March 02, 2015 01:21 PM UTC

Get More Smarter on Monday (March 2)

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• by: Colorado Pols

Did March begin more like a lion or a lamb? What about a giraffe? It's time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here's a good example).

TOP OF MIND TODAY…

► Conservation groups are drawing attention today to Republican efforts to roll back Colorado's renewable energy standards. The State House is almost certain to reject these attempts, but not before Republicans are done dragging themselves through the mud.

► Congressional Republicans have another few days to figure out how to continue funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after a dramatic end to last week that saw passage of a one-week extension. According to poll results from CNN, Americans would blame Republicans for any problems with failing to fund DHS; no surprise here, since REPUBLICANS HAVE THE LARGEST CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY SINCE THE NEW DEAL.

► House Speaker John Boehner (R-Tanning Bed) is trying to downplay GOP disarray by calling internal dissention a "disagreement on tactics." Colorado Rep. Ken Buck (R-Greeley) sided with Boehner on Friday despite spending weeks on the talk-radio circuit saying he would do the opposite.

Get even more smarter after the jump…

SHOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF STANDING NEAR A WATER COOLER…

► Colorado Democrats re-elected Rick Palacio as State Party Chair on Saturday.

► Democrat Jared Polis (D-Boulderish) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have some common ground when it comes to legalizing marijuana in Colorado.

► Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado Springs) is not happy about the FCC's historic ruling last week on "Net Neutrality." Judging from the contents of an email sent to his constituents last week, however, it's not clear that Lamborn really understands "Net Neutrality" anyway:

The FCC, led by three Democrat bureaucrats hand-picked by President Obama, approved a secret plan to fundamentally undermine a free and open Internet. This decision ushers in a new era of government micromanagement that will discourage private investment in new networks and stifle the innovation that has allowed the Internet to flourish.

Egads! The FCC ruling is going to "discourage private investment" on the Internet tubes? Um, no.

► Governor John Hickenlooper is in Washington D.C. this week for the annual AIPAC confence.

► Denver Mayor Michael Hancock believes that Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet will be the next Vice President of the United States.

► A ballot measure to allow Colorado to remain in Daylight Saving time year-round is still moving along. Speaking of Dayling Saving, remember to set your clocks forward on Saturday.

OTHER LINKS YOU SHOULD CLICK

► How are oil and gas companies doing when it comes to restoring land that has been damaged due to drilling and fracking? About as well as you would have expected.

► It may cost as much as $14 to drive from Broomfield to Denver on HWY 36, according to toll-road plans revealed by the Colorado Department of Transportation.

► Cities across Colorado are slowing down on approving special-events permits.

ICYMI

► A recall petition against Colorado Springs City Councilwoman Helen Collins will be discussed today. If you haven't been following the story…it's bizarre.

► FOX News talking head Bill O'Reilly is very good at being a fake journalist.

► A message for the anti-vaxxer crowd: