state sen. randy baumgardner
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The $26.8 billion question: How to sell the 2017 budget
Now that the Colorado state budget proposal has appeared and lawmakers are wrangling over the numbers, the political narratives that will be used to sell the budget to voters and to defend against constituent anger in elections to come are taking shape. This year it seems unquestionable that it will be a tougher budget for…
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Gridlocked SD8 race still nasty after all these years
While Colorado state Senate District 8 has seen some very nasty political attacks in recent years – sometimes even bitter, red-on-red Republican infighting in this mostly conservative rural region – nothing gets people more riled up in these parts than transportation funding shortfalls. Voters who have been stuck for six hours on Interstate 70 when a car with…
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Guest Column: EPA mandates on carbon emissions should be challenged
On Aug. 3 the Obama administration declared war on the Colorado economy. In the name of saving the planet from “climate change,” Coloradans will be required to pay sharply higher utility bills while restructuring our power generation plants to implement the costly – and likely unlawful – federal mandates for lower carbon emissions. Under this…