I came across this on CNN.com this morning and found it pretty interesting and entertaining. Congressman Jared Polis who represents much of Thornton and Adams County is a freshman to the House of Representatives and CNN gave him a video camera and asked him to document much of his first week on the job. The [...]
Yesterday RTD released the results of a survey in which it said that a majority of respondents are willing to pay up to double the current tax for TaxTracks / FasTracks. Of 700 likely voters, the district survey claims that 64% either strongly support or somewhat support the tax increase that would allow RTD to [...]
With much fanfare from folks like MoveOn.org, the ACLU and others on the far left, President Obama yesterday ordered the shuttering of Guantánamo Bay within a year. In announcing it, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that the order, “made America safer, made America stronger.” That of course is asinine.
As has been debated [...]
Certainly watching Chief Justice John Roberts and President Barack Obama bungle the oath of office yesterday during the inauguration was painful to watch. It was very disappointing to see them flub a rather solemn and important moment in history. Interestingly enough, tonight it was announced that because President Obama did not say the oath exactly [...]
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has ordered all state flags to fly at half staff today in honor of Army Staff Sgt. Justin L. Bauer who was killed in Iraq on January 10th and laid to rest in Berthoud yesterday. Lowering the flag to honor the fallen is of course wholly appropriate and should certainly be [...]
Today many folks will have their eyes on a different event but my event of the day is the funeral for Staff Sergeant Justin L. Bauer - a man truly worthy of being Tony’s Hero. SSgt Bauer of Longmont was killed in action in Iraq on January 10th and will be laid to rest today. He exemplified all [...]
The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 is clearly worthy of being Tony’s Hero. After a bird strike took out both engines on the Airbus 320 plane Chesley B. Sullenburger III was flying, Captain Sullenburger knew the flight was in trouble and radioed for permission to return to LaGuardia Airport but was instead told to go [...]
In recent days news has come out that President-elect Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner apparently ‘forgot’ to pay three years worth of income taxes – over $34,000. Wow. How ironic that the man that would oversee the IRS doesn’t even pay his own taxes. And yet, somehow, President-elect Obama and Democrats in Congress [...]
Friday it was reported that the Regional Transportation District was introducing a salary freeze on its staff in the wake of a report showing a 9.6% decline in revenues. Certainly like all businesses, RTD is going to be forced to make some tough choices and freezing salaries is better than being on the street hunting [...]
As originally reported by Sean Paige at LocalLibertyOnline.com, Governor Ritter had some interesting comments in his State of the State address today. As Mr. Paige points out, the governor and state legislature continue to blame all of the state’s ills on TABOR. To quote Governor Ritter:
“There is also an opportunity here – a chance to [...]
