Author: Simon Lomax – The Center Square
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Leave-it-blank lawmaking takes toll on Colorado
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Simon Lomax In high school or college, we all remember exam questions we couldn’t answer. Unless it was multiple choice, usually the best move was to leave the question blank and finish the rest of the test. For an individual student, that’s fine. The consequences of that unanswered question are limited to just one person…
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LOMAX | Anti-oil & gas measure’s diehards can’t seem to accept voters’ verdict
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The day after the Nov. 6 election, President Donald Trump called the results “a great victory” for his administration. But not too many people take that claim seriously. In much the same way, “ban fracking everywhere” and “keep it in the ground” groups are claiming the decisive defeat of their Colorado anti-oil and gas ballot…
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LOMAX | Anti-oil & gas measure’s diehards can’t seem to accept voters’ verdict
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The day after the Nov. 6 election, President Donald Trump called the results “a great victory” for his administration. But not too many people take that claim seriously. In much the same way, “ban fracking everywhere” and “keep it in the ground” groups are claiming the decisive defeat of their Colorado anti-oil and gas ballot measure –…
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LOMAX | Proposition 112 rests its case on a mountain of misinformation
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Reality is catching up with the “ban fracking” and “keep it in the ground” groups behind Proposition 112. It started early last week, when the famously progressive New York Times applied some scrutiny to Prop 112. The Times correctly labeled 112 as an “anti-fracking” measure and an “extreme” one at that. But more importantly, the…
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LOMAX | In a rare convergence, Polis and Stapleton both balk at drilling ban
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Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton both oppose a ballot measure that would effectively ban oil and gas development across Colorado. The two candidates for governor made this rare point of agreement very clear in speeches to the Colorado Oil & Gas Association’s annual conference this month. The ballot measure would ban drilling within 2,500 feet,…
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LOMAX | Anti-oil & gas Initiative 97 asks us to vote against our own best interests
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Investors: Don’t buy what political activists are trying to sell you in Colorado. I’m surprised this reminder is even necessary, given how anti-oil and gas ballot measures collapsed in 2014 and 2016. But according to the Denver Business Journal, this month’s signature submittal for anti-oil and gas Initiative 97 “rattled some investors,” with a $3…
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LOMAX | Thinly veiled anti-fracking groups can scarcely conceal their agenda
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There they go again. The final days of signature gathering for Initiative 97 have provided an excellent reminder of why national anti-oil and gas groups shouldn’t be handed the keys to the Colorado state economy. First, it was revealed that signature gatherers for Initiative 97 weren’t getting the paychecks they were promised – before losing their jobs…
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LOMAX | Anti-oil and gas movement gains little ground beyond Boulder
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For years, national environmental activist groups have camped out in Boulder and the suburbs of Boulder, running a series of local campaigns against the oil and gas industry. From this corner of the state, they have tried to stage a much bigger campaign to drive oil and gas out of Colorado. But the activists have struggled because…
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LOMAX | Price of PERA bailout gouges Colorado taxpayers
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What is the purpose of state government: To provide basic services to the public, or ever-increasing amounts of money to pension funds? That’s the question Colorado taxpayers will be asking today, tomorrow and long into the future after the passage of SB-200, a reform-and-bailout bill for the state’s public pension system. Passed just minutes before…
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LOMAX | As Colorado newsrooms rebuild, don’t forget the editors
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For about 15 years, I worked in newsrooms in Australia and the United States, before a mass layoff effectively ended my career as a reporter and editor. It was a tough time for my family, but things eventually turned out for the best. I was ready for a new challenge and have greatly enjoyed working…
