Majority Democrats put social redesign ahead of Colorado economy
It’s the economy. That’s what we heard repeatedly when The Gazette’s editorial board hosted meetings, just days before the start of this year’s legislative session, with House and Senate leadership...
View ArticleState bureacracy not ready to oversee recreational marijuana
Advocates of marijuana legalization promoted virtues of order that appeal to the masses. They said taxation and regulation are better than black market mayhem that cannot generate taxes and fees. It...
View ArticleHick stands up to enviro-bullies on oil and gas production
Thank you, Gov. John Hickenlooper, for standing up to the bullies who aim to control oil and gas deposits they do not own. By standing his ground, and defending private property rights, the governor...
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Markets, innovation make planet earth bountiful and sustainable
Earth Day, the environmental movement’s most important day of the year, came and went Monday and life went on as normal. As a relative few Americans attended “green” events, most went about everyday...
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Governor’s veto pen needed against enviro-left’s energy assault on rural...
Renewable energy may be a popular catch phrase along Colorado’s urban Front Range, but it has turned into fighting words across much of rural Colorado. Not because rural communities are against it, to...
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Why Govenor Hickenlooper should veto SB 252
Gov. John Hickenlooper continues his public struggle this week with a decision he has to make. The governor must choose whether to impose needless hardship on rural Coloradans in order to appease...
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Hickenlooper signs Jobs-killing rate-hike on rural Colorado
As Colorado families, businesses and schools struggle to make ends meet, Senate President John Morse celebrates making life a bit harder for them. His quest to raise utility bills came to fruition on...
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Zimmerman an example of irresponsible concealed-carry
As a right wing, gun-toting, life member of the NRA, I am saddened and depressed about the death of Trayvon Martin – a story most of us would know nothing about, but for the media’s attempt to concoct...
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Is proposed billion-dollar ‘education’ tax hike really about the children?
Politicians, including Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, want voters in November to approve a massive, historic and permanent billion-dollar-a-year tax increase that will raise income tax rates of...
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Dem backed election law may facilitate voter fraud in recalls
The unconstitutional election law rushed through the Legislature by Senate President John Morse may facilitate supporters from outside his district in voting against the politician’s recall. “All you...
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New York’s Bloomberg seeks to influence recalls against his Colorado helpers
The soda-banning mayor of New York would like to control Colorado with the help of state Senate President John Morse. Anyone who has followed or researched Morse knows of an odd, hard-left turn that...
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Special session needed to fix flawed Colorado election law
It’s time for Gov. John Hickenlooper to fix a bad bill he signed into law. Last week’s successful recalls did more than remind politicians whom they work for by replacing two powerful senators....
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Teachers unions support massive tax hike, oppose modest reforms in Amendment 66
Supporters of Amendment 66 are desperate to fool us. The proposed amendment, pitched with exploitation of society’s concern for children, would impose a massive new tax hike.Teachers unions and other...
View ArticleDaily Show’s Morse recall bit shows Caldara’s point on bad election law
As the left continues calling for Jon Caldara’s arrest, because he cast a ballot in the recall of Senate President John Morse, another famous Jon should defend Caldara – none less than Comedy Central’s...
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Caldara can’t be prosecuted for following Colorado voter law
When Jon Caldara used the far left’s new “anything goes” voting law to his advantage, by merely obeying it, left-wing activists called for his head. They demanded prosecution. They won’t be happy with...
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Anti-fracking zealots disregard property rights
America’s new oil boom promises peace and prosperity. More energy means more jobs, higher incomes and better-funded governments. Only a breach of civil liberties – only a plan for mob rule – threatens...
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Body-worn cameras protect both police and the public
Had the shooting of Missouri teenager Michael Brown been caught on tape, we might have been spared another round of racial strife this country doesn’t need. Video would improve the odds of truth and...
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