Rep. Mike Coffman Town Hall Meeting, Featuring MoveOn Hecklers

by T.L. James | 10:19 pm, August 28, 2011

Here is the full video from yesterday morning’s town hall meeting in Littleton. A local MoveOn.org organizer was trying last week to get people to show up and ask questions featuring the inane mantra “Jobs Not Cuts” — as you’ll see, a couple people worked it into their questions/statements, and the rest just heckled in [...]

2011 GOP Central Committee Meeting: Ryan Call vs. Ted Harvey

by T.L. James | 8:41 pm, March 28, 2011

From the GOP Central Committee meeting on Saturday, here are the nomination speeches for new state Chairman Ryan Call and his main competitor for that post, State Senator Ted Harvey.

ProgressNowCO’s Alan Franklin is Colorado Pols, according to SquareState

by elpresidente | 12:09 pm, February 11, 2011

So says “Fong” of SquareState: I used to work at ProgressNow and as far as I can tell, a lot of people already know that Alan Franklin is Coloradopols. He’s the web guy at ProgressNow. I also used to do the books at Soapblox and he pays the bill. For a long time I thought [...]

CCCAP: Registered Sex Offenders in Same Addresses as Subsidized Day Care Facilities?

by T.L. James | 12:11 pm, February 4, 2011

Todd Shepherd at Independence Institute reports today on his investigation of registered sex offenders and CCCAP-subsidized day care facilities: Convicted sex offenders are registering addresses with the state, which, in some cases, are identical to locations for state-subsidized child care providers, database research by Independence Investigates shows.  Whether the offender is actually under the same roof [...]

Whatever Happened to War Protest Rallies?

by T.L. James | 3:00 pm, January 22, 2011

Michael and I have been discussing lately the sudden evaporation of an active anti-war rally movement in Colorado following the 2008 elections. The last major event that I remember seeing from that quarter was the Ayers-Churchill event at CU [live-streamed PPC video at the link] back in March 2009…and that was really a praise Churchill/hate [...]

Lambert Introduces Arizona-Style Immigration Bill

by T.L. James | 5:14 pm, January 21, 2011

Sen. Kent Lambert (R-Co. Springs) introduced this week the first of what promises to be several bills replicating in Colorado elements of Arizona SB-1070.  This first bill (SB 11-054) replicates what may be the most controversial part of the Arizona law, the “reasonable suspicion” section under which police are required to make a reasonable attempt [...]

Brother, Can You Spare Some Eye-Bleech?

by T.L. James | 8:09 pm, January 19, 2011

The current Westword cover is eye-catching…in the “what is seen cannot be unseen” sense. Yikes.

Proposed Pawnee Shooting Range

by Prospector | 12:59 pm, September 14, 2010

Per a National Rifle Association message I received, the US Forest Service is proposing construction of a shooting range on three acres of the Pawnee National Grassland between Ault and Briggsdale, north of Colorado State Highway 14. The details as I understand them are: 100 yard (rifle) range w/ 8 to 10 shooting positions; Access [...]

Betsy Markey: “The Stimulus Has Gotten Us Out of Recession!…It Has Worked!”

by T.L. James | 10:36 pm, June 17, 2010

Betsy Markey (CD-4) extols the virtues of the stimulus bill, which has apparently succeeded in bringing us out of the recession. Who knew?

Colorado Tea Parties: Citizen Journalism Open Thread

by T.L. James | 6:03 am, April 15, 2010

It’s Tax Day Tea Party time across Colorado and across the nation! If you’ve attended one of Colorado’s many tea party rallies today and have video or photos or an after-event report to share, please post your links in the comments to this post. (Note: PPC’s spam filter may hold your comments for moderation if [...]

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