Posts Tagged ‘Elections’

Is using someone else’s Social Security Number to obtain a loan criminal impersonation?  The answer to 99% of those living in reality is yes.  However, the Colorado Supreme Court has decided that it is not and in rendering the decision they have made yet another compelling argument for their dismissal by voters next week.  Law [...]

Funny last name?  Check.  So-called charisma?  Check.  Leftist in moderate clothing?  Check.  No, we are not talking about President Barack Obama but rather Democratic candidate for Colorado governor John Hickenlooper and a new video helps highlight the similarities between the two.  Not so long ago voters across the nation hoping for change elected a man [...]

Doing some browsing around today I somehow ended up on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.  On there was some pretty compelling evidence to indicate that the failure not only of the Democrat-led national government but also those that work within our state. Certainly the national unemployment rate makes the headlines.  President Barack Obama and [...]

Being the consummate urbanite no one would really expect Denver Mayor and Colorado gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper to have much in common with the more down-to-earth folks in rural areas of the state.  Now we see just how he feels about those folks as he discusses their “backwards thinking.” Late last year Hickenlooper was interviewed [...]

Times are tough out there – The jobless rate is stuck above 9%, the stock market is having more ups and downs than a yoyo, your house is worth 70% of what it was three years ago and it is a very depressing economic outlook.  What to do?  Pay yourself to run for Colorado governor! [...]

One ballot issue that isn’t getting much attention has the potentially to irreparably harm Colorado’s non-profit organizations.  These groups which depend on BINGO and raffle games to help them fund their good works are making the case that if Amendment P passes, it will be a death knell for the games. In recent weeks some [...]

Adams County Commissioner Larry Pace is running for a third term in the current election and as part of that he has touted his education and experience in administration.  A look at Pace’s college records however show that the actual degree he received may be different from what he has claimed.  On Pace’s website he [...]

Faced with a registered political action committee bearing the VFW’s name going rogue, the organization’s national commander called for the dissolution of VFW-PAC.  The announcement comes on the heels of an uproar created by partisan endorsements released by the PAC against VFW members’ will. VFW National Commander Richard Eubank sent a memorandum to the organization’s [...]

With absentee and mail in ballots in the hands of the voters time is running short for candidates to make their case and the latest poll from Rasmussen shows key races are tightening up.  Tom Tancredo has to be ecstatic with the results while Ken Buck may be sweating it a bit.  In the race [...]

A list of congressional candidate endorsements by the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ political action committee has caused a veritable revolt within the 111 year old organization.  The endorsements, made by an 11 member board with no input from the VFW membership, were heavily biased toward incumbents with no true evaluation of the candidates’ qualifications.  The [...]