Business leaders look to preempt move to suspend tax breaks

Denver business leaders are predictably pushed back this week against Gov. Bill Ritter’s latest budget-cutting plan. Ritter has proposed adding $131.8 million to revenues by suspending business tax exemptions. The move would generate a little more than 10 percent of the estimated $1.02 billion missing in the budget. Ritter unveiled the budget-cut proposal on Friday. Metro Chamber of Commerce business executives voiced their opposition at a meeting Tuesday at the state capitol.

Mark Waller Kicks Douglas Bruce Down a Line

Amid an enthusiastic crowd of party activists, Mark Waller, the Republican who is challenging beleaguered state Rep. Douglas Bruce, captured more votes at El Paso County’s GOP assembly this morning, giving Waller top line ballot placement.

Larry Liston Joins The ‘Sluts’ Slinging Brigade

With one offensive, four-letter word, state Rep. Larry Liston has seamlessly joined the ranks of two other fellow El Paso County Republicans, notably former Commissioner Betty Beedy, who called single mothers who date, “sluts,” and former state Sen. MaryAnne…

Onetime Rising GOP Star Back To Prison For Sex Assaults

Randal D. “Randy” Ankeney, the prominent onetime appointee in former Gov. Bill Owens’ administration who was being groomed as a future GOP leader in Colorado, is back behind bars. Today, Jan. 28, Ankeney is expected to plead guilty to sex…

The chasm that separates Larry Liston and Ben Franklin

As published in the Colorado Springs Independent, it is time today to have a conversation about Larry Liston and Ben Franklin.

Two men, separated by a couple hundred years and a chasm a mile wide when it comes…