ASSESSING THE SITUATION: Where Is Polis’ Guest House, Again?

ASSESSING THE SITUATION: Where Is Polis’ Guest House, Again?

U.S. Rep Jared Polis rose to infamy in Colorado’s fracking debate when he created a mini-documentary in which he bemoaned fracking near his vacation home in Weld County.  During the video at about 2:24, Polis points to a building and says “this is my detached...

SPECIAL SESSION? Just Kill Us Now

We find it absolutely appalling that Gov. John Hickenlooper is seriously considering calling a special session to debate local control legislation.  The only person who would benefit from such a move is Rep. Jared Polis.  You know who doesn’t benefit?  The Colorado...

STILL A MESS: No Cleanup In Site For Hazardous Waste At Abound Solar

For the all the praise solar power gets for being “cleaner” than traditional energy resources, there sure are a lot of hazardous materials involved in the process.  When a solar panel manufacturer goes out of business – like the bankrupt Abound Solar in northern...

MIA: Where Are the Local Control Campaign Finance Filings?

UPDATE: Despite the fact that the group has clearly spent money and advocated on this issue, the letter of the law is that they don’t have to file until they start collecting signatures, as we noted below.  That said, we maintain that they’re following the...

WINNERS: Who Came Out Ahead in The 2014 Legislative Session

After the disaster for all of Colorado that was the 2013 legislative session, the fact alone we didn’t repeat it makes us all some of the biggest winners of this session.  But fear not PeakNation™, we aren’t lowering our standards here at The Peak.  For...