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INCOME TAX HIKE: Johnston’s Education Bill Would Raise State Income Taxes
Coloradans have been waiting for the proposed changes in the way the state funds our education system. Most of the bill deals with how education funds are dispersed. But, these massive reforms to the state education fund come with a hefty price tag - estimates are at...
STOMP JESUS
As a Holy Week or Passover exercise, consider Intercultural Communications instructor Deandre Poole's mandate that students write the name JESUS on a piece of paper, place it on the floor and stomp on it. Highly religious student Ryan Rotela refused, and told the...
DEATH PENALTY REPEAL DIES: Conservatives Rack Up Another Major Victory In Legislative Minority
3/27 UPDATE: One day after repeal bill dies at #COleg RT @chrisvanderveen: James Holmes offers to plead guilty in order to avoid #deathpenalty. — Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) March 27, 2013 Despite a massive legislative majority, liberal Democrats saw a second...
JUST THE BEGINNING: Emboldened Bloomberg Fronts $12M Ad Buy
If gun enthusiasts thought Colorado was the end of the gun grab by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, they were wrong. The nanny statist has targeted several Democrat and Republican Senators in an effort to sway their...
THE ROAD BACK
In politics, change is inevitable. Change for the better certainly happened for Republicans in the wake of Watergate. Look at the last decades of voter registration in Colorado. Democrats enjoyed a banner year in 1974, winning the State House, governorship and their...
GUN STORE REJECT: Mark Kelly Has AR-15 Straw Purchase Rescinded By Store
Mark Kelly, the celebrity poster child used by Colorado Democrats to testify on behalf of universal background checks, where he lied about the number of guns bought in Colorado without one, had his recent straw purchase of an AR-15-style "assault" weapon rescinded by...
BIG MONEY IN POLITICS? Romanoff Knows All About It…Until He Runs For Office Opposing It
Andrew Romanoff, the likely Democratic nominee for the 6th Congressional District, and failed U.S. Senate primary contender in 2010, talked to Denver Westword on Friday about his upcoming campaign and had some interesting things to say. In particular it was his...
FREEPING: Denver Post’s Hubbard Calls Out Right for Voting in Polls, Ignores Left
Will someone please get Curtis Hubbard a column at The Nation and leave the editorial page editing to someone less partisan, like Dan Haley? Again, Hubbard's true (blue) colors came shining through over the weekend when he called out the right for [gasp] voting in...
BENNET VS UDALL, ROUND 2: Vote On Keystone Pipeline Pushes Udall Image Further Left
Based on Senator Michael Bennet's behavior these last few months you could be forgiven for thinking it was he who is up for re-election in 2014, and not his Democratic colleague Mark Udall. Generally ahead of a re-election campaign politicians make a concerted effort...
NO MORE FREE PASS: Hickenlooper Hammered At Club 20
Up until the gun control debate, Governor Hickenlooper got a free pass from many of the state's more conservative corners, as his middle-of-the-road, pro-business image portrayed him as different from the average Democrat. With Hick signing on to the harshest gun...