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by Jack Minor – In a last minute fiscal cliff deal that will raise taxes on over 77 percent of Americans, the definition of compromise and balance in Washington means increasing revenue by significant amounts relative to spending cuts. According to the Congressional Budget office, the last minute fiscal cliff deal reached by [...]
Tags: approach, authority, class, Congress, control, debate, end, flight, mandate, Michelle Obama, Obama, percent, President Obama, Senate, sign, tax, unemployment, vote, Washington, year
by Jack Minor – The Communist Party USA, which supported Obama during the 2012 election, has now signed on board with the President’s economic plan and is calling on its members to work with unions to pressure Republicans in Congress to raise taxes and increase spending. During a recent conference call on the upcoming [...]
Tags: budget, call, class, Communist Party, Congress, CPUSA, crisis, debt, election, government, labor, negotiations, Obama, Party, reduction, Social, Social Security, tax, time, year
by Jack Minor – A federal judge has blocked enforcement of California’s “gay” conversion bill saying the bill violates the First Amendment by lacking “content and viewpoint neutrality.” The bill, SB 1172 would ban any attempt at “conversion therapy” on minors that would attempt to change their sexual [...]
Tags: amendment, American, APA, Association, ban, California, change, conduct, heterosexuality, law, Liberty Counsel, organization, person, SB, sex, someone, therapy, time, University, Van Gijseghem
by Jack Minor – Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck has defended his decision to continue prosecuting marijuana users saying despite passage of an amendment legalizing the drug’s use, it is currently still illegal and he has a duty to enforce the law. “What if I were to determine that the will of [...]
Tags: amendment, Attorney, Boulder, Buck, Constitution, County District, District Attorney, election, help, issue, Ken Buck, law, marijuana, right, state, tax, Tribune, use, Weld County, year
Union chose to ignore company’s warnings to return to workby Jack Minor – An American icon announced it will be closing its doors and laying off 18,500 workers as Hostess, the makers of Twinkies and Wonder bread, announced they will be going out of business following a crippling strike by union members. Hostess [...]
Tags: CEO, child, CNBC, company, decision, Ding Dongs, Friday, Great Depression, Gregory Rayburn, Ho Ho, International Union, interview, judge, Obama, protest, return, television, Thursday, today, union
by Jack Minor – President Obama appeared visibly irritated at being asked difficult questions about his role in the Benghazi attack as he dared Republican senators to “come after” him over his handling of the incident. During the President’s first press conference since March, Obama was asked about a press meeting earlier that [...]
Tags: Armed, Committee, easy target, Jack, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, model, Obama, President Obama, press, problem, protest, Republican, Republican Senators Lindsey Graham, Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Graham, Susan Rice, target, UN, White House
by Jack Minor – In recent days, democratic officials have butted heads with reporters for simply asking them questions as part of their job. Dave Philipps, a reporter for the Colorado Springs Gazette, was doing a brief interview with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, when he was threatened with physical assault for asking a [...]
Tags: Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Colorado, Colorado Springs Gazette, Dave, Dave Philipps, government, Illinois, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, interview, law, nation, Obama, press, problem, Rahm Emanuel, story, Tom Davis, Tribune, Unlike Colorado
by Jack Minor – In a blow to Obama’s statements that the economy is improving, one of his biggest donors has announced his company will be laying off over 1,100 workers. Jon Stryker, heir to the Styker company fortune, was one of the top five donors to the Obama campaign donating $2 million [...]
Tags: Obama
by Jack Minor – Israel has responded to recent rocket attacks from both its northern and southern borders by killing a top Hamas official in an air strike, threatening to ignite a larger war across the region. The strike targeted Ahmed Jabari, who was the most senior Hamas official to be killed since Israel’s invasion [...]
Tags: Ahmed Jabari, Arab Spring, Associated Press, border, country, Egypt, end, Free, Galid Schalit, Iran, Israel, Jack, law, Middle East, Muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama, Sunday, Syria, Washington Free Beacon
Citizens tell Obama they are pleased with his economic track record by Jack Minor – America appears to have reached a watershed moment as voters have decided that they want a continuation of president Obama’s policies of trillion dollar deficits and more Americans on social programs over private sector solutions to job creation. [...]
Tags: America, approach, budget, Business, campaign, class, election, government, incentive, issue, job, Obama, President Obama, Republican, Senate, sign, solution, time, unemployment, vote
by Jack Minor— In what appeared a throwback to another age, Faith Bible Baptist Church in Greeley hosted an unusual conference, men and their families who are engaged in a ministry going back to frontier days, the circuit riding preacher. During the settling of the American West, the small towns would [...]
Tags: age, America, Baptist, Baptist Church, BCRM, burden, century, church, circuit, Don Giffin, Faith Bible Baptist, Greeley, meeting, ministry, Old, part, pastor, time, town, Wyoming
by Jack Minor – District 6 Superintendent Ranelle Lang has responded to criticism that a teacher who has been teaching in district classrooms for over 25 years is making less than the new communications director by saying the amount is justified because administrators work more days than teachers. Theresa Myers, who previously worked [...]
Tags: Angie, Angie Zapata, barack obama, board, day, district, District 6, Greeley, letter, Mid Continent Regional Education Lab, paper, position, Ranelle Lang, Scott Gessler, Superintendent Ranelle Lang, teacher, Terrence Lakin, Tribune, work, year
by Jack Minor – While voters are being asked to approve a tax increase to build a replacement school for John Evans, a closer look at the numbers being given to voters for the cost of the project apparently do not add up, with actual costs to the taxpayer being greater than what is [...]
Tags: ballot, board, building, district, Evans, Greeley, interest, issue, John, John Evans, loan, location, lot, Moser, property, rate, side, state, tax, year
Cost of asbestos removal for John Evans $900,000 if bond issue passes by Jack Minor – Officials with School District 6 say the district had received funds for asbestos abatement for schools such as John Evans some years ago from a lawsuit, but now there is no record of the settlement or how the [...]
Tags: board, class, district, Evans, grant, Greeley, help, issue, Jack Minor, John, John Evans, lawsuit, lot, money, part, right, Scott, side, state, Wayne
by Jack Minor – The United States Supreme Court is poised to head a case at the end of this month that could essentially shut down garage sales by prohibiting the resale of used goods purchased by a person. The case involved U.S. student, Supap Kirtsaeng, who discovered that textbooks used in the college [...]
Tags: America, care, case, company, Court, end, Jack, John Wiley Sons, Market Watch, person, problem, right, sale, Spain, story, Supap Kirtsaeng, Supreme, Supreme Court, United States, United States Supreme Court
by Jack Minor – Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, drew a sharp distinction from the Republican Party platform when he said he is not aware of any abortion legislation he intends to make part of his agenda if elected president. The Des Moines Register’s Editorial Board reported that when asked about the abortion issue, [...]
Tags: abortion, Anthony, Anthony List, candidate, Court, GOP, issue, Jennifer Mason, legislation, life, Oklahoma Supreme Court, organization, part, position, Republican, sign, Supreme, Supreme Court, Susan, USA
Organizations says, yes we do by Jack Minor – Speaking at a campaign rally, Vice-President Joe Biden claimed Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, is prohibited by law from doing abortions. Speaking at a campaign rally in Wisconsin, Biden was speaking on recent statements by Mitt Romney that he would defund Planned [...]
Tags: abortion, Additionally Planned Parenthood, campaign, child, debate, Joe Biden, law, Mitt Romney, nation, organization, Paul Ryan, percent, planned parenthood, rally, right, Ryan, Vice President Joe Biden, week, Wisconsin, woman
by Jack Minor – An Army Appeals court is deciding whether the judge in the case of the accused Fort Hood shooter exceeded his authority by requiring that Maj. Nidal Hasan comply with the Army’s grooming standards by shaving his beard during his court martial. In 2009, Hasan allegedly opened fire on his [...]
Tags: Allahu Akbar, Army Appeals, authority, case, control, day, During Hasan, fire, Fort, Fort Hood, Fort Hood Army, Ft, hearing, installation, Islamic, issue, judge, Minnesota, Nidal Hasan, shooting
by Jack Minor – Weld County, the only county in the state to be debt-free took the first steps to achieving another first in the state with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new regional crime lab on Wednesday. The lab, which will be located of U.S. 257 near the Pepsi distribution center will [...]
Tags: benefit, CBI, CSI, debt, DNA, effort, evidence, International Association, justice, law, month, Northeastern Colorado, organization, place, Police, process, Rick, state, Weld County, Weld County Sheriff John Cooke
by Jack Minor – While the Obama campaign said they were “pleased” with Obama’s performance during Wednesday’s presidential debate in Denver, media outlets and political pundits on both the left and right agreed that Mitt Romney was the clear victor. Obama spokesperson Stephanie Cutter appeared to place the blame for his dismal performance [...]
Tags: American, campaign, CNN, debate, Denver, idea, James Carville, Jim Lehrer, left, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, network, Obama, oil, President Obama, reaction, right, Ronald Ragan, Stephanie Cutter, tax
A startling new letter from the Colorado Labor Department has revealed there are seven counties in the state where over 19 percent of the residents are “not employed.” The Colorado Observer obtained a letter through the Colorado Open Records Act that was sent out August 29 to comply with federal law. The Consolidated Farm [...]
Tags: Archuleta County, August, BLS, Colorado, Colorado Labor Department, Department, Dolores County, Fremont County, government, Labor Department, letter, Montrose County, percent, Pueblo County, rate, state, State Department, The Colorado, unemployment, unemployment rate
by Peter Grady – Vice-President Joe Biden made an interesting confession when he stated at a recent campaign rally that during President Obama’s term of office the middle class has been “buried” for the past four years. The statement was made by Biden at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., Biden attempted to [...]
Tags: campaign, class, Committee, Congress, control, Grady, Joe, Joe Biden, Kirsten Kukowski, National, National Committee, Obama, Peter, Peter Grady, President Obama, rally, Republican, Republican National Committee, RNC, White House
by Jack Minor – During last week’s debates the two candidates for House District 50 revealed a stark contrast on the Constitution and helping small businesses with excessive regulation. “Skip” Carlson, a small business owner, said the hindrance to job creation was excessive government regulations that make starting a business a lengthy and [...]
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by Jack Minor – The House District 50 race took an interesting turn last week when claims surfaced that Democratic Dave Young’s campaign has taken a position that members of the clergy should not be allowed to moderate political debates. During Wednesday’s debate local resident, Gunter Hess, asked a question that appeared to [...]
Tags: board, call, campaign, change, convention, debate, God, Greeley, idea, issue, left, man, member, right, Scott, sex, Steve, Steven Grant, Tuesday, week
by Jack Minor – While the Obama administration has issued multiple statements over an anti-Islam film that it claims are responsible for all of the violence currently raging in the Middle East, officials have remained silent over a bible being burned by an Egyptian cleric. Continental News reported that Muslim cleric Abu Islam [...]
Tags: Bible, Islam, White House
by Jack Minor – Citing common themes, Glenn Fritzler said they decided to go with a giant figure of Peyton Manning for this year’s Fritzler Corn Maze. The 15 acre maze features a giant image of Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning with No. 18 on his jersey. In [...]
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by Jack Minor – WASHINTON D.C. – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) awarded the Guardian of Small Business Award to 4th Congressional Rep. Cory Gardner on Thursday, Sept. 13. In presenting the award, Dan Danner, NFIB CEO and President said Gardner had fought for small business owners against excessive government regulations. [...]
Tags: award, Business, CEO, champion, Congress, Congress Gardner, Congressional Rep, Cory Gardner, Dan Danner, EPA, foot, Gardner, government, nation, NFIB, primary, Representative Cory Gardner, right, Thursday, WASHINTON
A team of 13 Greeley firefighters honored the 343 firefighter who gave their lives on 9/11 by participating in the Denver 9/11 Memorial Stairclimb. The annual stairclimb consists of firefighters climbing 110 stories, which was the height of the World Trade Center, in full firefighting gear. Greeley firefighters who completed the challenge included: [...]
Tags: American, American Revolution, Barbary Coast, Ben Ojinaga, Christ, Egypt, end, Gaza strip, Greeley, Libya, Marc Jonez, memorial, Memorial Stairclimb, Richard Waidler, Tavis Kaberline, Thomas, Thomas Jefferson, Tyler Speck, War, World Trade Center
by Jack Minor – The Greeley/Evans District 6 Board of Education appears to be going into a full blown campaign mode in an attempt to get voters to approve a bond issue this November. At September’s Parent Teacher Organization at Scott Elementary, board member Judy Kron made a pitch for a bond issue [...]
Tags: accountability, board, Britton, campaign, check, district, election, Evans, grant, Greeley Evans, help, issue, John, John Evans, meeting, percent, state, support, vote, year
by Jack Minor – Students of biblical history have a unique opportunity this week where they can see and learn from a group of high school students about one of the most important items in the Old Testament. The book of Exodus devotes 16 chapters to the Tabernacle, a portable temple which the [...]
Tags: Barrett Chezik, caption, God, High, High Priest, High School, information, item, Jewish, Jewish Tabernacle, Moses, nation, Oklahoma, part, place, School, tour, wheat ridge, year, Zachary Woolsey
Administration cautions against “reading too much” into dismal report by Jack Minor – Last week’s unemployment numbers revealed the dire straits facing the U.S. economy after it was revealed that almost 89 million Americans are not in the workforce, a record high. While many have noted the drop in [...]
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by Jack Minor – While the Greeley/Evans School District’s policy on banning certain numbers being displayed, including 18, which is the number of Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, officials said the reasoning is actually based on experience. The dress code for district schools prohibits team jerseys or belt buckles with the numbers 13, [...]
Tags: ban, change, code, district, experience, gang, Greeley, issue, Jersey, John Gates, member, mother, paper, Peyton Manning, policy, problem, safety, School, student, Tribune
by Jack Minor – Verizon Wireless customers now have a bit of good news with the announcement that Greeley will have the new 4G LTE service in the coming weeks. Erica O’Connor, a spokesperson for Verizon Wireless said that Greeley should expect to see the new 4G service in the next several weeks. [...]
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by Jack Minor – Chik-fil-A restaurants across Colorado and the rest of the country are taking reservations for a free breakfast. The chain is announcing a free breakfast giveaway starting Monday, Sept. 10 to Saturday, Sept. 15. Customers who make a reservation online are able to reserve a free breakfast entrée which includes: [...]
Tags: Boston, Cathy, Chicago, Christian, Colorado, Colorado Chik, company, country, debate, Freedom Trail, God, government, interview, issue, place, position, rest, sex, speech, support
by Jack Minor – The CEO of Papa John’s pizza unwittingly waded into the “culture wars” for saying on a conference call that Obamacare’s mandates would affect the company’s cost of a pizza. A new survey reveals that nearly two-thirds of employers expect to see a cost in their health plans when Obamacare [...]
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