Author: Peter Blake
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Blake: Attorney General Coffman’s greatest ally is 2003-era Ken Salazar
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Former Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar is no fan of current AG Cynthia Coffman’s participation in a multi-state suit against President Obama’s “Clean Power Plan.” The suit is “out of step with the role and responsibilities of an attorney general,” Salazar told The Denver Post. But what Salazar did as AG a dozen years ago,…
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Blake: Revenue took my $1, and I WANT IT BACK!
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If I’d just let my passions run higher, and paid more attention to the deadline, I might have gotten my full tax refund back from the state of Colorado. My problem is, I’m slow to anger, an all too passive citizen who accepts the abuse of the state. I’m too willing to abandon principle for…
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Blake: Sabotaging TABOR comes down to a single subject
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When it comes to sabotaging TABOR, term limits and the initiative process, the usual suspects tend to round themselves up. The latest group, called “Building a Better Colorado,” is fronted by the otherwise estimable Dan Ritchie, who served 15 years as chancellor of the University of Denver, taking no pay and donating his $50 million…
