Posts Tagged ‘Britton’
Criticizes voters for not increasing taxes enoughby Peter Grady – The head of a local political organization has taken issue with a recent editorial by the Greeley Tribune placing the blame for low test scores on voters. In a recent editorial, District 6 needs everyone’s help, the Greeley Tribune said residents who want [...]
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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 [...]
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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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by Peter Grady – Long dismissed as the stuff of conspiracy “nuts” the United Nations has admitted that it really does want to impose a global tax. Opponents of the United Nations have long said that the organization wanted the ability to fund itself rather than rely on member dues and to have its own [...]
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by Peter Grady – In a possible attempt to persuade Republican voters, Donald Trump has still held out the possibility of running as an independent if the Republican’s don’t pick the “right candidate.” Last Thursday, Donald Trump told a group of reporters in Las Vegas that he was endorsing Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee [...]
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Tea party fits definition according to Dems by Matt Lacy – A pair of lawyers for the Obama administration said the president has sole discretion to define who is an enemy and that U.S. citizens with that designation are legitimate military targets. Government lawyers, CIA counsel Stephen Preston and Pentagon counsel Jeh Johnson, were asked [...]
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by Jack Minor – A local leader with the tea party has taken issue with statements made by former Gen. Colin Powell saying the Tea Party was to blame for the divisiveness in Washington, while omitting any similar criticism of leftist groups. In an interview with ABC’s Christiane Amanpour, Powell was asked about the “poisonous” [...]
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Calls for violence similar to French Revolution to achieve goals photo courtesy of Ringo the Gringo by Jack Minor – Local leaders in the Colorado Tea Party movement have said the leftist group “Occupy Wall Street” is indeed a mirror image of the Tea Party, meaning it is an exact opposite. Occupy Wall Street has [...]
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by Jack Minor The District 6 school board candidates will be available for questioning at the Greeley 9/12 group this coming Wednesday. The meeting will be moderated by Brian Britton, head of the group. Britton will ask the candidates several rounds of questions. Later in the evening, individuals will have an opportunity to present questions [...]
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Media spins Ron Paul comment regarding personal responsibility for medical choices by Jack Minor – The first ever Tea Party-sponsored debate showed the group is here to stay. During Monday’s event, candidates answered specific policy questions on everything from the economy to Obamacare and social security reform. The Monday evening debate was sponsored by the [...]
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“We will not take the bait” 9-12 leader says by Jack Minor – A local Tea Party leader has said he believes Jimmy Hoffa’s calls for violence against the group is an attempt to bait members into striking the first blow. Last weekend, speaking at an event with President Obama, Teamsters President, Jimmy Hoffa, called [...]
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Local leader says group consists of average Americans from every race by Jack Minor – During the debt limit debate, politicians have taken to calling average Americans who want the government to balance its budget, terrorists and comparing them to [...]
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Says they know what is best for students by Jack Minor The National Education Association recently endorsed Barack Obama for president. This endorsement comes a full year earlier than is normal and prior to a single Republican primary being held. At the NEA’s annual meeting in Chicago, the representative assembly passed a resolution endorsing [...]
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Minority leader proposes plan allowing President to unilaterally raise debt ceiling by Jack Minor Following a rousing speech on the Senate floor implying Republicans would not cave on the debt ceiling, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, proposed a plan that would allow Obama to unilaterally raise the debt limit. McConnell’s plan would pass legislation authorizing [...]
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Story by Jack Minor While one of the key goals of the Republican majority in Congress is to hold a public reading of the Constitution and requiring bills to have an attachment citing its Constitutional authority not everyone is happy with the moves. Several prominent liberals have described such readings as having a “fetish” with [...]
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Story and photo By Jack Minor While the elections around the country were not a shutout for the Republican Party one thing is certain, the tea party movement has proven it is a force to be reckoned with. During the elections, polling data indicated that 2 out of 3 republican votes and 4 out of [...]
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By Delany Ross Gubernatorial Candidate, Tom Tancredo, connected with The Colorado Tea Party/Greely 9.12 group at a recent meeting in Greeley. “The Colorado Tea Party is registered with the State as a non-partisan group,” asserts Christy Rodriquez, Director of The Colorado Tea Party. “We had the former ACP Candidate speak at one of our meetings [...]
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Story and Photo By Jack Minor The New York Times, showing interest in the Senate race in Colorado, said that Ken Buck was too right-wing for them in his stand on the issues. In an Aug. 19 editorial titled “At the Far Edge” the newspaper lamented several Republican candidates that have recently won primaries calling them [...]
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By Jack Minor Local Tea Party leaders spoke out against the NAACP after the organization passed a resolution implying the Tea Party movement is inherently racist. The initial wording of the resolution called upon “all people of good will to repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties, and to stand in opposition to its drive [...]
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By Rebekah Elliott The Grand Old Party assembled early morning on Saturday, April 10 at Northridge High School Gymnasium to decide the Republican candidates for Weld County. Over 300 Delegates and Alternates attended the event. Many interested observers sat in the grandstands that surround the gymnasium floor. The building was abuzz with conversations concerning the [...]
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A steady usurpation of power by the central authority over the last twenty years has both eroded trust in the federal government by the people and reawakened the debate over how the constitution should be read. I will not try to explain why one side is correct and the other is wrong, I will simply [...]
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by Jack Minor, for The Greeley Gazette After Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act there were many residents who opposed the bill. Most of those opposed feel the bill goes too far regarding individual mandates and other items. There is one politician who feels the bill did not go far enough. Last [...]
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