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Decriminalizing pooping in public, gross

School districts are subsidizing the activities of teachers unions to the tune of millions of dollars in Colorado. How many books/computers/school supplies/increase in teacher pay could have been purchased with that money? The justification from the Denver City Council for decriminalizing pooping in public (amongst many other offenses)? It's "for the immigrants." If I was an immigrant - legal

June 13th, 2017|The Flare|

Duck, duck, grouse

Blackmail is fine, as long as the Governor's doing it, right? Plus CO Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid was nominated to Justice Neil Gorsuch's old seat.

June 9th, 2017|The Flare|

Sing kumbaya

Despite launching her campaign while literally driving a car on a live stream, EMILY's list has still endorsed Cary Kennedy in the Colorado gubernatorial race. A new third party has gained minor party status in Colorado: the Unity Party. I wonder if they make people hold hands and sing kumbaya at their meetings. Their slogan, and I am not

June 8th, 2017|The Flare|

A law for everything, even age of smartphone use

A new group is trying to get an initiative on the ballot to ban the sale of smartphones to children under the age of 13. Are children buying them themselves, or do their parents buy the phones for them? How would this be enforced? Although, it's endlessly annoying to see small children disengaging for human interaction

June 7th, 2017|The Flare|

Leaving “to spend more time with the family”

A Colorado Supreme Court ruling yesterday could help spur condo construction and have ramifications for construction defects cases moving forward. The North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative has lost another executive director. Anna Jones says she's leaving the $135k a year gig after just a year so she can spend the last few months with her oldest before

June 6th, 2017|The Flare|

Taking the bait

If you're part of a "western chauvinist" group called the "Proud Boys," where would you go to bait people? The People's Republic Boulder, of course . . . and clearly, it worked. If you're a climate change alarmist who's concerned about pulling out of the Paris Accord where would you go to bait people? Colorado Springs, of

June 5th, 2017|The Flare|