jeff hunt
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Marijuana industry’s campaign donations are tainted
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It has come to our attention that state legislators are accepting campaign donations from the marijuana industry. As educators and researchers, we hope this is not the case. Marijuana has devastated Colorado by nearly every metric and we are particularly concerned about marijuana’s health impact on youth. Consider the following statistics: Colorado youth use rate…
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Lakewood’s anti-growth ballot measure is just more big government
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Conservatives believe that the most influential government should be local governments – not bureaucrats thousands of miles away in Washington, D.C. If you’re going to make decisions that affect our lives, you better look us in the eye. That’s why we take local government so seriously. Because when people are working hard to make their…
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Principles of Liberty Colorado organization releases legislative scorecard, honors ‘rock stars’
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State Rep. Justin Everett, a Littleton Republican, ranked highest among Colorado lawmakers in the annual Principles of Liberty scorecard, the conservative organization announced Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. Known as “Justin Neverett” and “Dr. No” for his propensity for voting “no” on legislation, Everett was one of nine legislators, all Republicans, to…
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Sen. Cory Gardner says Republicans aren’t done on healthcare at Western Conservative Summit
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Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner told a crowd of thousands at the Western Conservative Summit Friday night that Republicans in Congress, as early as next week, will address healthcare. The Senate GOP’s effort to repeal and replace Obamacare collapsed last week. Gardner never said how we would have voted on that bill, even though he…
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D/CO adds creative muscle to political, corporate services with Abbie Meyer
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Fast-rising political (and corporate) consulting firm D/CO added a team member this week, Abbie Meyer. The Denver-based. Colorado Springs-connected firm says Meyer handle accounts, client communications and other creative projects as a junior associate. She brings a background in social services, finishing a master’s degree in social work last year, along with experience in legal,…
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#GetTrumpTeamToTheSummit is Centennial’s latest call to action
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The Centennial Institute – the conservative advocacy arm of Colorado Christian University in Lakewood – scored a coup last year with its campaign to lure then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to its annual Western Conservative Summit. #GetTrumptotheSummit was the rallying cry on Twitter, and it succeeded in getting Trump to make his first campaign speech in the state when he addressed the summit…
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Centennial claims ‘victory’ in Denver’s decision to dump 4/20 rally
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The conservative Centennial Institute blasted out the email equivalent of a high-five following news over the weekend that the organizer of the annual 4/20 rally in downtown Denver’s Civic Center Park will be denied an event permit for the next three years. The Colorado Christian University-affiliated thank tank and advocacy group’s director, Jeff Hunt, not only welcomed…
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Signatures, and message, delivered to Denver City Hall: End 4/20 rally
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Results are in from the Centennial Institute‘s petition drive to stick a fork in the annual 4/20 pot fest that takes over downtown Denver’s Civic Center Park every April 20, reports Denverite’s Adrian Garcia. Jeff Hunt, the director of the conservative Christian think tank based at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, dropped off more than 4,000 signatures today at Denver…
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Q&A w/Jeff Hunt: Centennial Institute is a Christian voice in the public square
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The Denver metro area — center of government, geographical hub and crossroads of commerce — has its share of think tanks from left to right. They are where ideas are born, nurtured and then, with some luck and a lot of work, handed off to lawmakers to turn into policy. Relatively new to that scene is Colorado Christian University’s…
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Ken Buck’s ‘Drain the Swamp’ book about Washington corruption names names, rips the dome off the Capitol
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When U.S. Rep. Ken Buck first arrived in Washington, D.C., after winning election to Congress in 2014, it was the most amazing thing. “You would think that you were in Vienna in some sort of fairy tale,” the Windsor Republican said. “The Army choir is singing, the filet mignon is on the plate, the speaker…
