jon caldara
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Colorado politicos tell us all they want for Christmas
Jon Caldara, by his own admission, is rarely a good boy, but that doesn’t keep the chief of the conservative Independence Institute in Denver from having holiday wishes. “I have stopped asking Santa for my hair back,” said Caldara, who hosts “Devil’s Advocate” each Friday night on Colorado Public Television. “I am now asking Satan…
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As Lafayette goes, so goes Colorado? The Independence Institute hopes not
If California ever does tumble into the sea, there’ll still be “East California” – aka Colorado. At least, that’s how Denver-based libertarian think tank Independence Institute envisions one possible U.S. map of the not-too-distant future. Well, not the part about California’s seismic fate; the part about politically purple Colorado morphing into a Middle American imitation…
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Jared Polis said his energy plan isn’t the one dissected by the Independence Institute
The Independence Institute released a takedown of the 100 percent renewable energy goal that’s at the heart of U.S. Rep. Jared Polis’ campaign for governor last week, calculating out a $45 billion price tag. That would be the cost to extend the 30 percent renewable standard by 2020 (passed by voters in 2004) to Polis’…
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The price tag for 100 percent renewable energy? $45 billion, says Independence
Free-market think tank Independence Institute released a study Thursday that concludes the all-renewable-energy plans of two Democratic gubernatorial contenders – former state Sen. Michael Johnston and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis – would add $45 billion to Colorado ratepayers’ utility bills. Independence called Polis’s and Johnston’s goal of fossil-fuel-free power generation in Colorado by 2040 a…
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Grover Norquist sneezes, AFP says ‘gesundheit!’
The nation’s leading anti-tax crusader, Grover Norquist, and his organization, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), are taking aim at a conservative Colorado lawmaker as well as one of the state’s leading conservative voices, the Colorado chapter of Americans for Prosperity. In a press release today, Americans for Tax Reform criticized Republican state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg…
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Capitol critics could benefit from real-world perspective
Ideas inspire both philosophers and legislators, but the two jobs differ considerably thereafter. That distinction is critical to understanding the current dust-up between the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara and several Republican lawmakers. A thoughtful, assertive voice for liberty, Caldara is a friend and an ally. He and the Institute advocate tirelessly for personal freedom and…