Jul 2, 2013
When the president of the largest teachers union in Colorado, Kerrie Dallman, took to Twitter to call out Governor Hickenlooper for hiding on the tax increase campaign, it wasn’t just because she had put her organization’s reputation on the line. It was...
Jun 20, 2013
Governor Hickenlooper is backtracking on his support for the coming tax hike campaign. The Denver Post might not have noticed it, but reporters and operatives across Colorado certainly did. In an interview yesterday with the Post’s Democrat blogger, Allison...
Jun 17, 2013
Uh oh. Is there trouble in tax hike city? Is Governor Hickenlooper, reeling from fresh polls showing his political standing dropping like a rock, suddenly feeling reticent when it comes to the coming tax hike campaign? Last Friday, the president of the largest...
Jul 5, 2012
A week or so ago, we rolled our eyes when a partisan web site needled the Colorado Republican Party for hosting a mini-golf tournament at which teams who donated $10,000 would have an elected official play on their team. The guest blogger wrote, dripping with...
May 15, 2012
With the anticipated Democrat-imposed demise of House Bill 1333, which would have given Colorado teachers monthly discretion to opt in or out of a union, the legislation's biggest opponent — the Colorado Education Association — won a temporary victory....