The Big Line Updated
Head on over and take a look at the updated version of The Big Line. There aren't a lot of changes at the top, but the races for Attorney General and Secretary of State look plenty different.
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Hello, the sheriffs were actually standing with a gun criminal
(Like we said – promoted by Colorado Pols) On Greeley’s KFKA radio June 7, gun activist Laura Carno asked: Does [Senate President John Morse] stand by the Colorado Senate Democrats’ tweet that sheriffs, including the Democrats, are standing with criminals for challenging these gun control measures in court? Host Amy Oliver, who doubles as a […]
BREAKING: Major, Misreported Developments In Gun Lawsuit
Yesterday, apparently under the radar of most local media, Gov. John Hickenlooper filed a motion in federal District Court requesting an injunction legally binding the enforcement of House Bill 1224, the bill restricting ammunition capacity to 15 rounds, to the technical guidance on the new law issued by the Attorney General a few weeks ago. Here's […]
“Hunter Boycott” Appears To Have Fizzled
AP reports via 7NEWS: Colorado wildlife officials say despite threats that hunters planned to boycott Colorado because of new gun control laws, big game applications are up. So far this year, big game applications have increased by 18,000 over the number in 2012. Colorado Parks and Wildlife processed 469,000 applications this spring, compared with 451,000 […]
DCCC Slams Coffman For DREAMer Vote (En Español)
9NEWS' Brandon Rittiman: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a radio ad campaign on Spanish-language stations Monday targeting Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) for voting with most other most Republicans to effectively undo the deferred-deportation program, which has been criticized as a form of executive-branch amnesty. "Congressman Coffman wants to restart the deportations of 800,000 young […]
Supermax Inmate Says “Thanks, NRA!”
A truly fascinating letter to the editor published in the Hartford Courant late last week, attributed to a federal inmate in the federal Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) "Supermax" prison near Florence, Colorado. As a lifelong career criminal, although I no longer enjoy the right to keep and bear arms, I'd like to take a moment to […]
Meanwhile, Down In Pueblo…
MONDAY UPDATE: As the Colorado Springs Gazette's Megan Schrader reports, organizers of the recall election against Sen. Angela Giron will turn in roughly 13,500 signatures today–a much smaller margin than in Sen. John Morse's race, and less likely to survive validity checks by the Secretary of State's office. To put the ouster attempt on the ballot […]
Video: Scott Gessler Remembers Nothing From Last Summer
AP's Ivan Moreno reports from the scene late Friday: Republican Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler testified Friday to defend himself against an ethics complaint alleging misuse of state funds for political events, insisting he used his discretionary office funds appropriately. At issue is Gessler’s travel last summer to a Republican conference on elections law […]
The Silly State of Dumphuckistan
(A worthy read once past the title – promoted by Colorado Pols) I promised myself yesterday when I first received a call from a Republican friend who called to say, "OK, this was 'the straw" – the one that broke the camels back – that I wasn't going to divert any of my weekend time […]
Mark Udall: Phone Records Dragnet Didn’t Make Us Safer
A new statement today from Democratic Sens. Mark Udall and Ron Wyden, in response to claims by senior officials that the broad collection of telephone records by the National Security Agency made public in the past week after exposure in a British newspaper has "thwarted attacks against the United States." In our capacity as members of the Senate Select […]
The Right to Destroy Ourselves?
Garrett Epps has an interesting column in The Atlantic about Colorado's TABOR battles and the legal effort to overturn it, specifically Kerr v. Hickenlooper. The issue is laid bare in the headline: "Does a State Have the Right to Self-Destruct?" As public policy, TABOR is bad enough. The legislature, though, could always ask the people […]
New Coffman® Stumbles
FOX 31's Eli Stokols updates in the aftermath of Rep. Mike Coffman's (R-Endangered) vote against a presidential executive order halting the deportation of "child arrival" undocumented immigrants, a.k.a. "DREAMers." Congressman Mike Coffman, perhaps the most vulnerable incumbent in Washington heading into next year’s election cycle, has been making serious overtures to Latino voters. But on […]
Conservationists Thank Key Dems For Senate Bill 252
Via Conservation Colorado: To thank the Governor and the legislative champions who made this law a reality, Conservation Colorado is launching a radio and online ad campaign across the state. Listen above to one of our regional radio ads, this one thanking Senate President and SB 252 sponsor John Morse in Colorado Springs. Online […]
BREAKING: Weld, Other Counties Talk Secession (Yes, Really)
UPDATE: FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports, it's officially a movement! Commissioners from Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson counties all expressed interest in the idea. Many met earlier this week at a Colorado Counties Inc. conference to discuss the feasibility of forming a new state. Conway and Weld County commissioners Doug Rademacher and […]
Revealed: What Mark Udall Was Warning You About
UPDATE: Today's statement from Sen. Mark Udall: "The government's collection of millions of Americans' phone records is the type of surveillance I have long said would shock the public if they knew about it. We must strike the right balance between keeping Americans safe and protecting constitutional rights. As the leaders of the Senate Intelligence […]
The Year of No Vetoes?
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports an unusual fact of this year's legislative session just now becoming clear, following Gov. John Hickenlooper's signing today of dozens of remaining bills: “Our goal was no vetoes,” Hickenlooper said. “There are a number of these bills where there were things we weren’t crazy about, but it didn’t come up […]
Hickenlooper Signs Renewable Energy Bill Today
UPDATE #2: From Conservation Colorado's Pete Maysmith: “We applaud Governor Hickenlooper for signing significant legislation into law which will expand clean renewable energy to more of Colorado,” said Pete Maysmith, Executive Director, Conservation Colorado. “The Governor’s signature today reaffirms that clean wind and solar energy are a critical part of the foundation of Colorado’s energy […]
At Least He’s Not Your U.S. Senator
CNN reports, the Todd Akin classy is back in the form of U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia: Representatives from both political parties on Tuesday slammed U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss after he said that hormones may be partly responsible for sexual assaults in the military. His controversial comments came during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on […]
Who Is “I Am Created Equal?”
As the Denver Post's Kurtis Lee reports today, newly filed spending disclosures reveal over $55,000 from a "Colorado Springs-based" (as characterized in most media reports) 501(c)(4) organization called I Am Created Equal to fund a paid petition drive to place a recall of Senate President John Morse on the ballot sometime later this year: The […]
Bye, Boyles
The least surprising news of the week (okay, it's only Monday) comes from KHOW, where controversial hard-right radio host Peter Boyles has been fired, according to 9News. Boyles was recently said to be involved in a "heated physical altercation" with producer Greg Hollenback. Multiple sources reported that red marks were seen on Hollenback's neck following […]
Morse Paid Petition Recall Campaign Turns In 16,000+ Signatures
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports, as expected, the paid recall petition drive against Colorado Senate President John Morse in retaliation for gun safety bills passed this year in the Colorado General Assembly appears successful: The group working to recall Colorado Senate President John Morse over the passage of Democratic gun control legislation earlier this year […]
We Never Knew Ye, Clint Webster (Yeah, Right Edition)
On May 17th, a press conference was held at the offices of the right-wing Independence Institute, featuring attorney Dave Kopel and most of the state's elected county sheriffs announcing their lawsuit against two gun safety bills passed this year's legislative session. Present at the press conference was, as we reported that afternoon, a 2010 GOP state […]
DCCC Hits Mike Coffman (And Brian Watson)
A press release from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) late last week brought a smile to Democratic veterans of the 2012 Colorado state legislative election cycle: Showing that he’ll say or do almost anything to win an election, Congressman Mike Coffman is scheduled to host a fundraiser today with R. Brian Watson, who just […]
Public Pessimism Grows Over Immigration Reform
NBC News reports on a new nationwide poll on immigration reform, an issue considered this year's biggest legislative priority–and possibility for actual success–in Washington: A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows that seven in ten registered voters think that Republicans and Democrats in Congress will not be able to work together to pass an immigration […]
How To Waste Your Ad Budget
Here's an ad spotted by several users atop our homepage in recent days: It's another opportunity for us to point out that these are Google ads, selected automatically (though contextually) by Google for display on our site–we have no control over the content of these ads, except we think we could get one removed laboriously […]