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MORSE TO CLINTON: You Don’t Know Jack About Guns
Senate President John Morse's ill-considered gun maker liability law unveiled yesterday seems to indicate he thinks he knows better than former President Bill Clinton, who warned Democrats not to trivialize gun culture or the passions it stirs among second amendment...
FOR THE LOVE OF THE LEFT: Sherry Unearths Another Piece of Non-News
Another day, another press release announcing that a group of Senators have (wait for it) sent a letter. This time, the letter was sent from a bipartisan consortium and included our beloved Democratic Senator Mark Udall. This letter was sent to the Obama...
IRRESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT: Dems Weaken Penalty for Missing Energy Office Funds
Remember the last time you wasted approximately $252 million at work and got a slap on the wrist? Of course not, because that's not how the real world works. But, apparently, that is how the government works when Democrats are in charge of the Governor's Energy...
PAST VOTES NOT AN ASSET: Why Is Morgan Carroll Flip-Flopping On In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants?
A lot has been made of the reversal of some Republicans on the issue of in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants, also known as the ASSET bill. The Denver Post reported last week that a number of Republicans have or are considering voting for the measure....
“CASH FOR TRIAL LAWYERS”: Dems Gun Manufacturer Liability Bill Seems To Forget About Federal Law
Legislative Democrats held a press conference today to announce 8 new gun control measures they are proposing, though they declined to actually release any of the bills in question. There are a number of terrible bills being proposed, but one in particular looks set...
PAIN AT THE PUMP: Gas Prices Jump 21 Cents in a Week
As Democrats at the State Capitol look for new ways to saddle hardworking families with more debt, Coloradans are already looking at higher gas prices. According to a report published by the American Automobile Association, the cost per gallon of gasoline in Colorado...
VETO PEN TIME: Firefighter Union Bill Provides Opportunity For Hickenlooper Triangulation
Governor Hickenlooper has been successful at remaining popular in part because he refuses to be boxed into one partisan tent, endorsing Obama while at the same time expressing his undying love of fracking. That strategy of triangulation looks set to be enacted again...
WORST IN U.S.: Poulson Warns Colorado’s PERA Is Most Troubled Pension
Echoing what the Peak has been writing for at least six months, Independence Institute's Senior Fellow in Fiscal Policy, Barry Poulson, is now joining those who are sounding the alarm about the poor state of Colorado's public employee retirement plan. From his recent...
LIGHTS OUT: Nation Experiences Colorado’s Frustration with Renewables
Last night's Super Bowl brought a few surprises. Most sportscasters didn't think the Ravens would pull it off and nobody thought the Superdome would lose power for half an hour. As conspiracy theories ran amok, news emerged that just days before the green energy...
EARLY START: Andrew Romanoff to Run Against Coffman in CD6
According to the Denver Post, Andrew Romanoff filed paperwork yesterday with the Federal Election Commission to run as the Democratic challenger to Republican U.S. Representative Mike Coffman in Colorado's Sixth Congressional District in 2014. The announcement comes...