused to pass a commonsense bill that would prevent people from withdrawing state aid from ATMs at marijuana dispensaries, a KDVR investigative report found people doing exactly that: In one month, records show 19...
PEAKFEED: Mayor Hancock Hitches Star to Broken Down Wagon
Either Mayor Hancock is a really good friend or his staff hasn't heard that liberal U.S. Senator Mark Udall, who has seen his poll numbers creep downward, is in trouble. Earlier this week, Hancock endorsed Udall in this video on YouTube. The only thing Hancock has to...
BACK-DOOR GAMBLING: Popular Bill Stalls in House, Rumor is Hickenlooper’s Doing
After, yet again, failing to live up to the bipartisan rhetoric he likes to tout, we’d figure a bipartisan bill like Representative Brian DelGrosso’s H.B. 14-114— which would prohibit the sale of lottery tickets online— would be just the thing Governor John...
HIGHWAY COLLISION: Wednesday’s Meeting was a Car Wreck, Enjoy the Rubbernecking
Wednesday's public hearing about the Colorado Department of Transportation's contract to privatize US-36 (also known as FASTER) turned ugly as three people had to be forcefully removed from the room. The lack of transparency around this issue is stunning and the faux...
FRACKING SMACK DOWN: Brophy Schools Enviro Whackos on Clean Air
While The Denver Post's Bruce Finley played journalist with environmental activists and the Governor's staff, Republican state Sen. Greg Brophy was schooling the Air Quality Control Commission and the fractivists at the hearing with some pretty bad-ass testimony. ...
PEAKFEED: Are We Sure They Know How to Count?
With President Obama and the White House claiming that more than three million people have signed up for Obamacare, at any place with a large gathering of people, say, like a talk show, you’d figure at least one or two have signed up. But, you’d be wrong. Jimmy...
AX TO GRIND, PART III: Meet Enviro-Activist Peggy Tibbits from Silt, The Denver Post’s Latest Unexplained Source
Bruce Finley, environmental reporter at The Denver Post, strikes again. Why won't his editors demand that he qualify his sources? We've called him on this time and time again. This time, in an article about yesterday's Air Quality Control Commission hearings, he...
ELOQUENT: Republican Field Shows They Have More than Enough to Beat Hickenlooper
The Denver Post hosted a debate last night for six three of the candidates (plus Captain America) vying to be the next governor of Colorado. Greg Brophy, Mike Kopp, and Steve House all showed they were well-versed in the nuances of the issues facing Colorado. Any of...
STOP: Jeffco PTA Threatens Jeffco School Board
You know what's hilarious? Threats of violence against public officials. Actually, it's not. We condemned it against state Rep. Andy Kerr, we condemned it against Secretary of State Scott Gessler. And, now, we're condemning the not-so-veiled threats by the...
UDALL PRIORITIZES THE GREEN: Attends Fundraiser Hosted By Green Investor
The last time that liberal U.S. Senator Mark Udall personally hosted an open townhall in Colorado was in May 2013, per his calendar. Yet, tonight he will attend a swanky fundraiser hosted by climate activist and billionaire Tom Steyer, who has pledged to funnel more...