RACE FOR CONGRESS: Public Radio Dude Challenges Tipton

Democrat Karl Hanlon of Carbondale is making another run for political office, this time against U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton for the 3rd Congressional District seat. The Wyoming native who also serves as a lawyer for the city of Glenwood Springs has some experience in...

DRASTIC MEASURE: Democrat Seeks to Expel Lebsock from State House

Democrat state Rep. Matt Gray of Broomfield is taking matters into his own hands and writing legislation to kick Rep. Steve Lebsock out of the state house. “At this point I have enough information, and I’ve seen enough information to know that I don’t believe that any...

HICK’S CONTRACT: If It Appears Improper, It Probably Is

Doug Friednash is leaving his job as Gov. Hickenlooper’s chief of staff to rejoin Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, and now comes word that Hickenlooper won’t renew his $200,000 a year contract with the lobbying group. But the Denver Post assures this is all...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT: Where Our Delegation Stands Now

The House Wednesday passed a resolution by voice vote requiring all members of Congress and employees to complete anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training. We assumed that U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette would have been overjoyed with such a vote, and issue a...

BLACK FRIDAY IS FOR AMATEURS: Why You Should be Shopping Saturday

The major stores are reveling today in Black Friday shopping they hope will fill their coffers for the year. They’ve filled our newspapers with bundles of advertisements that required a small forest to produce. And that makes it easy for us to forget there are other...