Author: Jimmy Sengenberger

Jimmy Sengenberger On Sunday, after 22 years of living in Colorado, I finally got to enjoy Colorado’s hot springs while on a New Year’s vacation in Glenwood Springs. Iron Mountain Hot Springs was a great place to relax in a variety of pools while enjoying the beautiful views of this great state. Afterward, we made…

Jimmy Sengenberger Come January, 30 years will have passed since the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights went into effect. Passed resoundingly by Colorado voters in 1992, for decades it’s been a godsend for taxpayers and served as a stopgap against runaway government. There’s much to celebrate about TABOR, with its two different yet equally significant protections…

Jimmy Sengenberger While Denver’s City Council bickered with Mayor Michael Hancock over city crosswalks, a mass migration crisis was already building at the nation’s southern border. Migrants have been illegally crossing the southern border and transported to cities across the country. It was only a matter of time until Denver – a “sanctuary city” – was subsumed.…

Jimmy Sengenberger When we think about “abuse of power,” we tend to envision the D.C. swamp or perhaps what happens under Colorado’s Golden Dome. Yet all too often, it happens right under our collective nose – at the most local, unexpected levels. Abuse of power involves misusing a position of power “to take unjust advantage of…

Jimmy Sengenberger On Saturday, former President Donald Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to justify “terminat(ing)” the U.S. Constitution. His post should make every constitutional conservative cringe – but it fits with a recent trend among some Colorado Republican “activists.” “Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the…

Jimmy Sengenberger When the Republican Presidential Primary was fully formed in 2016, there were 17 candidates at its height. It was an eye-popping number – one which ultimately whittled down to Donald Trump, a billionaire businessman and former reality TV star who went on to become the nation’s 45th president. There were so many candidates that…

Jimmy Sengenberger On Sunday morning, I woke up to news of yet another mass shooting in our state. This time, the dreadful attack was on Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. Like the rest of Colorado, I was devastated by the news, horrified that more lives had been taken in a senseless act…

Jimmy Sengenberger For Colorado Republicans, last Tuesday’s “blood moon” symbolized a political bloodbath – and a clean sweep statewide for Colorado Democrats in the midterms. Nationally, the GOP’s much-anticipated red wave collided with a giant blue wall. No matter what happens in next month’s U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia, Democrats will maintain control of the upper…

Jimmy Sengenberger Colorado Democrats claim the mantle as the champions of transparency in campaign finance and thwarters of “dark money.” Secretary of State Jena Griswold has always marketed herself as the lead champion for both. “The problem with dark money in politics is that it adds barriers to keep everyday people from leading and participating…

Jimmy Sengenberger Did Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Jason Crow vote for President Joe Biden’s nearly $500 billion student loan forgiveness scheme? Did they even have the chance? I’m asking because, well, Biden seems to think they did. Or at least, that’s what a reasonable person can take away from his Sunday interview with…