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THE LEFT-WING LEGISLATURE: Colorado Democrats Push For Drivers Licenses For Illegal Immigrants
Undocumented workers won't be undocumented much longer if Colorado Democrats at the State Capitol get their way. After a session already chock-a-block full of controversial liberal measures, State Senator Jesse Ulibarri (D-Ballpoint Pens) has decided to push a bill...
TIGHTENING OUR BELTS: Administrative Bloat in CO is Outsized
Various special interest groups throughout Colorado are preparing for battle on a huge income tax increase for Coloradans, but studies show that the administrative bloat in Colorado education has exploded over the past few years. Perhaps Colorado's education...
HEY MIKEY, WHY DO YOU WANT MORE? Despite Revenue Gains, Senator Mike Johnston Stills Wants A Tax Hike
With the economy recovering and tax revenue increasing, you would think the calls for tax hikes would begin to recede, but then you would misjudge the aim of tax hikers. They're like a fat kid in a candy store -- give 'em one piece and they just want four more. As the...
SPIKING THE FOOTBALL: President Obama to Visit Colorado to Celebrate Gun Grab Victory
UPDATE: According to the White House press release, President Obama will be in the Denver area on Wednesday to: "...continue asking the American people to join him in calling on Congress to pass common-sense measures to reduce gun violence. The President will meet...
BOTH WAYS BENNET: Junior Senator Tries To Have His Enviro Love & Energy Jobs Too
Junior U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is now backtracking off his pro-Keystone Pipeline vote cast last week that embarrassed his more senior Democratic Colorado counterpart in the Senate, Mark Udall. After casting a vote that virtually everyone saw as an endorsement of...
EROSION: Coloradans Freedom Score “Among Most Worsened”
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University each year measures "freedom" in each state. While Colorado's overall score (19) is in the middle, the analysis of the state points out that "its freedom score is one of the “most worsened” in the country over the 2001...
REAL SUNLIGHT: Aspen Hit Piece on Outside Spending Far from Mark
While Aspen is considered a hot bed of liberal ideology, the Aspen Business Journal's recent article focusing on a single conservative issue committee does a disservice to Aspenites who genuinely believe in greater transparency in political fundraising. As a...
SCOTT TIPTON, REST EASY: Gun Grabbing Democrats Eyeing Run For Conservative 3rd Congressional District
With Republican Congressman Scott Tipton's larger-than-expected trouncing of Sal Pace (D-Urination) in 2012, we thought Democrats had given up all hope at ever making a spirited challenge for that seat in the near future. Turns out there are a few high profile...
TOURISM BOYCOTT: Hunters’ Threats of Boycott Become a Reality
Colorado may have the best elk in the country, but the gun laws are the worst, say some hunters who will no longer hunt in the state due to the restrictive gun laws recently signed by Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper. A Fox News interview with local hunting guide...
JOHNSTON’S TAX HIKE: What Coloradans Get for Their Money
Yesterday, the Peak explored the different proposals to pay for Democratic Senators Mike Johnston and Rollie Heath's one billion dollar education funding tax hike. (Hint: They're all income tax increases.) But, why do Johnston and Heath need another billion dollars...