tim leonard
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Colorado group backing unaffiliated candidates says it’s recruiting in 8 legislative districts
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The campaign organization that used to be called the Centrist Project says it’s recruiting unaffiliated candidates in eight legislative seats across Colorado – and plans to train potential candidates the same night Republicans and Democrats will be holding precinct caucuses. Unite Colorado, the state-focused arm of Unite America, is already fielding unaffiliated candidates in four…
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Guaranteed time off to vote gets initial OK thanks to liberal listening
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Who knew this was a law already? Coloradans are guaranteed by law two hours on Election Day to vote, almost enough time for a round of golf if you don’t have any friends. But that doesn’t really make sense anymore, since the legislature switched Colorado to mail-ballot elections in 2013; you stand in line only…
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Equifax hack inspires Colorado clampdown on credit reports
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Colorado lawmakers began laying the bricks of a firewall for consumers who might be victims of identity theft as a result of such breaches as the Equifax hack last year. They started with children and at-risk adults. Most children don’t have credit histories, and often their clean credit is used in “family fraud,” by someone who…
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Duck! The legislature’s in session! …But there’s no need to tell that to CUT
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Wikipedia reminds us it was the now-forgotten 19th century New York politician Gideon J. Tucker who observed, “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” It’s a sentiment that nowadays draws more applause on the right than the left. And among those whose daily toils include wooing and cajoling lawmakers to…
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Right will lead the right at CUT awards breakfast featuring — surprise! — Tancredo
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Tom Tancredo says he’s taking the public’s temperature, gauging its appetite for yet another gubernatorial run. A more world-weary reading of the former congressman/forever firebrand’s ad hoc stumping around the state is that it’s a case of, “Oh please, no! Really? Me? You want me to run for guv? Again?” Either way, Colorado’s favorite fusion…
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Lawmakers lament special session that yielded no result
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Colorado lawmakers, depending on party affiliation, thought the special session that ended Tuesday on a party-line vote in the Republican-controlled Senate Transportation Committee represented a missed opportunity to fix their mistake or a staunch defense of the state Constitution. Republicans opposed the fix and preferred voters decide the tax issue, or at least get specific legal guidance…
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Far more lawmakers get F’s than A’s on AFP-Colorado’s right-leaning report card
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Remember that high school teacher or college prof who was known as “an easy A”? The one you didn’t have to worry about too much around finals? No such luck for the 100 members of Colorado’s General Assembly – at least, not when it comes to the report card just issued on the lawmakers…
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Ethics commission could hear free pass case against Rep. Kim Ransom in October
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A formal hearing into an ethics complaint filed against Rep. Kim Ransom of Lone Tree isn’t likely to take place before October, based on discussions of the complaint today with the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission. The complaint, filed last year by Lone Tree resident Charles Bucknam, alleges Ransom accepted a gift that exceeds the state’s…
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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…
