Archive for August 15th, 2012

State Representative Bob Gardner responds to critics

Says Obama has power to punish Colorado if he didn’t ‘play ball’ with Health Exchange Planby Craig Masters On  August 9, State Senator Kevin Lundberg (R-dist 15) reported that Representative Bob Gardner, (R- dist 21) Chairman of the Legislative Health Benefit Exchange Implementation Review Committee circumvented the Committee to approve action to allow another $43 [...]

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Papa John’s accused of blackmail, extortion for discussing costs of Obamacare

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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Denver cake maker gets support after refusing “gay” wedding cake request

by Jack Minor—   A Christian cake maker has received an outpouring of support after he refused to make a wedding cake for a “gay” couple saying he believes in traditional marriage.   Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cake Shop in Lakewood was approached by a homosexual couple who asked them to make a wedding cake [...]

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Healthy habits for going back to school

WELD COUNTY, CO – Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment offers health tips to students who will be heading back to school after summer vacation to keep them healthy.   School supplies: check.  New backpack: check.  Haircut: check.  But what about healthy habits?  While students think about back-to-school shopping, new teachers, and homework, [...]

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Will government finally close the USPS?

by Craig Masters The United States Postal Service (USPS) is not the ‘Post Office’ of Ben Franklin. Franklin’s postal service was downgraded from a cabinet level department to a federally run “enterprise” in the 1970′s. But politics and government controls have proven too burdensome for one of the world’s top ten employers. An August 3, [...]

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National Weather Service puts in ammo request

by Matt Lacy –   The National Weather Service has submitted a request to purchase thousands of rounds of ammunition including hollow points which are intended to inflict maximum injury.   The solicitation for the ammunition appeared  on the FedBizOpps website and asked for 70,000 rounds of ammunition to be delivered to locations including Maine, [...]

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Bond issue District’s to lose, conservative leader says

by Jack Minor –   A local leader of a conservative group says while he agrees that John Evans Middle School needs to be torn down, if voters do not pass a bond issue this November school board officials will have no one to blame but themselves.   The District 6 board of Education will [...]

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Loveland police to crack down on Loveland Trail pet owners

Based on recent complaints, the Loveland Police Department will be enhancing enforcement along the Loveland Recreation Trail and lowering their tolerance level when it comes to irresponsible pet owners. That’s according to Loveland Police Sgt. Bob Shaffer, who heads the traffic unit and the motorcycle officers who have been tasked with monitoring the trail. In [...]

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Newt, Trump call for Obama to release college transcripts

by Matt Lacy –   While the administration and leading Democrats have called for Romney to release years of tax returns, Romney supporters Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich have called on the administration to do likewise with the president’s college records.   Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he has information that Republican presidential [...]

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