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FOOD STAMP-EDE: “Let Them Eat Hope”
A modern play on a quote from Marie Antoinette, another world leader renowned for material excesses in the face of a struggling populace, is slowly gaining steam. And, sadly for Colorado families, the saying is just as relevant here as it is in other states...
MONEY DOESN’T MATTER … TO SOME
Colorado's Democratic politicians have captured the most important lesson of 2012: The rich think themselves impervious to both our crummy economy and higher taxes. How else explain Democrats plundering Colorado's economy to repay their largest donors?...
MOST LIBERAL LEGISLATURE IN HISTORY: The Consequences Of Democrats Radical Redirect To The Left
Yesterday's Public Policy Polling survey of Colorado that found that Governor Hickenlooper had taken a 20 point nosedive among voters revealed one of the major consequences to come out of a legislative session dubbed by The Durango Herald's Joe Hanel as "one of the...
QUID PRO QUO: Did Angela Williams Push A Minority Contracting Study Bill To Benefit Her Top Political Benefactor?
Last week we covered a bill, HB1285, by Rep. Angela Williams (D-Denver) that would have blown a million dollars to study whether the state was giving enough contracts to minority owned businesses. A reader contacted us after the post published to suggest there might...
DUI-HIGH ADVANCES: Bill Sent to Senate Judiciary
Consider this your 4/20 pot legalization update. House Minority Leader Mark Waller's bill that would establish limits for people driving in Colorado under the influence of marijuana passed out of the House and was assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Here's...
THANKS FOR NOTHING: Green Team Offers Gratitude to Peniston for SB252
A kind reader sent us a picture taken from Facebook of a love letter from Conservation Colorado and Interwest Energy Alliance to Democratic Representative Cherylin Peniston that appeared in the Westminster Window recently. Here's the advertisement taken out by the...
CO’S BAND-AIDS: Nearly Half a Million Qualify for Obamacare Subsidies
A recent study by FamiliesUSA found that 466,000 people in Colorado will qualify for federal subsidies relating to Obamacare next year. Of that population, 36% nationally are young adults aged 18-34 years old, which is virtually identical to the number of young...
FREEFALL: Liberal PPP Finds Hick’s Favorability Numbers Sustain 20% Hit Since November
The liberal Public Policy Polling's most recent statewide poll uncovered an amazing bit of information - Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper's favorability has taken a huge hit over the past five months. Since November, Hick's disapprovals have gone from 26% to...
EXPERTISE INTEGRAL TO ELECTION INTEGRITY: Denver Post Editorial Blasts Democrats Same-Day Registration Gambit
Democrats in the State Legislature can usually rely on Dean Singleton's Denver Post editorial board to come out swinging on their behalf. It has become so predictable that it's only newsworthy when the Post ed board decides not to do so. Their most recent editorial on...
PeakFeed: Why National Democrats Lost The Gun Fight In One Chart
Mayor Bloomberg may have successfully lobbied Colorado Democrats to push through a far-reaching gun control plan, but national Democrats balked. Here's why: