Ken Salazar endorses Not-Joe-Salazar for AG

Not so fast! Hickenlooper is playing his perennial game of threatening the legislature with a special session. Again. Woof. Ken Salazar endorsed not-Joe-Salazar in the race for Attorney General, (ok, his name is really Phil Weiser, not not-Joe-Salazar, but still . . . ) Although Joe and Ken are not related, when asked during his announcement in

May 12th, 2017|The Flare|

Accounting for seized assets

A bill to require an accounting of assets seized through the process of civil asset forfeiture is headed to the Governor. The practice has gained more and more attention over the last year. Our friend, Michael Fields, took a promotion with AFP and is moving over to the AFP Foundation. Congrats! As more and more attention is being

May 11th, 2017|The Flare|

Sine Die!

Last day of legislative session! One final surprise - a bill to try to create some equity for charter school funding finally broke loose of the legislative log-jam, much to the chagrin of the teacher's union types. The way that open primaries will be implemented is still the topic of serious discussion. The Boulder Valley Schools

May 10th, 2017|The Flare|

The Post is moving

It looks like the Denver Post will be moving its downtown operations to the large printing facility on 58th and Washington. A brief perusal of twitter shows mixed emotions - some are sad, some are angry, and others seem happy that steps are being taken to ensure the paper's sustainability sans layoffs. The legislature got crazy yesterday

May 9th, 2017|The Flare|

Cary Kennedy announces run for Governor

(DENVER) - Former single-term Colorado Treasurer and Deputy Mayor and Chief Financial Officer of the City of Denver Cary Kennedy announced her bid for Governor today on a “Facebook Live” video. In the video, Kennedy announces she’s driving home from her child’s school and proceeds to do so, while consistently looking at her dash.​While exiting

April 10th, 2017|Press Release|

Ed Perlmutter announces run for Governor

(DENVER) - Congressman Ed Perlmutter announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Colorado today. Perlmutter, a six-term Denver-metro Congressman made the announcement in front of a crowd of supporters at Natural Grocers in Golden. Since 2007, Congressman Perlmutter has voted with Nancy Pelosi 97% of the time.​During his announcement speech, Perlmutter discussed “health

April 9th, 2017|Press Release|