Winters: Give K-12 Schools More Freedom to Boost Bang for Taxpayers’ Buck

by Eddie | 1:28 pm, May 31, 2012

Marcus Winters — whom I will long remember as the author of Teachers Matter and featured presenter at the Independence Institute’s first-ever Brown Bag Lunch — has written a great new piece for City Journal.
Appropriately titled “Better Schools, Fewer Dollars,” Winters’ column addresses the issue of tight budgets and educational productivity. A few weeks [...]

The Progressive Gas Guzzler

by Ari Armstrong | 1:26 pm, May 31, 2012

ProgressNowColorado just launched an awesome new fundraiser offering a “Progressive” bumper sticker for the low, low price of $5 (or, for the real bargain shoppers out there, two for $10). My favorite aspect of the campaign is that the featured image shows one of the “Progressive” bumper stickers on the back of a V8 Toyota [...]

Todd Shepherd Hits the Big Time

by Jon Caldara | 11:23 am, May 31, 2012

Our investigative reporter Todd Shepherd uncovered a juicy story involving Colorado’s Federico Pena (think getting to DIA). If you can recall, Pena also served in Clinton’s cabinet and as Obama’s national campaign co-chair. What Todd uncovered is that Pena is a partner in venture capital firm Vestar, much like Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital. Also like [...]

Ugly numbers for Xcel ratepayers

by amy | 7:09 am, May 31, 2012

Lobbying at the state capitol:
According to January-April 2012 disclosure forms available on the Secretary of State’s Web site, Xcel Energy paid $126,393.90 for seven lobbyists at the state capitol. This included two lobbying firms and three Xcel in-house lobbyists.  The highest paid was 5280 Strategies run by Mike Beasley, well-known Capital Hill insider and former [...]

How Government Blocks Health Care Access for the Poor

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, May 31, 2012

State-level medical licensing laws prohibit doctors from providing charity care outside the state where they are licensed. Continue reading →

Former Gov. Jeb Bush Headlines Denver ACE Luncheon with Inspiring Message

by Eddie | 9:57 am, May 30, 2012

Has it been a whole year since the last big ACE Scholarships luncheon? Funny. I was still 5 then, too. Last time around it was my edu-reform crush Michelle Rhee, only a few months out of her famous tenure as chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, explaining her change of heart about vouchers and praising Douglas [...]

Let’s Discuss Seriously How to Strengthen Successful Tuition Tax Credit Programs

by Eddie | 3:38 pm, May 29, 2012

What a hubbub. Having finally read last week’s desperate New York Times attack against K-12 tuition tax credit programs, I was left scratching my head. Really? The Old Gray Lady seems awfully cranky about school choice and short on facts or serious arguments when it comes to this one. In a way, it felt like [...]

Best Romney Video to Date

by Robt Ball | 2:25 pm, May 29, 2012

#greenfail #solyndra #gomittI am sure this will be decried as “negative attack ad”, who cares. This is the kind of truth telling that must get out to the general public. If you like this ad, donate to http://obamaisntworking.comFor the l…

Best Romney Video to Date

by Robt Ball | 2:25 pm, May 29, 2012

#greenfail #solyndra #gomittI am sure this will be decried as “negative attack ad”, who cares. This is the kind of truth telling that must get out to the general public. If you like this ad, donate to http://obamaisntworking.comFor the l…

The Intermittent Blogger 2012-05-29 14:14:00

by Robt Ball | 2:14 pm, May 29, 2012

**UPDATED#ows #teaparty #coloradopolitics  Occupiers protesting Capitalism downtown Denver. You can read their vague description here;http://www.9to5.org/local/colorado/ourwork/events/99-march-on-wells-fargoWhile I agree with some of their gripes,…

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