CARDBOARD CUTOUT? Sen. Bennet Skips Western Slope Meeting

An interesting tidbit of news slipped out of the Club 20 meeting over the weekend, which was attended by the Western Slope congressional delegation including U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton — minus U.S. Michael Bennet. We really wish a cardboard...

SACRIFICIAL LAMBS: Candidates Line Up Against Tipton

Grand Junction City Councilor Chris Kennedy has announced he will run against U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton for the 3rd Congressional District as a maybe, sort of, Democrat. In other words, he will try and position himself as a moderate while touting his self-confessed...

SAD TROMBONE: Mr. Hickenlooper Goes to Washington, Plan Bombs

Just as we expected, Gov. Hickenlooper presented his grand plan to Congress Thursday on how to save health care, and that scheme was to keep pouring money into Obamacare. Five governors — both critics and backers of the Affordable Care Act — called on Congress...

CANINE CRAZY: Dog Owner Punched Over Off-Leash Pet

First it was Squirrel Man in Boulder County, now it’s animal lovers in Pitkin County getting into fist fights over their dogs. This time it was a former official for the sheriff’s office who is charged with felony assault for allegedly punching a man and breaking his...

HYPOCRITE ALERT: This Redistricting Will Stack the Deck for Democrats

A “bipartisan” coalition of folks say they want to redistrict the state to make it less partisan, but the opposite appears to be true. The three ballot initiatives seek to dilute the influence of the two major political parties in the state’s redistricting process by...