JeffCo’s Teachers Unions Shell Game

by Joshua Sharf | 11:53 pm, July 23, 2012

The unions favoring JeffCo’s 3A & 3B are using the usual scare tactics, of course. But this year, thanks to Sheila Atwell at Jeffco Students First (among others), they’re having to play defense on a number of issues, including the district’s PERA contributions.

Seeing Stars: Hickenlooper Rides the Ban Wagon

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, June 15, 2012

… but he’s only banning open fires in the state.

On to the links.

Colorado

Attorney General John Suthers is reviewing the legality of Metro State unilaterally offering some illegal immigrants a lower tuition rate.
Colorado is now under a stat…

ProgressNow Colorado and ALEC

by T.L. James | 7:58 am, May 17, 2012

Oooh, looky what our friends at ProgressNow have been up to lately – ALEC And The Left’s War On Free Speech: If you want an insight into today’s left, look at its multifront war against the American Legislative Exchange Council for committing the grave sin of pushing free-market bills in state legislatures. At a recent [...]

Seeing Stars: SOPA Strike Begins

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, January 18, 2012

Today will be filled with stories of all the web sites that are going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA. I’m just as opposed to SOPA as everyone else but if everyone shuts down, where will everyone else get their information? Oh, right. Twitter.

On to th…

Colorado Reapportionment Commission ‘Minority Report’ filed as challenge to legislative district maps in Colorado Supreme Court

by CTBC Director | 7:47 am, December 9, 2011

The Colorado Reapportionment Commission (charged with drawing our state legislative districts) officially submitted state legislative district maps rammed through on a party-line vote last week (6-5, with technically unaffiliated Chairman Mario Carrera joining the commission’s other Democrats) to the Colorado Supreme Court for review late Monday (6 December).

House Map: House Resubmitted Plan Maps and Reports
Senate Map: Senate Resubmitted Plan Maps and [...]

Colorado Reapportionment Commission legislative district maps draw challenges, supporters before Colorado Supreme Court

by CTBC Director | 11:11 pm, December 8, 2011

The Colorado Reapportionment Commission (charged with drawing our state legislative districts) officially submitted state legislative district maps rammed through on a party-line vote last week (6-5, with technically unaffiliated Chairman Mario Carrera joining the commission’s other Democrats) to the Colorado Supreme Court for review late Monday.

House Map: House Resubmitted Plan Maps and Reports
Senate Map: Senate Resubmitted Plan Maps and Reports
Google Earth [...]

Examining Gov. Hickenlooper’s “non-partisan” Labor chief

by Kelly Maher | 9:08 pm, January 24, 2011

Before Ellen Golombek takes her place in an administration that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has vowed will tackle economic issues in a “non-partisan” way, consider this exchange between state Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, and Golombek, whose union-friendly résumé includes leadership roles with the AFL-CIO and SEIU.

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