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DRIVE-BY: Should CO Junk State Legislator Plates?
For years now, drivers in Denver have been subject to unpopular photo radar and red light cameras enforcing traffic laws via a flash bulb and an unwelcoming letter in the mail. But it just so turns our that not all drivers are susceptible to the city's electronic...
DITCHING THE DISTRICT: JeffCo Rep. Pettersen Spending Summer Running Denver School Board Campaign
Rather than heading home to her district after her first session in the Colorado Legislature, Colorado Peak Politics has learned freshman Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Lakewood) is instead spending her summer running former Lt. Governor Barbara O'Brien's campaign for...
FUNDRAISING: Check Out How Candidates For Colorado’s Top Races Fared In The 2nd Quarter
The second quarter fundraising numbers are out for Colorado's top political races. This early in the election cycle, it's hard to make apples-to-apples comparisons as candidates declared at different times, including some after the fundraising cutoff date. Going...
DAMAGE DONE: Colorado Slips in Business Friendliness, Access to Capital in 2013
When the annual CNBC rankings of "America's Top States for Business" was released last week, the consequences of anti-growth policies embraced by Governor Hickenlooper and the Democrat legislature became manifest again. Unfortunately, Colorado slipped significantly in...
A BILLION AIN’T ENOUGH: State Adds $1.1 Billion Through Rising Revenue, Tax Hikers Want Another Billion
A fascinating story by the Colorado Springs Gazette's Megan Schrader will make this year's already difficult campaign to raise taxes by a billion dollars even more difficult. The headline itself pretty much sums it up: "Flush with cash, Colorado officials back tax...
ET TU, BREWTE: 26 Craft Brewers Petition Hickenlooper on Fracking
Another day, another segment of Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper's base erodes. The Denver Business Journal reported this weekend that 26 craft brewers gathered at Hogshead Brewery to sign a letter to Governor Hickenlooper asking for more regulation on the oil...
LEGISLATIVE WHITE-OUT: Mini-Victory For Gun Rights Exposes Sloppy Work By The Legislature
When Governor John Hickenlooper signed the controversial ban on magazines holding over 15 rounds into law back in March the state's political historian, Lynn Bartels, noted he did something that she couldn't remember ever seeing before -- he added a signing statement...
TBD GUV: Hickenlooper Hasn’t Filed Yet for 2014 Campaign
We suppose it should come as no surprise that the TBD Governor, Colorado Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper, hasn't filed his 2014 paperwork yet to run for a second term of Governor. After all, he's not one for making a decision of any kind (see here, here, and...
DISMISSED: Hick Opts Not to Re-Appoint 2/3 of Insurance Industry Executives to State Exchange Board
One would think that as Colorado is trying to set up an enterprise that is charged with conducting complicated activities that have been performed in the private sector for decades, it would take all of the industry experience it could find, especially when it has...
YEAR OF FREEDOM: City of Glendale Pledges to Yank a Law Per City Council Meeting
According to the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle, Glendale Mayor Mike Dunafon and the City Council will revoke one law per scheduled City Council meeting from June 2013 through May 2014. Mayor Dunafon explained the rationale for his efforts dubbed the "Year of...