Prior to the public hearing, County Attorney Todd Weaver reminded the commissioners that federal law prohibits local government boards from considering the reportedly harmful effects of radio frequency (RF) radiation…
Category: News/Politics
Colorado Voters Approve Gallagher Repeal, Preserve Local School Funding
“Coloradans overwhelmingly supported a measure to provide free preschool to every 4-year-old in our state. We voted in support of our firefighters, small businesses, and local communities…”
HMPRESENTLY: ‘This is Nuts,’ Our Friend Shouted… in a Text
I’m at my drawing board, right now, penciling out a business plan. Picturing in my mind having groups of people learning the fundamentals of speaking to each other…
Election Results, Such as They Are
In the race to represent southwest Colorado in the state House of Representatives, Democrat Barbara McLachlan (55%) was re-elected to her seat over Republican challenger Marilyn Harris (45%)…
OPINION: It’s All Local Now
It is 2am and I’m writing an article I wasn’t planning to write. In fact, until my teenage daughters intervened, I was planning to have a nice dinner…
Colorado Legislature Turning More Blue?
“We’re going to celebrate tonight this amazing win across the state of Colorado,” Garnett said. “But tomorrow we’re going to wake up and we’re going to focus on the work…”
EDITORIAL: What We Probably Won’t Know, Tomorrow
On December 8, the Florida Supreme Court, by a vote of 4-3, ordered a statewide recount of all under-votes, over 61,000 ballots that the vote tabulation machines had missed…
Big Campaign Bucks Spent in Colorado
More than $64 million worth of TV ads targeted Coloradans in the race between incumbent Sen. Cory Gardner and former Gov. John Hickenlooper, according to an analysis of contracts filed with the Federal Communications Commission…
EDITORIAL: I Think I’m a Nice Person, Part Two
“And we just got great polls out of, you probably heard, out of Arizona, we’re getting them out of Nevada. The real polls, not the fake polls….”
HMPRESENTLY: A National Day of Remembrance?
Sadly, the November 1, 2020 ‘National Day of Remembrance for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens’, declared by President Trump a few days before the election, seems to be a PR ploy…
Some Jail Inmates in Colorado, Eligible to Vote, Face Roadblocks
“The good news is that after this election we’ll have much better data about what counties are doing a good job of facilitating voting…”
More than 200 Homes and Cabins Lost in Cameron Peak Fire
“These two fires… are not dead yet,” Shellhammer said. “I need to make sure that we’re making the safest decisions — not getting people back in and then having to pull the trigger and get them back out again…”
EDITORIAL: I Think I’m a Nice Person, Part One
Legend has it, that upon entering the temple at Delphi in ancient Greece, a person was treated to three aphorisms. The first was “Know Thyself”, carved into the stone above the entrance to the forecourt…
HMPRESENTLY: What Idioms!
“In California, you have a special mask. You cannot under any circumstances take it off. You have to eat through the mask,” said President Trump, quippingly…
Governor Polis Orders One-Time Stimulus Payments to 435,00 Colorado Workers
An estimated 435,000 Coloradans will receive a one-time direct payment of $375 in early December under an economic stimulus program announced by Gov. Jared Polis and state lawmakers on Wednesday…
OPINION: Proposition 114 More Crucial Following Federal Wolf De-listing
In Colorado, the wolf has been functionally extinct for nearly 80 years and remains so today. More than ever, we need wolves to restore the balance in our mountain ecosystems…
Trump Administration Opens Tongass National Forest to Logging
“As the West burns due to climate change, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to further accelerate this human-caused disaster…”
OPINION: Hunger Relief Organizations Remove Trump Letter from Food Boxes
The boxes with the letter contained in them was first received by food distribution organizations in Denver on Wednesday, September 30…
EDITORIAL: Confusion Around Proposition 117?
But it didn’t take our elected and appointed government officials too long to figure out ways to grow government without “raising taxes”…