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|

Lefty protests to ramp up this summer

Cage match: Governor Hickenlooper and AG Cynthia Coffman are at odds over an oil and gas lawsuit. This weekend at a town hall meeting, Michael Bennet got thoughtful about the state of his own party and their responsibility in the current political climate. The newest lefty protesting group, Indivisible, isn't going away. They're making plans

May 22nd, 2017|The Flare|

Another candidate to run against Mike Coffman

There's a new candidate running against Mike Coffman. He comes from a dynastic political family and enters the primary against Jason Crow who has botched some interviews lately. ColoradoPolitics wonders how many of our seven congresspeople will agree to attend the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry luncheon given the current political dynamics. Mike Kopp makes a

May 19th, 2017|The Flare|

Crow: Elect me first, then I’ll move to the district

Jason Crow, the DCCC's establishment pick to take on Mike Coffman has now "evolved" from telling the media that he will move to the district as soon as possible to telling them he will move to the district only if he wins. Lefty super-donor Tom Steyer is considering a run for Governor in California. Why does that

May 18th, 2017|The Flare|

Hickenlooper strums the banjo while we all wait

State Rep. Susan Lontine called the CCU and Centennial Institute crowd a "hate group" while misattributing their stance on a bill about liability and sanctuary cities. We may not all agree all the time, but calling those disagree with you on political issues a hate group is not acceptable in civilized debate about issues. While we're all sitting here waiting

May 17th, 2017|The Flare|

McCann cancels fundraiser after Compass’ concern

Yesterday, we raised some concerns about a Denver Democrat fundraiser that included a "members only" tour of the Denver Crime Lab. Ernest Luning of The Colorado Statesman followed up with Denver District Attorney Beth McCann who then canceled the event. That was the correct move. We were supposed to find out yesterday if HIckenlooper is actually calling

May 16th, 2017|The Flare|

Bots spamming comments

LOL, the teacher's union-affiliated group, Colorado Children Before Profits ::eyeroll:: sent out a "spike the football" email about the death of Senate Bill 61 (equalizing funding for charter schools). The only problem? It was repackaged and passed as a House Bill. Apparently, a bot has been using the CO voter file to spam comments onto an FCC post about

May 15th, 2017|The Flare|