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April 08, 2015 11:56 AM UTC

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (April 8)

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Only five games left in this disaster of an NBA season for the Denver Nuggets, but at least they have a decent chance at the #1 overall pick in the draft. 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…

► The “long bill” is on its way to the House floor as the legislature tries to agree on a $26 billion state budget.

► Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush spent some time in Colorado yesterday not running for President in 2016. Though Bush hasn’t formally announced that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination, he sure picked up a lot of press for his visit to the 38th state. Colorado Republicans, meanwhile, are not sold on Bush as a candidate for President.

► Who wants to buy a $1.7 billion, incomplete hospital? Anyone? Republican Rep. Jeff Miller, the chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, suggested that the federal government might try to sell the still-being-constructed VA Hospital in Aurora.

Get even more smarter after the jump…

 

SHOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF STANDING NEAR A WATER COOLER…

► Governor John Hickenlooper will not ban state employees from traveling to Indiana in the wake of the Hoosier state’s disastrous attempts to push forward a “religious freedom” law that would have made it easier for businesses to discriminate. Hickenlooper is comfortable with the “RFRA fix,” as is Denver Mayor Michael Hancock; Denver has lifted its employee travel ban, so you’ll need a new excuse to not go to Indiana.

► Senate Republicans shot down Colorado’s Pay Equity Commission for the second time. 

The State House approved a measure to require pot shops to post warnings for pregnant women about the potential dangers of marijuana. The bill was revised after a ludicrous attempt to require pot shops to inquire if potential customers were pregnant. 

► A Senate committee gave initial approval to a ballot measure that would eliminate “elected” county surveyors. The committee heard testimony yesterday from county surveyors who insisted that their jobs were not irrelevant.

► Former Republican Attorney General John Suthers will face Mary Lou Makepeace in a May 19th runoff election to determine the next Mayor of Colorado Springs. Suthers heads into the runoff with a clear advantage, having earned more than 46 percent of the vote after Tuesday’s tally. Elsewhere, Colorado Springs City Councilmember Helen Collins survived a recall attempt over concerns about her ties to TABOR daddy/convicted felon Doug Bruce.

The City of Ft. Collins elected a new mayor and city council on Tuesday.

Anti-choice advocates continue to push for a “fetal homicide bill” in the state legislature.

 

OTHER LINKS YOU SHOULD CLICK

► The National Rifle Association (NRA) has banned “operational” guns at its annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee this week. We did not make that up.

► Republican Presidential candidates Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are running around the country giving the same basic speech, apparently.

More voters than ever before now consider themselves to be “independent,” according to a Pew Research study.

► Senate Republicans shot down Colorado’s Pay Equity Commission for the second time.

 

ICYMI

► Just two days after Easter Sunday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel defeated Jesus. Emanuel easily defeated Jesus “Chuy” Garcia in Tuesday’s runoff election for Mayor of Chicago.

► Democrat Michael Carrigan raised a record amount of money in his first quarter as a candidate for Denver District Attorney.

 

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7 thoughts on “Get More Smarter on Wednesday (April 8)

  1. NRA definitely knows their members — of course they won’t allow nitwits with hair-trigger guns to carry at their event.  With 70,000 attendees, the odds that several klutzs drop their precious penile-substitute on the floor, accidentally discharging, and causing a firefight the likes of which haven’t been seen since Dien Bein Phu are a practical certainty.

    Obviously, to the NRA, the loss of life wouldn’t matter so much as the negative effect on their dues collections…  

    So NRA members — don’t forget to pack your best artillery when you go to government meetings, libraries, churches, and fast food restaurants, but for God’s sake, leave your armaments at home when you and your fellow gun suckers attend NRA meetings!

    1. Wasn’t this why the RMGO was born? To stand firm in the face of these lily-livered pansies in the NRA who want to keep God-fearing, Second Amendment loving patriotic anmmosexuals from packing when they congregate at their gun-fests. 

      1. Exactly.  Those lily-livered pansies in the NRA are also spending over $200k in security to protect themselves from their attendees, or ISIS or something…

        RMGO meetings don’t need no stinkin’ PAID security, but I am expecting them to someday re-enact the scene from Reservoir Dogs…

        1. I hear Ted Nugent is one of the lily-livered pansies who will be attending. Not to mention all the Republican presidential contenders except Chris Christie and Rand Paul who were not invited.

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