Author: Jimmy Sengenberger

Jimmy Sengenberger It happened.  It finally, actually happened.  On Sunday, Gov. Jared Polis and Denver-Metro counties abided by my March 23 column, restored local COVID control and eliminated the mask mandates.  Whoa! Okay, so maybe I’m imagining that they actually listened to me, but they still did it.  While I concede I’m somewhat pleasantly surprised…

Jimmy Sengenberger I’ll cut to the chase: Gov. Jared Polis’s goal of one million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2030 is unserious, unrealistic and unsmart. Full stop. Pursuing massive greenhouse gas reductions in Colorado (i.e., down 50% by 2030 and 90% by 2050, relative to 2005 levels), Polis set an “ambitious” target for…

Jimmy Sengenberger All six Democrats in Colorado’s congressional delegation are walking on thin ice.  Their overt power-grabs are extraordinary.  Coloradans won’t appreciate it.  The Democratic Congress is jolting America toward stronger one-party rule.  Last week, House Democrats approved a 100% partisan bill to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state.  H.R.51 would inevitably give Democrats two new…

Jimmy Sengenberger Yesterday, Colorado’s independent congressional redistricting commission voted to remove Republican Danny Moore from his position as chairman, with cries ongoing for his dismissal from the commission altogether. While the commissioners have the right to choose their leadership from among their 12 members, they should not expel Moore from the board. The decision to…

Jimmy Sengenberger Six days before Election Day, as many Colorado voters were filling out their ballots, Gov. Jared Polis offered a Halloween treat.  He declared the state will give nearly 435,000 Coloradans a one-time payment of $375 cash to Coloradans who both filed for unemployment during the pandemic and earn less than $52,000 a year.  Payments are…

Jimmy Sengenberger Keith Nobles, avid outdoorsman and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, has been a camper and backcountry enthusiast for decades.  In recent years, he’s witnessed firsthand the astronomical increase in deadwood and beetle kill tucked in Colorado’s forests — coinciding directly with expanding, out-of-control fires. “Twenty-five years ago, in the Pike National Forest, I would…

Jimmy Sengenberger I’ll be blunt: School districts are failing their students by pursuing remote learning.  Voters should not approve a single tax or bond measure requested by a school district that is not opened for in-person learning or is threatening to go back to full-remote. Unfortunately, districts like Cherry Creek and Aurora are preparing parents for…

Jimmy Sengenberger Tragedy has again engulfed our capital city. On Saturday, as attendees left a “Patriot Muster” in Civic Center Park that organizers say was to support the U.S. Constitution and law and order, a man shot and killed another man.  The suspect, 30-year-old Matthew Dolloff, fatally shot conservative rally attendee Lee Keltner, 49, at…

Jimmy Sengenberger “Did you or did you not introduce a plan with John Kasich?” the incumbent asked his challenger, with confidence and eagerness in his voice.  “That’s the simple question.” The camera focused on his opponent.  The tall man, his mouth persistently dry ever since the debate began, quivered as he held up his water bottle.  The man…

Jimmy Sengenberger On Friday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, passed away after 27 years on the bench.  Her legacy as a trailblazer, a go-getter, an intellectual giant and, in the words of her former D.C. Circuit colleague, Judge Ken Starr, “equality’s gracious champion,” is worthy of recognition and honor.  While one can vehemently disagree…