VOL. 02 NO. 005 | JANUARY 13, 2017 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2017

DENVER – Good morning. Happy Friday! You’ve now made it through two full days of the Colorado Legislature being back in session. Yay!

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Tired of your clogged arterial routes? (For those of you tired of clogged arteries, check a medical newsletter – not this one … sorry). Well, we are too. Turns out we’re not alone. Pollsters are showing transportation issues are a top pet peeve among Coloradans this year, both metro and rural alike … so the politicians will be tracking that path closely this session.

Just two days into the 71st General Assembly and words were already exchanged between Democrat Gov. John Hickenlooper and House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock … well, kinda sorta indirectly – shots across the bow made to the beloved mainstream media. Republicans and Democrats continuing to draw battle lines on how to pay for transportation infrastructure improvements and maintenance in the state. More on that below, and a whole lot more on yesterday’s State of the State and #coleg coverage  …

Top news from The Colorado Statesman

In State of the State, Hickenlooper digs back into fiscal thicket

Study examines the question, what is the secret to economic resiliency?

Primavera will co-chair Colorado Legislative Women’s caucus

Newbie state Senators Fenberg, Smallwood step into the ring

The First Shot

“I think most of us would agree that the last thing we want is Congress in D.C. making all of our decisions around health care.”

–  Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper

State of the State

Colorado governor calls for tax ballot measure to address transportation

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/12/colorado-state-of-the-state-address/

EDITORIAL: Governor backs off ‘clean power’ order

http://gazette.com/editorial-governor-backs-off-clean-power-order/article/1594204

TRANSLATED: Hickenlooper’s State of the State What He Said, What He Meant

http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/01/12/translated-hickenloopers-state-of-the-state-what-he-said-what-he-meant/

Hickenlooper’s State of the State line on energy jobs was inflated

https://www.9news.com/news/local/next/hickenloopers-state-of-the-state-line-on-energy-jobs-was-inflated/385711369

Republican Responds To Colorado State Of The State Address

http://denver.cbslocal.com/video/category/news-politics/3606398-republican-responds-to-colorado-state-of-the-state-address/

VIDEO: House speaker, Senate prez react to Hick’s State of the State speech

http://coloradopolitics.com/video-house-speaker-senate-prez-react-hicks-state-state-speech/

Hickenlooper calls for “common sense” plan to fund Colorado schools

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/01/12/hickenlooper-calls-for-common-sense-plan-for-to-fund-colorado-schools/

Hick to GOP on budget cuts: ‘If that’s what you really want, introduce that bill’

http://coloradopolitics.com/hick-gop-budget-cuts-thats-really-want-introduce-bill/

What was that red thing next to Gov. Hickenlooper at the State of the State address?

https://www.denverite.com/whats-red-thing-hickenloopers-state-state-address-26812/?src=parsely

Hickenlooper plays it safe with State of the State

https://www.coloradoindependent.com/163391/hickenlooper-2017-state-of-the-state

Suthers, Fix Colorado Roads coalition, weigh in on Hickenlooper’s State of the State

http://gazette.com/suthers-fix-colorado-roads-coalition-weigh-in-on-hickenloopers-state-of-the-state/article/1594226

Hickenlooper challenges lawmakers to fix funding shortfalls for transportation and schools

http://gazette.com/hickenlooper-challenges-lawmakers-to-fix-funding-shortfalls-for-transportation-schools/article/1594217

TEXT:  Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s State of the State address

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/12/text-colorado-gov-john-hickenloopers-state-of-the.html

Governor talks highway, traffic improvements during State of State

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/governor-talks-highway-traffic-improvements-during-state-of-state

Governor highlights need to fix Colorado roads in State of the State address

http://kdvr.com/2017/01/12/governor-highlights-need-to-fix-colorado-roads-in-state-of-the-state-address/

Hickenlooper seeks road funding, construction-defects reform in State of State speech

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/12/hickenlooper-seeks-road-funding-construction.html

Gov. Hickenlooper calls state of Colorado “strong” in State of the State address

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/live-stream-gov-hickenlooper-to-give-state-of-the-state-address

Colorado governor: ‘The state of our state is strong’

https://www.chieftain.com/news/5533623-120/state-colorado-health-hickenlooper

Hickenlooper: ‘State Of The State Is Strong’

http://denver.cbslocal.com/video/category/news-politics/3606589-hickenlooper-state-of-the-state-is-strong/

I-25 mayors applaud Hick’s transportation talk in his State of the State

http://coloradopolitics.com/i-25-mayors-applaud-hicks-transportation-talk-in-his-state-of-the-state/

What Hickenlooper wants for Colorado: Infrastructure spending, rural development and charting our own course

https://www.denverite.com/hickenlooper-wants-colorado-infrastructure-spending-rural-development-charting-way-26792/?src=parsely

Colorado’s Hickenlooper sets goals for a split legislature

https://www.aurorasentinel.com/news/colorados-hickenlooper-sets-goals-split-legislature/

POWERFUL IDEA: Hick Abandons a Stupid One

http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/01/12/powerful-idea-hick-abandons-a-stupid-one/

General Assembly

How Colorado lawmakers are reacting to Donald Trump- with state laws

https://www.coloradoindependent.com/163389/trump-colorado-legislature-health-exchange-muslim-registry

New Era for young politicos: 3 founders on the statehouse floor Thursday

http://coloradopolitics.com/new-era-colorado-young-leaders/

Early Colorado bills range from tax breaks to protections for oil/gas companies

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/12/early-colorado-bills-deal-with-everything-from-tax.html

Consensus on building-defects law, but not road funding

https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/consensus-on-buildingdefects-law-but-not-road-fund

Parents of boy stabbed at school want new law enacted

http://kdvr.com/2017/01/12/parents-of-boy-stabbed-at-school-want-new-law-enacted/

Sen. Mike Merrifield eager to use delayed interactive state biking map

http://coloradopolitics.com/mike-merrifield-colorado-biking-map/

Colorado Lawmaker Wants To Eliminate Tampon Tax

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/01/12/colorado-lawmaker-wants-to-eliminate-tampon-tax/

NOT SO FAST: Speaker Duran Forgets Washington-Style Past

http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/01/12/not-so-fast-speaker-duran-forgets-washington-style-past/

Colorado Government

While all eyes were on the #coleg this week, the Dems took over…

http://coloradopolitics.com/eyes-coleg-week-dems-took/

Aurora lawmaker warns of ‘one size fits all’ approach to education

https://www.aurorasentinel.com/news/aurora-lawmaker-warns-one-size-fits-approach-education-panel/

EDITORIAL:  All along the Front Range, Tom Clark will be missed

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/12/tom-clark-will-be-missed/

Denver’s recycling rate roughly half the national average

https://www.9news.com/news/local/next/denvers-recycling-rate-roughly-half-the-national-average/385662965

Cory Gardner Presides Over Obamacare Repeal Instigation

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/90883/cory-gardner-presides-over-obamacare-repeal-instigation#sthash.xGapqKwS.dpbs

Coffman backs reprieve for those brought to U.S. illegally as children

http://coloradopolitics.com/coffman-daca-undocumented/

Tempers are short over RTD’s train problems, but fixes are underway

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/12/tempers-short-over-rtd-s-train-problems-fixes.html

Colorado Politics

The State of the 2018 Governor’s Race

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/90896/the-state-of-the-2018-governors-race#sthash.StMDnHZz.dpbs

Doug Lamborn takes part in Ferguson artwork fight that pits censorship versus sensitivity

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/12/doug-lamborn-ferguson-artwork-fight-censorship-sensitivity/

County Republican chair suggests castrating transgender people who use women’s bathrooms

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/90876/county-republican-chair-suggests-castrating-transgender-people-who-use-womens-bathrooms#sthash.JaITqeDq.dpbs

Just for laughs

Calendar

January 13th

Weld County South Republican Breakfast Club

Downtown Democratic Forum

January 20th

2017 United States Presidential Inauguration

Lincoln Club of Colorado sponsoring Inaugural Ball

Today in history

1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.

1990 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.

1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.

1978 – United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled “paid” or “volunteer” donors.

1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison

1953 – An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.

1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.

1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.

1833 – United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina’s defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.

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