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This primary is an attempt by the El Paso County GOP to re-enact the heartbreaking euthanasia scene at the end of the timeless Disney classic Old Yeller, with challenger Mark Waller hoping to put down toxic-yet-beloved Rep. Doug Bruce quietly so everyone can move on with their lives. Poll follows.

As the Colorado Springs Gazette reports, “small government” conservatives don’t need no stinking health department: The El Paso County Department of Health and Environment plans to scale back its sexually transmitted disease program over money woes, a move that could lead to the spread of illnesses such as chlamydia or HIV. Earlier this month, El […]

As the Denver Post reports: A proposed initiative to term-limit Colorado judges hit a wall Friday when proponents were unable to gather enough petition signatures to put the measure on the ballot. Former state Senate President John Andrews said his committee, Limit the Power, lacked enough money to pay signature-gatherers, making it impossible for the […]

The line between “news” and cheap punditry masquerading as news has never been blurrier at the Colorado Springs Gazette, as they prove again with a story about Governor Bill Ritter’s new education proposal: Gov. Bill Ritter unveiled a legislative package Wednesday that could spark a revolution in the way Colorado students are taught, how they’re […]

You have provided your input, and now here’s our rundown of the 2007 Winners in Colorado Politics. Although 2007 was an off-year for elections, there were still plenty of winners and losers in Colorado politics. Fateful decisions were made that will portend good or ill in the all-important coming year. As with our 2006 roster, […]

From The Colorado Springs Gazette: State Sen. Ron May will resign effective Oct. 31, ending a public service career that began on the Colorado Springs City Council and spanned nearly three decades. May, R-Colorado Springs, faxed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Coffman late Thursday and planned to hand it to him in person […]

As the Gazette reports, the Colorado Democrats are going to fight them over there so they don’t have to fight them here. That’s not what they actually said, but we’ve been dying to use it. Democrats, who generated mostly snickers five years ago in Colorado Springs, will be generating a lot of money for the […]

The 2006 Election Winners are here, or click below to read about the other side… John Marshall, Shari Williams, Cinamon Watson These three Republican operatives have now been at the helm of two straight cycles of disastrous Republican defeats. Marshall and Williams directed Greg Walcher’s failed campaign for congress in CD-3 in 2004, and Williams […]