Posts Tagged ‘State Legislature’

What the heck is going on downtown at the Colorado State Capitol these days?  It seems as if our state legislators are absolutely out of control with all sorts of crazy things happening.  First up, we had the School Finance Transparency Act.  This bill was an important measure that would have provided voters and residents important [...]

Ah yes, the Colorado state legislature is in session and you would expect them to be working on truly high priority items.  But, rather than spending time on things like the messed up state budget and our woeful education system, our legislators prefer to spend their time on measures that mean nothing or are simply outrageous.  Two examples [...]

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 [...]

In the wake of Francis Hernandez, an illegal immigrant, killing two women and a child, we can now fully expect our illustrious Governor Ritter and the Democrat controlled state legislature to sit down and have some serious discussions about the issue.  Not action – just discussions.  This is the pattern that the Democrat controlled capitol [...]

Yesterday the Senate Business Labor and Technology Committee voted to approve a measure that would quadruple the pay RTD board members receive.  This comes as FasTracks spending continues to skyrocket and RTD continues their unjust land grab.  Pretty amazing how those that oversee a project that is 30% over budget and failing to deliver on [...]

Elections…  For me overall, I find very little to like about the results anywhere locally, across the state or the nation for that matter.  Read my take…