Author: Jimmy Sengenberger

Jimmy Sengenberger On April 22, the delegate assembly of the Colorado Education Association – which claims to represent teachers from across the state – approved a brazen, extreme resolution condemning capitalism for “inherently exploit(ing) children, public schools, land, labor, and resources.” They also blamed capitalism for systemic racism, climate change, patriarchy, education inequality and income inequality. When…

Jimmy Sengenberger On May 6, 2019, I published my first piece in Colorado Politics as a regular columnist – unwittingly embarking on a newfound career as a columnist, which would later include a separate weekly article in The Denver Gazette. Four years later, the subject I chose for my first CoPo entry is arguably more…

Jimmy Sengenberger In this year’s legislative session, the Gold Dome has churned out a slew of terrible bills. But in a handful of cases, bipartisan collaboration was able to scrap or improve bad and dangerous legislation. One crucial example of this came about on Sunday – when legislators reached a deal affirming parental rights in…

Jimmy Sengenberger Colorado Democrats support “women’s reproductive rights” – except when they don’t. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 Dobbs decision last year, they’ve acted like abortion is at perilous risk in Colorado – even though we already had the most radical pro-abortion laws in the country (which would…

Jimmy Sengenberger Is Gov. Jared Polis listening? It sure doesn’t seem like it. Local governments everywhere are vigorously opposing the latest power-grab move by Polis and legislative Democrats, through SB23-213. The governor has made it his pet project to eradicate one of the most critical reflections of Colorado’s lifelong principle of local control – the…

Jimmy Sengenberger On Tuesday, history was made – and not the good kind. For the first time in 230 years, a former or current American president (Donald J. Trump) was arrested, charged and arraigned on criminal charges. He pled not guilty. The case – a strikingly weak one filed in a Manhattan court by a…

Jimmy Sengenberger Right now, the state House is fast-tracking a bill to establish statewide campaign finance limits in municipal elections for the first time. Supporters claim House Bill 1245, which is heading to the House floor after just one State Affairs committee hearing, will achieve the utopian dream of reducing the role of money in…

Jimmy Sengenberger The Colorado Republican Party is at its lowest point in memory. As all statewide offices are held by Democrats, the General Assembly is solid blue, and only three Republicans represent Colorado in Congress, the GOP is down for the count – and at a crossroads. With new state party leadership promising an “aggressive…

Jimmy Sengenberger Last week, the banking world seemingly turned upside down when the tech industry-centered Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. Conjuring up black-and-white footage of the 1930s, depositors scrambled to withdraw $42 billion last Thursday. Ironically, this was the kind of bank run that only technology could make possible: in September 2008, when Washington Mutual collapsed,…

Jimmy Sengenberger On Friday, the Democrat-controlled Business Affairs & Labor Committee summarily rejected House Bill 1118, the so-called “Fair Workweek Employment Standards Act.” With eight bipartisan votes to kill the bill and just two in favor, this was a resounding defeat for legislation that would have crushed the restaurant industry. But is it also encouraging…