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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Conservative polling memo offers reasons for Hoffman loss
Earlier today the Washington Independent's Dave Weigel spoke with conservative pollster Rick Shaftan of Neighborhood Research. Shaftan has released a post-mortem memo and survey...
State Rep. Tipton reportedly taking on Salazar in Third Congressional District
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel today is reporting that U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., will have a slightly more serious challenger next year for...
Xcel Energy’s $15,000 board dinners questioned in state rate-hike hearing
With Xcel Energy on pace to disconnect power to some 70,000 Coloradans this year for nonpayment, energy activists are openly questioning why ratepayers should pick up the tab for lavish executive board-member dinners, hotel and spa retreats and luxury box tickets to professional sports games.
New K-12 academic standards are almost here
For the first time in 10 years, Colorado will adopt new K-12 academic standards this December. “These standards are not like the old ones,”...
Anti-tax movement ponders two big defeats
Election night was bittersweet for Andrew Moylan. The young government affairs manager of the conservative National Taxpayers Union was watching returns in Asheville, N.C., with fellow attendees of the conservative State Policy Network’s annual meeting. Early in the night, the gubernatorial races in Virginia and then New Jersey went to the Republicans. Moylan, however, was watching the returns on two anti-tax, anti-spending ballot measures in Maine and Washington. Those weren’t turning out so well.
“I care a lot less about Republicans than I do about policy,” Moylan said. “So it was depressing to watch those numbers come in.”
287(g) immigration enforcement programs costing local communities
A new report from the conservative Center for Immigration Studies makes a point of praising the so-called 287(g) program, calling it very “cost-effective.” The...
Two lumps of bitter with your tea: Anti-Stimulus pile-on at the Post
The Denver Post published a factchecking piece on the disparity between the number of jobs reported to have been created so far in the...
Politics sans perks: The America where no one wants to be mayor
A little politics lite this Tuesday morning in the wake of the news but still in advance of an announcement from state Senate Minority...
Jobless benefits extension muddled by lawmaker wrangling
Mike Lillis at the Washington Independent sends the following dispatch from the frontlines in the partisan war to extend benefits to the vast ranks...
Penry’s exit no victory for Scozzafava-style moderate Republicans
Reporting on the developments in the Colorado governor's race, the National Review assures its conservative readers that Penry's exit is no victory for moderate...