Archive for the ‘Thornton News & Politics’ Category

Removing someone from a position of power is never easy and oftentimes in the case of politicians they get to be quite comfortable in those seats; too comfortable in fact.  Despite the fact that Coloradans have overwhelmingly decided term limits were needed to jettison the flotsam, Thornton City Council appears on track to try to [...]

For the second year in a row Colorado appears to be headed toward a disastrous wildfire season.  The opportunity to get a jump on battling these deadly disasters was presented in the Colorado legislature this past season but thanks to two Adams County senators, real action will be further delayed. The creation of the Colorado [...]

The image we put together a few years back of the previous batch of ethically challenged Adams County politicos was a huge hit.  It however was dated as a slew of new elected officials (with Ds after their names) have taken their place. I had hoped I wouldn’t have to recreate this image, or at [...]

Adams County Commissioners Eva Henry and Chaz Tedesco have been forced to step back from their unconstitutional restrictions on citizens’ right to free speech.  Today the Board of County Commissioners chose to rescind their recent implementation of ‘free speech areas.’ In a laughable statement announcing the about-face, Board Chair Eva Henry is quoted as saying, [...]

Where else but Adams County could a politician be proven to have rewarded campaign contributors at the expense of taxpayers and yet get away with nothing more than a slap on the wrist?  That is exactly what happened with Assessor Gil Reyes’ criminal case yesterday when he received a deferred sentence for nine criminal counts [...]

The shocking actions of Adams County commissioners Chaz Tedesco and Eva Henry to limit the First Amendment rights of citizens has now drawn national attention.  The unprecedented and reprehensible restrictions including establishing a small “free speech zone” are being highlighted on a national news website. Under the headline, “Colorado county limits free speech to a [...]

For over a year-and-a-half municipalities have dealt with the jail inmate cap instituted unilaterally by Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr and the Board of County Commissioners.  County government has ignored pleas from the cities to fix the problem and now local police chiefs say citizens’ lives are at risk. At a press conference yesterday chiefs [...]

We, our nation’s veterans, are good enough to defend Colorado State Senator Mary Hodge’s First Amendment right to speak like an idiot.  We are not however to be trusted with firearms because in her view we suffer from mental illness. During the debate Friday at the Colorado State Capitol over limitations on high capacity gun [...]

Taxes in any form are unpopular but when coupled with a new bureaucracy ushered in by disgraced county officials under the auspices of a ‘fee’ they are sure to raise residents’ hackles.  Such is the case with the new Adams County “Stormwater Utility” that is raising taxes on county residents and, adding insult to injury, [...]

Colorado Democrats have pulled out all the stops to take away our Second Amendment rights.  In one of the most asinine arguments in favor of one measure, Representative Joe Salazar (D-Thornton) suggested women might wrongly shoot someone if they “feel like” they are going to be raped. Leftist lawmakers have waged their war against law-abiding [...]