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The Denver Post’s ‘plot’ against ‘tax cuts’

By | 08.16.10 | 2:59 pm

Matt Drudge would be proud of the headline hovering today over Tim Hoover’s story on the battle being waged over three tax-slashing initiatives headed for the Colorado ballot this November. The story was tagged with this headline at the…

Budget debate rhetoric: Eliminating tax exemptions versus raising taxes

By | 02.02.10 | 1:08 pm

The debate went on in the House chamber for days, bleeding over to Monday from Friday, amounting to more than 30 hours of wrangling over eight bills designed to eliminate tax breaks granted to Colorado businesses. “Eliminate tax breaks,” anyway,…

Penry reportedly dropping out of governor’s race

By | 11.09.09 | 3:12 pm

Reports surfacing in the last hour suggest State Sen. Josh Penry is set to announce he will be ending his campaign to unseat Gov. Bill Ritter. Penry campaign spokesman Andrew Cole did not confirm reports.

Although Penry jumped into the campaign strongly this summer, winning “rising star” status from popular Washington Post blogger Chris Cillizza, he has recently struggled.

WashPo versus DenPo on ‘rising’ Republican Josh Penry

By | 09.09.09 | 1:56 pm

Today, Washington Post writer Chris Cillizza featured Colorado Republican state senator Josh Penry in his series “The Rising,” which profiles up-and-coming politicians across the country. In the column, candidate for governor Penry is presented as a maverick, his youth…