(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%
I think this opinion piece from the Washington Post has some critically important historical context to offer to the current health care reform debate. Birthers, Town Hall Hecklers and the Return of Right-Wing Rage http://www.washingtonpost.com/… So the birthers, the anti-tax tea-partiers, the town hall hecklers — these are “either” the genuine grass roots or evil […]
As the Denver Post reports: Call it the mayhem on AM. For the past two days, former Colorado U.S. Rep. and current Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis has been engaged in a verbal battle with radio-show hosts Craig Silverman and Dan Caplis. The issue: whether McInnis made good enough on a congressional staffer’s statement in […]
“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.” –Benjamin Franklin
In his monthly e-mail to constituents, Councilman at-large Doug Linkhart proposes that the city and county of Denver find a way to nickel and dime its way out of the current budget shortfall–in a good way.
How can a bunch of quarters help fill our $120 million budget gap? By doing what Chicago recently did, and letting someone else manage our parking meter collections.
Earlier this year the city of Chicago sold the management and revenue stream for its parking meters to a private business for $1.2 billion. The city is using about half of this income for budget relief and investing the other half to generate interest to replace the annual revenues from parking meters. The city still issues parking tickets and retains those revenues and any meter rate increases are capped.
Denver’s meter revenues are somewhat smaller than Chicago’s, at about $9 million per year, roughly 40% of Chicago’s. If we could find a similar buyer, for even $300 million, we could also invest part of the money, use some to cover our deficit and perhaps set part of it aside in an innovation fund for employee ideas for saving money in the future.
Considering other city government officials are proposing massive budget cuts, or tax increases, to cover the current $120 million budget gap, this idea couldn’t come at a better time. If the city can find an interested contractor, this could go a long way towards balancing the budget.
(At Least He’s Not Your…Oh, Never Mind – promoted by Colorado Pols) According to *Jim Kerr (R) of HD28, women shouldn’t be concerned about paying more for health care because they just need to fulfill their natural, God-given instincts to shop around more for better rates. In this interview with Lisa Codispoti of the National […]
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news… The U.S. Department of Energy should take Mesa County off the list of potential sites for storage of the federal government’s mercury, the Mesa County Commission said Tuesday. I don’t get it. This is the same county tht said- hey- we don’t need to know what’s in anyone’s fracing recipe, and any attempt to […]
Not good, folks, as the Denver Post reports: Just before leaving Congress in 2004, Scott Mc Innis’ staff said the exiting Republican wanted to use part of the $1.3 million left in his campaign fund to launch a nonprofit political organization that would address education, breast-cancer research and conservation. Five years later, no such organization […]
“Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.” –Niccolo Machiavelli
As the Denver Post reports–stunning! Businesses want to keep…as much money as possible! A Colorado business coalition released the findings of a survey Monday saying that its members don’t want their tax breaks yanked by the legislature. The Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry sought to drive home the high stakes of such a move, […]
With so much crazy out there being manufactured by entrenched DC lobbyists like Dick Armey and the $1.7 Billion Fraud Rick Scott, cheerlead by the “mobfather” himself Boss Limbaugh, and other right wingers like Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Glenn Beck, it seems the White House has seen fit to give them all a good […]
The Colorado Statesman reported Friday: Beauprez told The Statesman in February that he’d probably have to decide by this summer if he were to seriously consider getting into the U.S. Senate race. “I changed my mind about the date,” he admitted a few days ago. “I thought the (political) environment was very murky and unclear […]
Our town sucks–our scene rules! To belong you must buy into it So we sold you metal spike bracelets Come on let’s see a good fight –Dead Kennedys, from Anarchy for Sale
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Contrary to rumors that every Tea Partier and and Glenn Beck devotee in a 500-mile radius would converge on a small medical clinic for the homeless in downtown Denver today for a rare chance to yell at Nancy Pelosi herself, things didn’t turn out quite the way protest organizers […]
The Denver Post’s Michael Riley reports only part of the story today: Now that Congress has missed the chance to pass health care reform before the summer recess, the reform battle could be won or lost not in Washington’s hallowed halls but in lawmakers’ home districts during August. Don’t expect a gentleman’s war or the […]
As most of you know, the federal health care reform debate has made less progress in the Senate than in the House, where bills incorporating at least some version of a “public option” insurance entity that would compete with private insurers have passed the requisite committees. Not so in the Senate, where the last major […]
From the AP: Those cute little electric cars may become more attractive to consumers once a pending Colorado law catches up with the new energy economy. One of 151 laws going into effect Wednesday, it will allow smaller and slower electric car brands on more state roads. It aims to reduce gasoline consumption and pollution. […]
From TPM: This weekend, a group of teabaggers showed up at a town hall in Philadelphia with Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. They shouted and booed to drown out remarks from both officials and questions from the audience. The Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots reportedly brought 40 people… In […]
No going back for gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry, as the Grand Junction Sentinel reports: Before a gathering of some 60 people, Rep. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, threw his hat into the ring Monday morning at Eagle Rim Park, announcing his bid for the state Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, who […]
This just in from the Independence Institute: August 31, 2009 The Independence Institute invites you to attend An Update from Washington with U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann Serving the Sixth District of Minnesota 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Denver Athletic Club 1325 Glenarm, Denver, Colorado Elected in 2006, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is the first Republican woman […]
Joining primary opponent Scott McInnis in receipt of Westword’s ignominious ‘prize,’ Kiernan Maletsky writes: This week’s shmuck is state Senate minority leader Josh Penry of Grand Junction. He’s also gunning for Bill Ritter’s Governor job, and the short version of the past few weeks’ convoluted saga of schmuckitude is that Penry cares a lot more […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) While not news to anyone that Bob Beauprez is consistently floating his own name for political office, new gossip has managed to hit the progressive circles of Larimer county that not only is “Both Ways Bob” planning on announcing for Senate in the very near future but he is […]
On Thursday, the National Journal released its new rankings for the Congressional House Seats most likely to switch hands in 2010. The top few spots were not much of a surprise; however, Democratic seats did make up the majority of seats on the list. Colorado’s own Betsy Markey is placed at number 13. The journal […]
(Some Republicans in the state legislature apparently more on board than some Democrats in DC… – promoted by ThillyWabbit) That’s a tweet by Republican Senator Dave Schultheis, whose previous comments on healthcare reform included a suggestion that babies should be allowed to get HIV/AIDS in order to teach their promiscuous mothers a lesson. Apparently he’s […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) IMPORTANT UPDATE: See the note from ThillyWabbit in the comments below. It looks like I made a mistake by reading the campaign finance reports too literally. What appear to be separate contributions to the Jared Polis Victory Fund and the Markey and Maffei campaigns are, in reality, all from […]
Something like that, as the Denver Post reports: In 2006, then-state Rep. Josh Penry signed a pledge offered up by his Democratic state Senate opponent vowing not to seek higher office while holding the seat. Or perhaps it was a pledge to serve out his four-year term. The pledge, signed during a Club 20 debate […]
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