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Blake: Sabotaging TABOR comes down to a single subject
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…
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Peppler: Renewable Fuel Standard remains critical to Colorado
Ten years ago this month, Congress enacted and President George W. Bush signed the Renewable Fuel Standard, which ensures part of our transportation fuel comes from homegrown sources. Today, biofuels are boosting America’s energy independence and national security, supporting American farmers and agriculture, cutting pollution, and lowering prices at the pump. This is why the…
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Ruscha: Undermining the Iran deal would be a dangerous move
President Barack Obama has secured a veto-proof majority in the Senate to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal with Iran. Unfortunately for the White House, his opponents would prefer that we not join the U.N. Security Council, the Arab States of the Persian Gulf and most of the world in endorsing a…
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Pregent: A principled, noble ‘no’ vote is the only way to a better deal
In light of recent developments, we would like to present those undecided and even those who have come out in favor of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with an argument for a fact-based, principled “no” vote against the nuclear deal with Iran. Consider the news that has broken just in recent weeks: The Associated…
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Blake: Aurora drops ‘TIF’ over Gaylord project
You mean large private developments can be done without huge public subsidies like tax increment financing? Even Aurora city officials have apparently come to that conclusion. The administration has had a road-to-Damascus conversion and unexpectedly abandoned its effort to push through a tax-increment financing plan for the $850 million Gaylord Rockies Hotel and Convention Center,…
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Blake: Aurora drops ‘TIF’ over Gaylord project
You mean large private developments can be done without huge public subsidies like tax increment financing? Even Aurora city officials have apparently come to that conclusion. The administration has had a road-to-Damascus conversion and unexpectedly abandoned its effort to push through a tax-increment financing plan for the $850 million Gaylord Rockies Hotel and Convention Center,…
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Garcia: Pueblo remains ideal to showcase Colorado’s agricultural heritage
Growing up in Pueblo, I remember at an early age every year attending the Colorado State Fair. Lucky for me, the fair always came around my birthday and gave me an opportunity to enjoy livestock, rodeos and carnival rides, not to mention that All American State Fair Food. It was and remains for my family…
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Horn: New ozone rules spell devastating impact on Routt County
As the Environmental Protection Agency contemplates a significant reduction to allowable ozone levels, the feds ought to consider the impact on places like Routt County. It may be easy for a bureaucrat sitting in the comfortable confines of a government office building in Washington, D.C., to ink new rules, but it’s up to the people…
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Noonan: GOP slowing Dem gains, but unaffiliated voters beat both
Colorado’s Republicans put the brakes on the state’s growing Democratic Party affiliation, gaining 789 more active voters than the Dems between July 2014 and July 2015. Democrats increased their active voter base by 16,217, while Republicans increased theirs by 17,006. The 789-voter difference isn’t a big number until compared with the 80,554 increase in voter…
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Williams: New election rules protect overseas voters
Earlier this month I adopted several amendments to the Secretary of State elections rules. In large part, these amendments are “cleanup” in nature; that is, they reword certain rules for grammar and clarity, they repeal some unnecessary or overly burdensome rules, and they reflect recent legislative changes in election law. In addition to those more-technical…