Posts Tagged ‘unions’

Residents of the north Denver metro area watched with great interest as KDVR FOX 31 conducted an ‘investigation’ into Adams 12 Five Star Schools’ finances and superintendent Chris Gdowski.  On the surface it appears to be damning but it seems more likely this was gotcha journalism fed by union hate and disinformation. Investigative reporter Josh [...]

Sadly the course of discourse in politics often degrades into little more than childish antics and stupidity.  Last night this was on full display as SEIU union workers stole Mitt Romney campaign signs near the Thornton, Colorado office of Barack Obama’s Organizing for America. Citizens had put up Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan signs along [...]

Running for political office is an expensive endeavor, even at the local level.  Delving into current Adams County Commissioner candidates’ donor records reveals big contributions from special interest groups and even from the same disgraced politicians we are trying to rid ourselves of. Every election year I write a story about campaign contributions to the [...]

Unions, teachers and school districts are a big part of the national news cycle due to the strike in Chicago.  Here at home in Adams County however we have a situation not entirely dissimilar with a school district doing a poor job managing tax payer money and Chicago-style union bullying taking place. Much could – [...]

Lost in the flurry of activity in the closing days of the Colorado legislature’s session was a fiery floor speech by State Representative John Soper, D-Thornton, denouncing teachers that dare to think for themselves and opt out of labor unions. The National Education Association (NEA) and its Colorado affiliate, the Colorado Education Association (CEA), spend [...]

With Election Day over and a new mayor and members of council seated on the Thornton City Council dais, it is time to get down to business – literally and figuratively.  The economy continues to cast a pall on everything but there are other issues we would like to see council tackle. In no particular [...]

As misguided and oftentimes ridiculous as the various ‘occupy’ protests are, their desire to stop the influence of money on public policy is not entirely off the mark.  Looking down at a city level, Thornton residents need to be aware of the efforts of outside special interests to influence our local politicians. Those down at [...]

After being missing from the job voters hired him to do for months and potentially facing criminal charges, Ken Riley submitted his resignation to the RTD Board of Directors on Monday night.  In a troubling trend, he becomes the third local Adams County politico in recent months to become embroiled in scandal. Nearly two weeks [...]

It is a longstanding tradition of print media to endorse candidates and issues.  These endorsements are quite telling about a publisher’s bias and none are more so than this year’s endorsements by the publisher of Mile High Newspapers and MetroNorth Newspapers. The very premise of the so-called ‘unbiased media’ providing political endorsements is counter-intuitive and [...]

Fran Tarkenton is one of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks of all time having led the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl three times.  Since leaving the gridiron he has become a very successful entrepreneur and in today’s Wall Street Journal he penned a piece pondering how the NFL would look if it were run like [...]