Seeing Stars: Chicago-style Gerrymandering in Colorado

by Randall Smith | 7:17 am, November 30, 2011

The Colorado Supreme Court told the reapportionment commission that they were wrong to put competitiveness over other Constitutional requirements. The commission responded by rolling a map that was completely noncompetitive and which took great pains t…

Seeing Stars: Chicago-style Gerrymandering in Colorado

by Randall Smith | 7:17 am, November 30, 2011

The Colorado Supreme Court told the reapportionment commission that they were wrong to put competitiveness over other Constitutional requirements. The commission responded by rolling a map that was completely noncompetitive and which took great pains t…

Seeing Stars: Chicago-style Gerrymandering in Colorado

by Randall Smith | 7:17 am, November 30, 2011

The Colorado Supreme Court told the reapportionment commission that they were wrong to put competitiveness over other Constitutional requirements. The commission responded by rolling a map that was completely noncompetitive and which took great pains t…

Northern Colorado Door to Door Voter Education Effort

by Lesley Hollywood | 11:14 am, October 5, 2010

On the morning of Saturday, October 9th, we are mounting a massive voter education drive in Larimer, Weld, and Boulder Counties. We will be distributing voter education guides on Betsy Markey and Michael Bennet to unafilliated households.  There are nearly 6,000 targeted independent voter households within Larimer, Weld, and Boulder counties that could dramatically change [...]

Betsy Markey – The Bailout Queen

by Lesley Hollywood | 10:50 pm, August 22, 2010

Fourth Congressional District Representative Betsy Markey has released her first TV ad in which she states: “Bailouts really offend me” followed later by “Bailout is just another word for cop-out, and here in Colorado that’s not how we do business”. Lesley Hollywood, director of the Northern Colorado Tea Party, tracked down a Markey staffer at a Windsor [...]

The party never ends…

by David K. Williams, Jr. | 7:48 am, July 31, 2010

The Saturday Denver Post teases a story appearing tomorrow:Debate the costs, but two economists say bailouts probably prevented a depression.And as long as a drunk keeps drinking, he’ll prevent a hangover.BlueCarp

No Economic Recovery; Prepare For Inflationary “Meltup”

by Julian Dunraven | 9:53 pm, May 14, 2010

By Julian Dunraven, J.D., M.P.A.Honorable Friends:Your government is lying to you. We are not in economic recovery. We are merely experiencing a cash bubble through printing—inflation—and every day that bubble is in greater danger of bursting. When…

What Prince should have said

by Amy Oliver | 3:10 pm, April 9, 2010

Columnist Peggy Noonan is a master of language and understanding human nature.  Her most recent Wall Street Journal column suggests what we, as average taxpaying Americans, would like to hear from those who played roulette with our money and lost big.
“Let’s be real. This is what happened the past 10 years. You, for political reasons, [...]

The Coming Reset in State Government – An Opportunity for Smaller Government?

by T.L. James | 8:07 pm, September 6, 2009

Over at the Wall Street Journal, Indiana governor Mitch Daniels issues a warning on state finances – one our own Bill Ritter ought to heed before we end up as the square version of California: The “progressive” states that built their enormous public burdens by soaking the wealthy will hit the wall first and hardest. California, which [...]

Government Orders Business Around. Newspaper Unconcerned.

by TJ Wihera | 3:28 pm, May 7, 2009

The Washington Post is reporting that the federal government has ordered the financing arm of GM to raise 13 billion dollars.

Interestingly, the paper seems to be taking the whole “federal government orders business” aspect in stride, instead choosing to focus on the the mechanics of the process.

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