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SCHOOL WARS: Reform Nemesis Opens Attack On 10,000 Charter Schools Kids In DougCo
Last year The Colorado Observer reported on Randi Weingarten, big, bad union boss, and her disdain of school reform in Douglas County. The teachers union president came to Colorado to threaten the Douglas County School Board. State Senator Ted Harvey likened her to...
MOJO NO MO: Denver Post Questions Hick’s Moderate Creds
UPDATE: Earlier today, we reported that the Denver Post was questioning Hick's moderate creds. Subsequently, the Denver Post literally questioned its readers as to whether they thought Hick was a moderate. Here are the results as of about 5:30 p.m. today. In every...
LOL: Rep. Joe Salazar Scores 100% with Planned Parenthood-Backed “Women’s Lobby”
If Colorado had one state legislator who, perhaps, shouldn't get 100% from a women's advocacy organization, it is Rep. Joe Salazar. But, the Women's Lobby of Colorado has thrown caution to the wind in the name of liberal ideology and done just that on its 2013...
CALLING BULLSH*T: Hickenlooper’s Historical Fiction On How He Decided To Back The Billion Dollar Tax Hike
In an attempt at badly crafted historical fiction, Governor Hickenlooper told The Denver Post last week that he decided to support the billion dollar tax increase in the middle of the very closed door meeting from where his position leaked. From a Denver Post article...
FRACKING RACKET: Even Denver Post Says Worry Is Overblown
A recent federal study by the Department of Energy and a private laboratory, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, found that fracking fluids did not seep into drinking water as environmentalists have been howling about for the past few years. The Denver Post...
GUBERNATORIAL GRIST: Guv Candidates Brophy & Gessler Cite Colorado Peak Politics In Campaign Materials
As the campaign to take on Governor Hickenlooper heats up, a number of gubernatorial candidates have been citing your anonymous editors here at Colorado Peak Politics. State Senator Greg Brophy, a politician we've been known to gush about from time to time, uses a...
MORE GIRON (hu-rohn) GIDING (hi-ding): Pueblo Senator Closes Registration For Tele-Townhall
7/23 UPDATE: George Rivera, the Republican candidate to replace Senator Giron, has called on her to have an open and public candidate forum. As Rivera posted on Facebook: From the Desk of George Rivera, Candidate for Colorado State Senate District 3 July 23, 2013...
COLLAPSING: Mayors Fleeing Bloomberg’s Gun Control Group
Mayors across America are fleeing Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), the Bloomberg-backed gun control group that held a political rally to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Aurora theater tragedy. It turns out many thought they were signing up to oppose...
NEVER ENOUGH: Denver City Councilman Wants Sales Tax to Fund College Scholarships
For one member of the Denver City Council, the record-breaking billion dollar tax hike set for the statewide ballot this November is not quite enough. Chris Herndon, a councilman from northwest Denver, wants his colleagues on the council to approve an additional...
PeakFeed: CO Sheriffs Take NRA Cover
Colorado takes the full cover of the National Rifle Association magazine, America's 1st Freedom, for the second time in 2013, but this time it’s different. It was just a few short months ago that disgraceful quotes from four Colorado lawmakers were splayed across the...