Author: Ray Scott
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Drivers shouldn’t pay for state’s broken transportation system
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Ray Scott Dennis Hisey We watched for too many years the erosion of Colorado’s transportation system as well as the public confidence in the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). Far too often, the Democrat majorities worry more about liberal government programs than they do about hardworking Coloradans. We will not remain silent any longer. We…
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THE PODIUM | Legislation would hijack commission, torpedo our energy economy
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Ray Scott If you thought your “no” vote on last year’s Proposition 112 would bring a halt to irresponsible attacks on Colorado’s energy providers, think again. The radicals who lined up behind that failed ballot measure couldn’t care less what voters said; nor did they learn anything from the drubbing. They have a bill being…
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Xcel does an end run on the legislature — with an assist from Colorado’s PUC
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When the Colorado Public Utilities Commission recently approved Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan, the commissioners made a highly politicized decision that ignored economic reality, bypassed the state legislature and allowed the company to break its promise to save customers money. Coloradans should be troubled not just by the plan itself, but by how it won…
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California vehicle rules kick Coloradans out of the driver’s seat
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At the heart of the debate over Gov. John Hickenlooper’s recent executive order to adopt California vehicle emissions standards is a simple question: Who should decide what vehicles Coloradans will use in the future for work, recreation or basic transportation? Will there be fines or fees smacked on vehicle owners who will not or cannot…
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Transportation has become the forgotten stepchild in the state budget
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Gov. Hickenlooper has again asked for zero taxpayer dollars for roads and bridges in his annual budget message. Sad to say, Colorado’s Governor cannot find even one taxpayer dollar for roads and bridges in $11.5 billion in planned General Fund expenditures. This pattern in the Governor’s annual budget submissions has been dutifully echoed in Democrat…
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Let Obama’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ rest in peace
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The Environmental Protection Agency has published official notice of plans to withdraw the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP). States will no longer be required to meet the specific carbon emission goals mandated by the CPP and will be free to develop their own goals and emission standards for power plants. That’s the good news:…
