DEMOCRATS’ DIE HARD MOTTO: Tax and Spend, Not Tax and Refund

Can you hear that?  It’s the footsteps of Democrats scrambling around the Capitol trying to figure out yet another end run around TABOR in light of news that excess marijuana revenue might lead to a tax refund (gasp!). State coffers are slated to bring in about $40...

Government by Gimmick Since Voters Can’t Understand Stuff

Democrats Skaggs and Feeley pulled no punches in their Denver Post 0p-ed. “State policymakers,” they admit, “resort to government by gimmick….” Gimmicks? Like the Democrats’ “dirty dozen tax hikes” of 2010 that boosted taxes by a third of a billion...

96% OF NFIB SAYS NO: Members Polled, No Support for Amendment 66

The Colorado chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, an organization that serves as an advocate for small businesses, released the results of a vote it took among its members about Amendment 66. The results were clear – its membership wanted...

LONG TIME, NO TALK: Ritter’s Revisionist Recitations

Just when we thought Democratic Sen. Bennet was the clown of the week with his faux outrage over the IRS scandal that he, himself, caused, former Colorado Governor and (we presume) current Democrat Bill Ritter steps in with a trite and totally inaccurate assessment of...

OPENING DAY: A View Of What’s To Come

It’s opening day at the Colorado State Legislature with a record-breaking 31 brand new legislators just getting their feet wet. As Democrats, who control the Colorado State House and Senate, ponder just how to talk about moderation while kowtowing to their...