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CRYSTAL BALL: DPS Raises Taxes, Spends on Admin
The Denver Business Journal just highlighted the fact that last year’s $466 million tax increase for Denver Public Schools, 3A/3B, has so far gone mostly to administration. It’s almost like being able...
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PeakFeed: Ciruli’s Spot-On Analysis
We’ll admit that we probably don’t see eye to eye on many issues with former Colorado Democratic Party Chair, now pollster Floyd Ciruli, but his analysis of trends to watch for on his “The Buzz” blog...
View ArticleTAX HIKE DEFEAT: Amendment 66 Goes Down Despite Outspending Opponents By...
The billion dollar tax increase, backed by $10 million from primarily the teachers unions and out-of-state donors, went down hard tonight. Opponents barely had two nickels to rub together. Final...
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7 Lessons Learned From The 2013 Colorado Election
Last night’s blowout defeat of the billion dollar tax hike Amendment 66 will reverberate far beyond the first Tuesday of November 2013. There were lessons to be learned well beyond the statewide...
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“ECONOMIC MASOCHISM”: WSJ Analyzes CO 2013 Election
For the fifth time in about three weeks, the Wall Street Journal has covered the Colorado election. Today’s editorial titled “Rocky Mountain Highlight” (clever) praised Colorado voters for their...
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“MOVE ON, MICHAEL”: Ciruli Suggests It’s Time The NYC Mayor Stop Playing...
Money from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is like dog sh*t you can’t wipe off your shoes. It follows you everywhere and stains every carpet you walk on. It’s a wonder why Governor Hickenlooper...
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DISCONNECT: Connect for Health Adds $4 Million to Campaign
Connect for Health Colorado must be in full panic mode after the avalanche of bad news coming from the national Obamacare campaign, the botched ProgressNow ads, and the abysmal state exchange...
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ON THIN ICE: Q-Pac Poll Finds Hickenlooper in Trouble
While Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper once was considered unbeatable, the blistering 2013 legislative session and Amendment 66 may have taken its toll, according to the latest Quinnipiac Poll....
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HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE: Distracted Davita Has a Bad Quarter
Photo courtesy of Linhart PR web site On its third-quarter earnings call, DaVita CEO Kent Thiry had a handful of excuses for his company’s 14.7% drop in earnings per share from the third quarter of...
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BIGGER HOLE: PERA Votes to Lower Earnings Expectations
Last week, the Colorado Public Employee Retirement Association voted 8-7 to lower the expected return rate on the retirement fund’s investments from 8% per year to 7.5% per year. It was a long-overdue...
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$22.33 PER VOTE: Amendment 66 Backers Break the Bank
The final numbers are in for the 2013 ballot initiatives and, surprise!, the pro-Amendment 66 campaign spent a ridiculous amount of money. But, they raised less than what they hoped as some cited $12...
View ArticleAMENDMENT 66 TURNOUT ANALYSIS
The massive failure of A66 is part of a larger story: Democrats’ 2013 failures to match Obama’s 2012 successes. Sean Trende of Real Clear Politics calls it the drop-off problem. If it persists...
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REVISIONIST HISTORY: CO Dems Conveniently Forget No Good Very Bad Year
This was a bad year to be a Democrat. That’s why it was funny to read the Colorado Senate Democrats’ #yearinreview tweets that seemed to ignore the realities of 2013. Here’s just one example:...
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HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON: Republican Lawmaker Wants to Re-Examine the Expensive...
It looks like the future of the expensive and controversial new state logo may still be up in the air. The Denver Post’s Lynn Bartels is reporting that the non-nonsense State Representative Bob...
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ROVE: Colorado Has Turned on Obama and Udall Is Feeling the Heat
Political operative Karl Rove is making the strong case that President Obama’s low approval ratings in states he won in 2012, like Colorado, bode well for GOP Senate contenders in 2014. This is more...
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OUCH: A History Lesson For Morgan Carroll and CO Senate Dems
After getting crushed in last summer’s recall elections and watching Amendment 66 get trounced at the ballot box, we have seen the Democrats make a last-ditch effort to save their one-seat majority in...
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MESSAGE TRUMPS MONEY: Bennet’s Fundraising Prowess Won’t Be Enough to Save...
Some of the national political committees began announcing their fundraising numbers for February yesterday, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was able to boast an impressive haul of...
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SICK MONEY: Lobbyist for Fraud-Plagued Company Bundles Big Dollars for Udall
Oh, what a tangled web politics weaves. The Colorado Observer recently reported that two of liberal (and under seige) Senator Mark Udall’s largest bundlers are lobbyists Andrew Woods and Ankit Desai,...
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GOOD GRIEF: Chickenlooper Noncommittal On No Brainer Bill
We’ve made it our business to document Gov. John Chickenlooper’s lack of backbone ad nauseam. When it comes to controversial issues, he’s a well-known hedger. Just look at his handling of the gun...
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MOTHER DEAREST SPEAKS: Hick’s Comms Guru Tweets Out Sloppy Kiss from Bloomberg
Don’t be mad at us, Michael. You should stick to your own state. Maximillian Potter, supposed Hickenlooper communication guru (and noted ham sandwich enthusiast) must believe any praise for liberal...
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