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A law for everything, even age of smartphone use

A new group is trying to get an initiative on the ballot to ban the sale of smartphones to children under the age of 13. Are children buying them themselves, or do their parents buy the phones for them? How would this be enforced? Although, it's endlessly annoying to see small children disengaging for human interaction

June 7th, 2017|The Flare|

Leaving “to spend more time with the family”

A Colorado Supreme Court ruling yesterday could help spur condo construction and have ramifications for construction defects cases moving forward. The North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative has lost another executive director. Anna Jones says she's leaving the $135k a year gig after just a year so she can spend the last few months with her oldest before

June 6th, 2017|The Flare|

Taking the bait

If you're part of a "western chauvinist" group called the "Proud Boys," where would you go to bait people? The People's Republic Boulder, of course . . . and clearly, it worked. If you're a climate change alarmist who's concerned about pulling out of the Paris Accord where would you go to bait people? Colorado Springs, of

June 5th, 2017|The Flare|

And two shall become one

ColoradoPolitics.com and The Colorado Statesman are merging. The Denver Post pointed out the hypocrisy of the Jeffco School Board and it was a beautiful thing. National story but worth watching . . . Hillary talks mad smack about the data operation of the DNC. Watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klja95de2ss  

June 1st, 2017|The Flare|

A new IT scandal involves DeGette

A Pakistani IT staffer who is under criminal investigation by the U.S. Capitol Police has a Colorado tie - he had access to Congresswoman Diana DeGette's data. Hopefully, a Colorado media outlet asks her about it? ::hint, hint:: We have a new website. We're still getting everything moved over, but check it out and send us any feedback

May 25th, 2017|The Flare|

3 for 7

And then there were three . . . state Senator Dominick Moreno has entered the Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District. The two previous entrants - state Senator Andy Kerr and state Representative Brittany Pettersen - both live in the Jefferson County portion of the district. Moreno lives in and represents the Adams County portion, which has been

May 24th, 2017|The Flare|

Another-not-Joe Salazar gets in for AG

Another-not-Joe Salazar joins what is now a three-way Democratic primary to take on (presumably) Cynthia Coffman for Attorney General. For those who are keeping score at home, we have not-Joe Salazar (Phil Weiser - former CU law school dean) Another-not-Joe Salazar (Michael Dougherty - deputy prosecuter for Jeffco and Gilpin) and actual-Joe Salazar in the race.

May 23rd, 2017|The Flare|