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PAPER AIRPLANES: With Wildfires Raging, Coloradans Must Wonder Why Democrats Didn’t Fund Tankers
As Colorado once again deals with devastating wildfires, many Coloradans are likely wondering why we still refuse to prepare for what is an inevitable issue -- putting the fires out. In fact, a legislative fix was proposed this past session by State Senator Steve King...
SAVE THE RACE BAIT: Giron Plays The Race Card, Ignoring That 3 Other Hispanics Opposed Gun Grab
Spare us your self-aggrandizing, race-baiting bromides, Senator Giron. In an article today in her hometown paper, the Pueblo Chieftain, Senator Giron claims that people want to recall her not for her votes to restrict gun rights, but rather because she's Hispanic....
ANIMOSITY TAKES FLIGHT: Adams Asks for Its Land Back
On Friday, Adams County fired the latest shot in a quickly escalating skirmish between Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and various elected officials in the communities surrounding DIA. Planning for Hancock's "airport city" concept that has been going on for more than a...
“WEAKNESS AND INDECISION”: Possible Guv Candidate George Brauchler Blasts Hickenlooper’s Dunlap Cowardice
In a cutting op-ed yesterday, District Attorney George Brauchler blasted Governor Hickenlooper over his cowardly decision to punt the Nathan Dunlap death penalty decision to the next governor. With the speculation surrounding Brauchler's possible gubernatorial...
UDALL’S CROCODILE TEARS: How Shocked Can Udall Really Be About Data Gathering?
As news continues to break about the massive data collection overreach by the National Security Agency, Colorado's own Democratic Senator Mark Udall has attempted to position himself as the rational voice in the debate over data privacy. Udall is trying to push the...
VICTORY IMMINENT? Morse’s Top Consigliere Says Senate President May Wave The White Flag, Give Up Senate Seat
You don't have to be a political soothsayer to read the tea leaves in today's Denver Post story about John Morse. The Senate President is actively considering waving the white flag, pleading guilty to the charge of political overreach. From Kurtis Lee's story: Senate...
OBAMA VS DOUGCO: Rep. McNulty Blasts AFL-CIO & DougCo Teachers Union For Spending Priorities
The fight down in Douglas County is ramping up in the lead up to the 2013 school board elections in November. Rep. Frank McNulty (R-Highlands Ranch) recently weighed in on the issue, blasting the local teachers union for sending most of their union dues to elect...
PeakFeed: AFP Launches Web Ads Focused on Udall’s Support of Destructive Carbon Tax
This past week, Americans For Prosperity began an online ad campaign campaign in fifteen states targeting U.S. Congressmen and Senators who support a destructive tax on carbon emissions. Colorado's own Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Udall is one of three senators...
BIG BROTHER: Could Obama Administration Have Used NSA Data in Campaign?
Perhaps the Administration's latest dust up about the shocking NSA program of collecting phone records from Verizon and data from the country's most prominent technology companies would not be as troubling had it not been on the heels of the IRS 501(c)4 scandal. But...
DOUBLE DOWN: Bennet Back for Round Two of Solar Investments with Other People’s Money
For someone who touts his business skills in the very first words of his campaign bio, it is a real struggle to figure how he comes up with some of the business deals that he wants to force on the rest of us. The ink isn't even dry on the Big Solar bankruptcy...