(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
40%
20%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
50%
40%↓
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
50%↑
40%↓
30%
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Wanda James
(D) Milat Kiros
80%
20%
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
40%↓
30%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
30%↑
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
55%↓
45%↑
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Shannon Bird
(D) Manny Rutinel
45%↓
30%
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
The Sunlight Foundation, a top nonpartisan open government watchdog based in Washington DC, has among its many responsibilities something called the "Open States Project," which attempts to compile and organize legislative information for all fifty states into a unified searchable index. Each state's information portal for legislative proceedings is different, of course, and some states […]
Hank, come on now. I am speechless (although, thankfully I can still type.) You support the breach of Colorado PERA retiree pension contracts? The Colorado Court of Appeals recently confirmed the contractual status of these PERA pension benefits. Given the fact that you are collecting a significant government pension yourself (one that has remained inviolate) […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: Sen. Michael Johnston's memorable address to the Senate in favor of House Bill 1224 yesterday in its entirety: FOX 31 covered Johnston's speech: “Any society that holds more than one value, holds no value absolutely,” Johnston said, arguing that the Second Amendment, like all Constitutional rights, has its limits. Johnston also spoke emotionally about […]
If you were to Google the name of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper as recently as a couple of months ago, you'd see articles such as John Hickenlooper 2016 Presidential Buzz Continues, Dispite His Best Efforts but now, if you Google his name, most of the search results are Gov. John Hickenlooper Tells Senate Committee He […]
We didn't want to let this week get away from us before passing along some incredible, though sadly believable, news from our neighbors in Utah. As the Salt Lake Tribune reported earlier this week, the Utah legislature is doing everything it can to try to get rid of that pesky federal govm'nt and its so-called […]
UPDATE 10:35PM: Senate Bill 196, the always-longshot Assault Weapon Responsibility Act, killed by sponsor President John Morse. —– UPDATE 10:30PM: House Bill 1224, limiting magazine capacity to 15 rounds, passes. —– UPDATE 10:22PM: Sen. Rollie Heath reads a statement on gun violence and campus security, then announces the death of House Bill 1226. —– UPDATE 10:00PM: […]
Most Pols readers will not soon forget the odd, long, bruising, and odd battle between Andrew Romanoff and Sen. Michael Bennet in the 2010 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. The weirdness began in early 2009 with Gov. Bill Ritter's out-of-left-field appointment of Bennet to fill the seat vacated by Ken Salazar, who accepted President Obama's […]
On its face, it's tough to argue with the story in the Denver Post today from reporter Ryan Parker. The story responds to a defense offered by Sen. Evie Hudak, as you know now in the hot seat for telling a testifying rape victim that "the statistics are not in your favor" in terms of defending […]
(Is it so hard to report elementary facts, reporters? – promoted by Colorado Pols) You’re feeling pretty good right now if you were one of the gun-rights activists who paid for the biplane that flew over the Colorado Capitol Monday carrying a banner: “Hick: Do Not Take our Guns.” Local reporters ate up the banner, […]
The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports on yesterday's dramatic hearings in the Fort Collins City Council–and their vote last night, 5-2, to ban hydraulic fracture drilling ("fracking") withing their city limits. This vote puts Northern Colorado's biggest city squarely in opposition to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who, although nominally a Democrat, has emerged as the head […]
Yesterday's testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee on a bill restricting magazine capacity turned red hot as Rocky Mountain Gun Owners head Dudley Brown openly threatened to "fund the opponent" of Democratic Sen. Jesse Ulibarri–just one of several moments of drama. Video clip via the Denver Post's feed, also available at leg.state.co.us: No words minced as […]
UPDATE #3: Let the record show that KDVR FOX 31 is not the national FOX News. Eli Stokols: In the segment, the reporter demands that Ferrandino explain how he could oppose mandatory sentences for first-time child molesters and cites a few cases in which predators have done minimal jail time. But it’s O’Reilly’s repeated mentioning […]
FRIDAY UPDATE: A look at some of the ads at the Colorado Gun Market gives one an indication of why the site's parent "nonprofit organization," Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, is so up in arms about background checks. Here's an ad on display right now for a Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle, complete with two extra 30-round Magpul […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols corrects what for a moment seemed very exciting news: Finally, a concession from Marilyn Musgrave. Or so it seemed for a short time on the website of the New York Times, which initially reported Wednesday that the former Colorado Congresswoman, who never officially conceded her 2008 defeat to Democrat Betsy Markey, […]
In recent communications with the City of Fruita, VetTheGov learned that the entire City of Fruita City Council, City Manager, City Attorney, Police Chief, Municipal prosecuting attorney, and the Judge have never SUBSCRIBED and FILED their required Oath of Service/Office as stated in their own municipal code!!! So there is no confusion going forward here is the definition of SUBSCRIBE from the Black's Law Dictionary free […]
We would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge passage in the Colorado Senate of Senate Bill 13-033, the bill providing for in-state tuition rates for undocumented graduates of Colorado high schools–with the support of three Republican Senators emerging as a major part of the story. FOX 31's Eli Stokols: For the first time in a building […]
PROPONENTS OF COLORADO’S PENSION CONTRACT BREACH: YOU SHOULD HAVE SAVED MORE MONEY TO PROTECT AGAINST INFLATION . . . ANTICIPATED THAT COLORADO WOULD BREAK YOUR CONTRACT. In 2010, the Colorado General Assembly adopted legislation to break the state’s contracts with elderly Colorado pensioners. The bill breaking the state’s contracts, SB10-001, retrospectively seized accrued Colorado PERA […]
Welcome, Andrea Tantaros! The conservative radio host is in town to present the Leadership Program of the Rockies' lunch keynote tomorrow, entitled "America, Let's Play Pretend: How the Left is Leading the Country Toward the Land of Make-Believe." Andrea's been practicing for her big speech by pretending that unvaccinated immigrants from Mexico and Latin America are responsible […]
Recently we looked at the manner in which the Colorado Legislature uses “authority verbs” like the words “shall” and “must” when writing Colorado laws. This topic is of interest to Colorado PERA retirees since Colorado law (prior to the breach of Colorado PERA retiree pension contracts in the bill SB10-001) provided that Colorado PERA retiree’s […]
This blog is part of a series about Enefit, and Eesti Energia, covering the company’s financial outlook, background and status of its Utah project. Despite posturing by Enefit’s corporate officers, internal documents and tests show that the company’s attempts to extract and process oil shale in Utah have run into trouble. Enefit Chairman […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: The Denver Post editorial board weighs in on the ridiculous attempts to link Salazar's comments to disgraced Missouri Rep. Todd Akin: But to suggest, as some have, that his blunder approaches Todd Akin territory is a desperate reach fueled by Republicans tired of having to absorb gaffes by members of their own party… […]
This blog is the first in a series about Enefit, and Eesti Energia, covering the company’s financial outlook, background and status of its Utah project. Last month, the benchmark credit agency Moody’s downgraded the bond rating of the world’s largest oil shale company Eesti Energia, to negative. The downgrade is the […]
In a press release from Colorado House Democrats a short while ago: HB13-1229, closing the loophole on background checks for firearms purchasers, passed 36-29. HB13-1228, ending the taxpayer subsidy for gun buyers’ background checks, passed 33-32. HB13-1224, limiting the sale, purchase or transfer of firearms magazines that can hold more than 15 bullets or eight shotgun […]
Colorado PERA public pension officials live in a different world than their counterparts in public pension administration across the nation. In Pennsylvania, state public pension administrators will NOT TAKE POSITIONS on their Governor’s proposed public pension reforms. On February 9, 2013 a Pennsylvania newspaper, The Morning Call, published a very thorough article addressing proposed reforms […]
Responding to underreported but fierce criticism over Gov. John Hickenlooper's comments before a United States Senate committee last week about his experience with drinking "fracking fluid," he and his various proxies have tried to claim that his remarks have been "misinterpreted"–by legitimate media outlets, and the armies of right-wing bloggers, "news" aggregators, and pro-energy industry commentators who have gleefully […]
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