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Insights: Hiking national park fees picks winners and losers

Nov 9, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Teddy Roosevelt, the Republican father of our national parks, said it in 1906. “The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books,” the old Rough Rider said. That’s why you find Teddy Roosevelt, and not Franklin Delano Roosevelt, creator…
Republican George Brauchler sweeps Colorado gubernatorial straw polls conducted by local Tea Party groups

Oct 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican George Brauchler has overwhelmed the competition in a series of gubernatorial straw polls conducted by a pair of local Tea Party groups in recent months. Brauchler, the 18th Judicial District attorney and one of seven Republicans running in next year’s election for governor, left fellow candidates in the dust in three polls filled out…
Ethics commission dismisses complaint against former Glendale councilman on technicality

Oct 1, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

The question of whether someone can file an ethics complaint with a home rule city or county and the state’s Independent Ethics Commission at the same time will wait another day for an answer. On Thursday the ethics commission dismissed a complaint against a former Glendale city councilman because the commission’s official views on home…
Insights: What I learned about the Colorado governor’s race on stage at #WCS17

Jul 31, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

I got to know four of our Republican gubernatorial candidates in front of a few thousand of their friends at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver recently. The Centennial Institute, which puts on what amounts to spring break for conservatives outside the D.C. Beltway, asked me to chat up Victor Mitchell, Steve Barlock, Doug Robinson and…
Principles of Liberty Colorado organization releases legislative scorecard, honors ‘rock stars’

Jul 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

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…
Staff picks: Colorado Politics’ top 5 stories as Republicans do Denver

Jul 24, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

With some of the top Republicans in the nation in the Mile High City this week for the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Western Conservative Summit, news moved swiftly as D.C. came to Denver. Here are the stories that Colorado Politics’ staff thinks had the biggest impact. Agree? Disagree? Comment below. 5. Republican pedaling,…
Republican George Brauchler wins Western Conservative Summit’s Colorado gubernatorial straw poll

Jul 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZyJ5CRU8U4 Republican George Brauchler won the Western Conservative Summit’s straw poll for next year’s gubernatorial election in Colorado with nearly twice the vote of his nearest competitor, organizers announced Sunday. Brauchler, the 18th Judicial District attorney, led the vote with 39 percent of the vote in the highly unscientific poll. Entrepreneur and former state lawmaker…
Bob Beauprez: Conservation starts with conservatives

Jul 22, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Despite what the culture the media lead the public to believe, conservation starts with conservatives, and farmers and ranchers are our nation’s vital environmentalists. That was the message Saturday from former Colorado Congressman Bob Beauprez, the son of a dairy farmer and a rancher.He took the stage at the Western Conservative Summit Saturday as John…
Did John Bolton call for war on Russia? But he says Trump didn’t collude

Jul 22, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, a mainstay of past Republican administrations, doesn’t think Donald Trump colluded with the Russians. But if the Russians meddled in U.S. elections, they must be dealt with. In a powerful 20-minute speech to a few thousand people at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver Friday night, Bolton said he hasn’t…
Ryan Zinke in Denver makes a case for energy production on public lands

Jul 22, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told the Western Conservative Summit Friday night that America should open up its public lands and shores for more energy production. “I can tell ya, the war on American energy is over,” said the former Montana congressman who is chief steward of the nation’s parks and public lands. He received…