Hey, Colorado: Billion Dollar K-12 Tax Hike OR End the Education Plantation?

by Eddie | 1:27 pm, April 15, 2013

Often it’s very easy to get bogged down in a big education policy debate like Colorado’s SB 213 school finance reform proposal. Then along comes a Denver Post op-ed piece by a motivated citizen that exhales a breath of fresh air: Colorado currently spends about $10,600 per student per year on K-12 education. You can [...]

Court Upholds School Choice: Alabama Kids Win, Now Why Not Colorado, Too?

by Eddie | 3:52 pm, March 14, 2013

A little over a week ago I told you about the brilliant blindside hit for Alabama kids in failing schools and other school choice supporters. Not only did they sack the quarterback for a loss, but the reform team defense forced a fumble and returned it for a touchdown! Well, the coaches for the education [...]

Lobato Case Returns: We Need School Finance Reform, Not Constitutional Crisis

by Eddie | 1:11 pm, March 8, 2013

Yesterday, some attorneys got up and argued an important case affecting K-12 education before the Colorado Supreme Court. The hearing was about an appeal of the Denver district court’s Lobato decision, previously referred to by the Denver Post as the “Super Bowl of school funding litigation.” Judge Sheila Rappaport granted judgment for the plaintiffs, contending [...]

Let’s Execute All The Pundits.

by Eileen | 8:52 am, February 28, 2013

Pundits are paid to deliver simplistic and repetitious talking points to an already sympathetic audience.  Whether or not they’re wildly intelligent, it’s not in the job description to display that.  A pundit is supposed to hold strong opinions, regardless of her own expertise and without consideration of how realistic her predictions are.  Then, when she’s [...]

If Crossroads GPS Does What It Says It Will, More Power to Them

by Eileen | 8:56 am, February 11, 2013

Crossroads GPS, Karl Rove’s gig, has a new project aimed at strategically targeting money to key races in order to prevent unelectable Republicans from winning primaries – the Conservative Victory Project.  ‘Bout damn time.  I, for one, am pleased to see Karl has moved on from pitching temper tantrums on air. Electoral politics are not [...]

Dammit, This is why you never confide in a Democrat.

by Eileen | 3:48 pm, February 7, 2013

Might the Colorado Democratic Party be about to sell out its voters to credit card companies and other ghastly for-profit entities?  Officially, they won’t say.  When ProPublica contacted state chair Beverly Ryken, she, along with 11 other state party leaders, declined to comment as to whether or not her party would cooperate with the DNC [...]

The GOP can’t challenge Hickenlooper, but are they asking themselves why?

by Eileen | 2:40 pm, February 4, 2013

Right off the bat, if the state Republican party is waiting until 20 months out from E-Day to recruit…ouch, not a good sign. For all I know, they’ve been furtively seeking a savior since 2010.  It’s not as if I have some inside track.  I’m not even registered with the GOP these days.  But the [...]

Bye-Bye, Mikey: We Hardly Knew Ye

by Eileen | 9:19 pm, February 3, 2013

Andrew Romanoff is in for the 2014 Congressional cycle.  And, yeah, he’ll likely win. There’s no shortage of Internet blather about what other Dems may get into the race, including the baffingly stupid move from Linda Newell to use her daughter’s Twitter feed to tell the world’s she’s considering a bid. Morgan Carroll was talked [...]

Dont’ Worry, I Wasn’t Invited to the Inaugural Ball, Either

by Eileen | 3:46 pm, January 15, 2013

Obama is blowing off his one-time staffers.  They’re upset about difficulty in getting tickets to Inaugural events.  On that I don’t blame them.  I myself have commented once or twice about the Republican tendency to marked ingratitude. But I don’t count this as a surprise.  I called a second term full of pay-offs to pals [...]

Our Technophobic Leaders: At Play in the Fantasyland of Yesteryear

by Eileen | 8:40 am, January 9, 2013

If the Republican Party were a private company, it would be in need of a bailout and Republican politicians would be     calling for the state to allow it to fail. To kick off 2013, I’m sharing five things we can do to correct our sorry performance in recent elections.  So far, I’ve averred on wasteful [...]

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