VOL. 02 NO. 016 | JANUARY 31, 2017 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2017

DENVER – Good morning. There will be lawsuits and rumors of lawsuits. State Rep. Dave Williams running what will surely by one of his signature mail piece bills (from both sides), wanting to haul Denver Mayor Michael Hancock into civil and even criminal court over his sanctuary city policy enforcement along with those leaders supporting similar policies throughout the state. This, while Donald Trump plays boardroom politics in D.C. … Ya fired!

Meanwhile, the Colorado House has given its initial approval to ballot selfies … because, selfies for all (wasn’t that in the Constitution somewhere?). Ralph Carr versus and anti-Ralph Carr bills duke it out, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is now said to be eyeing a Republican bid for governor in 2018, Sen. Michael Bennet has pledged to join those “with nothing going but to obstruct” (in Trump’s words), opposing Sen. Jeff Sessions’s nomination to U.S. Attorney General.

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News from The Colorado Statesman

? Republican leaders say solutions, ‘red meat’ on tap for session

Hill urges Bennet to eschew politics in DeVos nomination vote, touts her as Colorado-style education reformer

Ralph Carr vs. Anti-Ralph Carr: Trump immigration orders change ‘sanctuary’ debate at Capitol

Hickenlooper calls on Trump to lift travel, immigration ban

Williams bill would impose criminal liability on officials for ‘sanctuary’ policies

Colorado Democrats rip travel ban while Republicans offer mixed reactions

Wrestling to predict state budget priorities as Trump era launches

Elvrum: Parents are at the heart of school choice

Letter: State must take climate action into its own hands

State Capitol Social Calendar

University of Colorado Advocates ProgramLegislative Reception with University of Colorado Advocates Program5:00-7:00pmBenson Mineral Group 1560 Broadway Ste 1900 Denver, CO 80203Contact : Connie Johnson 303-831 6192 connie.johnson@cu.edu

Building Jobs4Colorado Construction & Design CoalitionBuilding Jobs4Colorado Construction & Design Coalition Legislative Reception5:00-7:00pmUniversity Club 1673 Sherman St (College Room)Contact : Jenn Penn 720 937-2148 jenn@jen-penn.com

The First Shot

“It’s beyond any reasonable thought as to why the Democrats, along with Mayor Hancock, would continue to not only act outside the law, which they swore to uphold but also enjoy immunity from their reckless decision to place Coloradans in danger because of the sanctuary city policies that they created and continue to implement.”

– Republican state Rep. Dave Williams of Colorado Springs

The General Assembly

State rep wants lawsuits, arrest for leaders in sanctuary cities

http://coloradopolitics.com/sanctuary-city-colorado-bill/

I-70 expansion in Denver: freeway ‘without a future,’ or without an alternative?

http://coloradopolitics.com/i-70-expansion-in-denver-freeway-without-a-future-or-without-an-alternative/

School guns bill could add minimum training benchmark

http://coloradopolitics.com/school-guns-bill-minimum-training/

Bill Would Repeal Limits On High-Capacity Magazines

http://denver.cbslocal.com/video/category/news-politics/3614729-bill-would-repeal-limits-on-high-capacity-magazines/

Insights: Switchblade legalization peels back statehouse strategy

http://coloradopolitics.com/insights-switchblade-legalization-peels-back-statehouse-strategy/

Bill to ban corporal punishment in schools get first approval from Colorado House

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/01/30/bill-to-ban-corporal-punishment-in-schools-get-first-approval-from-colorado-house/

Colorado House gives preliminary nod to ballot selfies

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/30/colorado-house-ballot-selfies-preliminary-nod/

GOP signature bill to lighten load on small biz gets full Senate’s blessing

http://coloradopolitics.com/gop-signature-bill-lighten-load-small-biz-gets-full-senates-blessing/

PTSD Bill For Medical Marijuana Making Way Through Capitol

http://denver.cbslocal.com/video/category/news/3614728-ptsd-bill-for-medical-marijuana-making-way-through-capitol/

Colorado bill adding PTSD as qualifier for marijuana crosses important first hurdle

http://coloradopolitics.com/colorado-bill-adding-ptsd-qualifier-marijuana-crosses-important-first-hurdle/

LETTERS:  Considering a tax increase for Colorado highways

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/30/considering-a-tax-increase-for-colorado-highways-2-letters/

4-H Day brings future leaders to the Colorado Capitol

http://coloradopolitics.com/4-h-day-colorado-capitol/

Politics in Colorado

Next up: AG Coffman reportedly eyes 2018 guv’s race

http://coloradopolitics.com/next-up-ag-coffman-reportedly-eyes-2018-guvs-race/

ICYMI:  Battle lines forming on Boulder County’s drilling moratorium

http://coloradopolitics.com/boulder-county-drilling-moratorium/

ICYMI:  Mike Coffman’s victory speech: “Trump! Trump!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knw4OrQevwA&feature=youtu.be

Cynthia Coffman Laying Groundwork for Gubernatorial Bid

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/91409/cynthia-coffman-laying-groundwork-for-gubernatorial-bid#sthash.S1bViJer.dN0xIh6d.dpbs

President Bush discharged from hospital after recovering from pneumonia

https://www.9news.com/news/local/president-bush-discharged-from-hospital/394577612

Sherrie Gibson says outreach, growth to her agenda as state GOP vice chair

http://coloradopolitics.com/sherrie-gibson-colorado-gop-vice-chair/

Colorado Springs City Council fields are set for six district seats

https://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/colorado-springs-city-council-fields-are-set-for-six-district-seats/Content?oid=4305159

‘Run Steve Run’? Turns out it’s a call for state Rep. Steve Lebsock …

http://coloradopolitics.com/run-steve-run-turns-call-state-rep-steve-lebsock/

Former Colorado GOP chair Phil Winn laid to rest Sunday

http://coloradopolitics.com/former-colorado-gop-chair-winn-dies/

Coffman himself validates the news value of 9News’ story about his early exit from constituent meeting

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/91378/coffman-himself-validates-the-news-value-of-9news-story-about-his-early-exit-from-constituent-meeting#sthash.2HDqjMMQ.dpbs

Ready, Set, Action: Five Political Events This Week

https://www.westword.com/news/ready-set-action-five-political-events-this-week-8743963

One take w/Peter & Joey: If voters wanted change, they got it

http://coloradopolitics.com/one-take-wpeter-joey-voters-wanted-change-got/

“Blowhard Brauchler” Gets Called Out

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/91407/blowhard-brauchler-gets-called-out#sthash.cK0nJgUU.dpbs

Reason mag: Clear the Bench’s Arnold clogs the courts with campaign complaints

http://coloradopolitics.com/reason-mag-clear-benchs-arnold-clogs-courts-campaign-complaints/

HOUSE OF CALLS: We know you want to contact your D.C. lawmakers, Colorado. Here’s how

https://www.coloradoindependent.com/163726/colorado-delegation-lawmakers-contact-trump

Colorado Government

Sen. Michael Bennet says he will oppose Jeff Sessions’ nomination for AG

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/30/michael-bennet-opposes-jeff-sessions/

Colorado educators, lawmakers split on education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/01/30/colorado-educators-lawmakers-split-on-education-secretary-nominee-betsy-devos/

Colorado educators, lawmakers split on education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos

https://www.coloradoindependent.com/163733/colorado-educators-lawmakers-split-on-education-secretary-nominee-betsy-devos

Confirmation score card: Where Our Lawmakers Stand

http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/01/30/confirmation-score-card-where-our-lawmakers-stand/

Mayor Hancock says he welcomes “sanctuary city” title if it means Denver supports immigrants and refugees

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/30/mayor-hancock-welcomes-sanctuary-city-title-denver-supports-immigrants-refugees/

Are Dozens of Hospitals Violating Letter or Spirit of the Medical Aid in Dying Law?

https://www.westword.com/news/are-dozens-of-hospitals-violating-letter-or-spirit-of-the-medical-aid-in-dying-law-8737702

Gardner, Colorado Technology Association seek advice

http://coloradopolitics.com/gardner-colorado-technology-association-seek-advice/

City of Boulder seeks public’s input about perception of city

http://kdvr.com/2017/01/30/city-of-boulder-seeks-publics-input-about-perception-of-city/

Should Boulder build a gondola from downtown to University Hill?

http://kdvr.com/2017/01/30/should-boulder-build-a-gondola-from-downtown-to-university-hill/

Boulder Mulls Gondola Connecting Downtown With University Hill

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/01/30/boulder-mulls-gondola-connecting-downtown-with-university-hill/

Jariah Walker hired as the Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority’s new executive director

http://gazette.com/jariah-walker-hired-as-the-colorado-springs-urban-renewal-authoritys-new-executive-director/article/1595537

Snow piled in only backdoor accessible parking spot at senior home

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/snow-piled-in-only-accessible-parking-spot

Governor Hickenlooper

Gov. Hickenlooper Condemns Trump Muslim Ban

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/91425/gov-hickenlooper-condemns-trump-muslim-ban#sthash.8r3uzy9U.dpbs

Hickenlooper headed to Cuba on cultural and economic trip

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/30/hickenlooper-headed-to-cuba-on-cultural-and.html

WEEKEND AT RAUL’S: Who is Paying for Hickenlooper’s Trip to Cuba?

http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/01/30/weekend-at-rauls-who-is-paying-for-hickenloopers-trip-to-cuba/

Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

Will Donald Trump pick Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court?

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/30/will-donald-trump-pick-neil-gorsuch-supreme-court/

Trump to announce Supreme Court nominee Tuesday; will it be Colorado’s Gorsuch?

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/30/trump-to-announce-supreme-court-nominee-tuesday.html

Colorado Reacts to Temporary Immigration Ban

EDITORIAL:  Dear citizens of the world: Trump’s order defies American values

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/30/dear-citizens-of-the-world-trumps-order-defies-american-values/

US Rep. Coffman calls Trump refugee ban an ’embarrassment’

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/us-rep-coffman-calls-trump-refugee-ban-an-embarrassment

Cory Gardner calls on Trump to fix travel ban while Doug Lamborn calls it “prudent”

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/30/donald-trump-travel-ban-colorado-reactions/

Trump’s order draws varying response from Colorado lawmakers

https://www.chieftain.com/news/nation/5593695-120/order-pueblo-executive-countries

Colorado Springs Christian leaders: Compassion needed for immigrants, not hasty bans

http://gazette.com/colorado-springs-christian-leaders-compassion-needed-for-immigrants-not-hasty-bans/article/1595504

Here’s What Colorado’s Congressional Delegation Has To Say About Trump’s Immigration Order

https://www.cpr.org/news/story/heres-what-colorados-congressional-delegation-has-to-say-about-trumps-immigration-order

Gov. Hickenlooper Condemns Trump Muslim Ban

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/91425/gov-hickenlooper-condemns-trump-muslim-ban#sthash.8r3uzy9U.dpbs

Where your elected officials stand on Trump’s controversial immigration executive order

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/where-your-elected-officials-stand-on-trumps-controversial-immigration-executive-order

Fact check: Trump’s immigration policy vs. Obama’s

https://www.9news.com/news/politics/national-politics/fact-check-trumps-immigration-policy-vs-obamas/394609099

The Trump immigration ban: How it’s affecting Colorado universities, colleges

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/30/the-trump-immigration-ban-how-its-affecting.html

Trump travel ban may sting some Colorado businesses despite few direct ties to banned countries

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/30/trump-travel-ban-may-sting-some-colorado.html

Colorado Refugee Services estimates hundreds no longer coming to state

http://gazette.com/colorado-refugee-services-estimates-hundreds-no-longer-coming-to-state/article/1595535

REACTIONS: Varied Reactions to Travel Ban Show Diversity of Thought in Republican Party

http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/01/30/reactions-varied-reactions-to-travel-ban-show-diversity-of-thought-in-republican-party/

How Colorado Politicians Responded to Trump’s Travel Ban

https://www.5280.com/digital/2017/01/how-colorado-politicians-responded-trump%E2%80%99s-travel-ban

Colorado Politicians Ripping Trump’s Refugee Ban – and Those Silent So Far

https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-politicians-ripping-trumps-refugee-ban-and-those-silent-so-far-8744878

EDITORIAL: Trump administration spirals down, taking Aurora immigrants with it

https://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/editorial-trump-administration-spirals-taking-aurora-immigrants/

Refugee arrivals in Colorado likely cut by about half as a result of Trump’s order

http://coloradopolitics.com/refugee-arrivals-colorado-likely-cut-about-half-result-trumps-order/

Refugee students at Denver’s South High speak out against Trump executive order

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/30/refugee-students-at-denvers-south-high-speak-out-against-trump-executive-order/

Denver Public Schools superintendent says ‘refugees are always welcome here’

http://kdvr.com/2017/01/30/denver-public-schools-superintendent-says-refugees-are-always-welcome-here/

Refugee students at Denver’s South High speak out against Trump executive order

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/01/30/refugee-students-at-denvers-south-high-speak-out-against-trump-executive-order/

Denver South refugee students meet with district leaders to voice immigration concerns

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denver-south-refugee-students-meet-with-district-leaders-to-voice-immigration-concerns

An Actor, a Tea Party Defector and a Worried Husband Join Anti-Trump Protests

https://www.westword.com/news/an-actor-a-tea-party-defector-and-a-worried-husband-join-anti-trump-protests-8744415

The ACLU Broke Its Donation Record – Again

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/newsy/the-aclu-broke-its-donation-record-again

Colorado ACLU sees uptick in support as a ‘backstop’ to Donald Trump

https://www.coloradoindependent.com/163720/aclu-donald-trump

ACLU of Colorado inundated with volunteers after election and President Trump’s executive orders

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/aclu-of-colorado-inundated-with-volunteers-after-election-and-president-trumps-executive-orders

FAKE NEWS? Protests Don’t Make It Real

http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/01/30/fake-news-protests-dont-make-it-real/

Hundreds of potential Colorado refugees, immigrants affected by Pres. Trump’s executive order

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/hundreds-of-potential-colorado-refugees-immigrants-affected-by-pres-trumps-executive-order

Future unclear for 3 CSU students impacted by Trump’s executive order

http://kdvr.com/2017/01/30/future-unclear-for-3-csu-students-impacted-by-u-s-travel-ban/

Backlash against Uber symbolic of morality war in Trump’s America

http://coloradopolitics.com/backlash-uber-symbolic-morality-war-trumps-america/

TripAdvisor CEO: Trump immigration ban ‘heartless and discriminatory’

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/30/tripadvisor-trump-immigration-ban-heartless-and.html

Just for laughs

Calendar

February 1st

Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club

Liberty on the Rocks

February 2nd

Reagan Club of Colorado monthly meeting

2017 Logan County Organizational Meeting

February 3rd

Denver GOP First Friday Breakfast

Parker Breakfast Club

February 4th

Denver GOP Organizational Mtg

Gunnison GOP Organizational Mtg

Arapahoe County GOP Organizational Mtg

Boulder Dems County Party Reorganization

Today in history

2011 – A winter storm hits North America for the second time in the same month, causing $1.8 billion in damage across the United States and Canada and killing 24 people.

2010 – Avatar becomes the first film to gross over $2 billion worldwide.

1971 – The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.

1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

1966 – The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.

1950 – United States President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.

1949 – These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.

1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.

1801 – John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.

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