In a deliberate move to catch gun control activists off guard, an organization representing Colorado sheriffs in a lawsuit over a series of recently passed gun control laws abruptly announced the filing of the suit in federal court today. “We did that deliberately,” David Kopel, an attorney with the Independence Institute, which is handling [...]
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Laments siphoning to charter schoolsRecent revelations that District 6 will be letting nearly 20 percent of their new teachers has caused the Greeley Tribune to blame part of the problem on charter schools by categorizing students as “resources” that the district is losing. At Monday’s board of education meeting, District 6 Superintendent Ranelle Lang [...]
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by Peter Grady – While the state was focusing on a series of gun control bills working their way through the legislature, a bill was quietly passed that requires school districts that take state money to reach out to the “gay” community for help in designing their sex education curriculum. The legislature recently passed [...]
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Legislators given conflicting reasons for why bill neededby Jack Minor – A bill is heading to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk that Republican lawmakers say would give members of the Secret Service broad arrest powers in the state and could provide a framework for federal agents eventually to enforce gun restrictions. “This is absolutely [...]
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Governor says time to test boundaries of the lawNorth Dakota’s governor has signed into law a series of pro-life bills that he expects will be challenged, but he says the issues need to be decided. Today Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed the first three of the legislature’s pro-life bills – less than 24 hours after they [...]
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by Craig Masters In his most recent legislative update email, State Senator Kevin Lundberg reports dismal success in stopping the lawlessness and all-out assault on the Constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. Colorado leftists, hiding under the banner of the democratic party, are celebrating their iron fisted control of all three branches of Colorado government. In [...]
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by Craig Masters Friday, February 15, the Colorado House will be hearing the second reading of four anti-gun ownership bills. The democrats in the house are anxious to rush these bills through before the public can be informed. Much like the mind-numbing pace of other pro-democrat special interests group bills passing through democrat dominated committees [...]
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by Jack Minor – The civil union bill being debated in the Colorado state legislature discriminates against Christians and others and could open the door to churches being forced to allow same-sex ceremonies to be performed in their facilities. “It’s important for all Colorado citizens to notice that this bill fails to protect [...]
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by Craig Masters In the aftermath of the crisis at Sandy Hook Elementary, those in Washington and many others in the media suggest we who would be the next militia trade freedom for the false promise of security. They have joined the Obama cry for a national system of gun control that would – in [...]
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by Peter Grady – While many liberals and media outlets are calling for restrictions on gun owners including national registration and a ban on assault weapons and handguns saying these weapons are used excessively in murders, information from the FBI shows these groups are going after the wrong weapon of choice [...]
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State Representative Fields would appoint all-knowing bureaucrats to keep us safe by Craig Masters State Representative Rhonda Fields (D) was granted a lengthy guest column in the January 5, Denver Post. Her personal story not withstanding, her efforts to justify the socialists/central government position on gun control does make one valid point. She writes, “For [...]
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by Peter Grady – An email by the Obama campaign about the Newtown school shooting directs people to a page featuring a button asking for donations. On Dec. 14, Adam Lanza, 20, breaking multiple gun laws, murdered 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Following the [...]
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by Pastor Scott Lively – This week marks the anniversary of the adoption of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. December 10th is International Human Rights Day. Unfortunately, this is a day celebrated mostly by leftists, who have hijacked “human rights” in recent times to serve their own misguided [...]
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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 [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Hawaiian residents have also filed a secession petition with the Obama administration, effectively making the requests unanimous among all 50 states. The petitions have been filed on the White House web site under “We the People” which is designed to permit individuals to exercise their constitutional right to petition [...]
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by Craig Masters In a story that would have gotten a lot of coverage if an incumbent republican presidential candidate was trying to get a second term, the “offensive” billboards around the greater Cleveland, Ohio area reminding everyone of the simple fact that voting illegally is, in fact, a crime, all came down before election [...]
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WELD COUNTY, CO – Beginning October 22, 2012, the Weld County Department of Public Works will begin working on road improvements at the intersection of County Road 53 (formerly State Highway 37) and County Road 60.5 (formerly State Highway 263). The improvement site is located two and a half miles north of Kersey and three [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Contradicts testimony State Department gave before Congress by Peter Grady – Following a statement by Joe Biden that the administration had no idea embassy officials were asking for increased security in Libya, despite testimony to the contrary, the White House is now saying Biden was only referring to himself and the President. During [...]
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by Matt Lacy – A shocking undercover video reveals an Obama supporter assisting an undercover reporter commit voter fraud by voting for the president in two different states. The fraud was uncovered by an undercover reporter for James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas which has captured undercover video of ACORN, a controversial national community organizing [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright Recently Ruth and I travelled to Phoenix to watch the final 2012 Colorado Rockie series at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks. It was nice that our home team won both games that we attended, and also nice that we were allowed to test a [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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by Craig Masters No surprise that ‘Berkely.edu’ would spread the wrong ‘facts’ In the “war-torn” city of Chicago, Illinois, hundreds of Americans have been killed by armed criminals this year. But Barack Obama and the Democratic platform repeated, almost verbatim, a plank from their 2008 platform that read, “We believe that the right to own [...]
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by Peter Grady – LONGMONT — A Longmont woman whose unborn son was killed by a drunk driver said she intends to advocate for the personhood movement after learning his killer will face no consequences for his death. Earlier this year Heather Surovik suffered the loss of Brady, her unborn baby who was [...]
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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. [...]
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