Posts Tagged ‘John Hickenlooper’

I had configured an automatic posting of a cartoon for Tony’s Rants’ usual ‘Friday funny’.  That has been removed.  Today there is nothing funny and it is certainly not a day for politics. What sort of demons were running through the young man’s head that compelled him to kill and injure so many in Aurora [...]

Few people know exactly what a ‘public trustee’ is in county government but many will soon be learning about it as it turns out some of these folks have been fleecing taxpayers for a lot of money.  Among them is Adams County Public Trustee Carol Snyder who despite having an office job managed to get [...]

Under Colorado’s state constitution, the governor has the authority to call the legislature into a special session “on extraordinary occasions.”  In exercising this power to force the legislature to consider seven non-pressing measures, Governor John Hickenlooper has stretched the limits in our state’s governing document. Section 9 of Article IV of the Constitution of the [...]

President Barack Obama and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper took center stage yesterday with each seeking to make a political hay of gay marriage / civil unions.  In doing so both showcased political pandering at its worst with Obama trying to save his reelection campaign and Hickenlooper choosing to ignore his own party’s failings on the [...]

Goofy last names, phony charisma and a hidden leftwing agenda seem to be a winning ticket for Democrats.  Much like how Barack Obama won two years ago, John Hickenlooper capitalized on the same things to win Colorado’s gubernatorial race.  This race should have been an easy win for Republicans but the self destruction of Scott [...]

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 [...]

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! [...]

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 [...]

Like the nation, the state of Colorado has taken a turn decidedly left in its representation over the past four years.  Also like the nation, it has been an abject failure.  Our state’s budget is a disaster, we have seen legislation passed that supports special interests and ignores the people, our taxes have increased and [...]