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Post by Kelly Maher on February 22nd, 2011 | Colo. Politics, Maher, Recent Videos
Could what's happening in Wisconsin ever happen in Colorado? Although our public employee quasi-union, Colorado WINS, doesn't have collective bargaining (the primary issue of contention in Wisconsin), getting it for Colorado's public employees is certainly at the top of their...
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Post by Kelly Maher on February 22nd, 2011 | Colo. Politics, Maher, Recent Videos
Carol Hedges, the director of the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute who has filed six proposed tax initiatives for the ballot, is getting better at "messaging" her tax increase. In a new promo video for the, ahem, "Progressive Women," rather than...
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Post by Michael Sandoval on February 21st, 2011 | Colo. Politics, Recent Videos, Sandoval
On the heels of union protests in Wisconsin, the Service Employees International Union is assisting with many "solidarity" protests across the nation this next week, including a rally on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol at noon Tuesday. See...
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Post by Kelly Maher on February 20th, 2011 | Maher, Recent Videos
Dr. Michael Pramenko, President of the Colorado Medical Society sat down and did an interview with Colorado Public News. Although I disagree with his assertion at the end of the piece that Obamacare should be reformed and not repealed, he...
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Post by Michael Sandoval on February 19th, 2011 | Recent Videos, Sandoval
Lying, or at the very least, misrepresenting your credentials - in this case, your place of employment - is not something you should do when speaking to elected officials, especially savvy ones who have a camera...
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Post by Kelly Maher on February 18th, 2011 | Recent Videos
My friend Adam Schrager, former political reporter at 9News KUSA, left Denver a mere two weeks ago. Yet he has somehow managed to walk right into the one of the hottest political stories in the...
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Post by Kelly Maher on February 17th, 2011 | Colo. Politics, Maher, Recent Videos
Can proponents beat the clock to get one of these on the ballot in November? The initiative process is a lengthy one: proponents must meet with Legislative Legal Counsel, hold public hearings, go to title board meetings, and allow for...
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Post by Michael Sandoval on February 17th, 2011 | Colo. Politics, John Hickenlooper, Recent Videos, Sal Pace, Sandoval
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper
Colorado state Rep. Sal Pace, D-Pueblo, was rebuffed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in a way that made the Democratic governor look like a model of fiscal austerity, versus the whining entitlement sentimentality of his fellow Democratic...
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Post by Michael Sandoval on February 16th, 2011 | Colo. Politics, John Hickenlooper, Recent Videos, Sandoval
"There are people all over the state, and not a small number, that have no job," Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said to state Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, regarding a proposal to have public employees contribute more to their pension...
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