Underwriting Downtown Culture

Denverite has a really cool (and somewhat frustrating, if you live in the metro area) heat map showing how surrounding counties are basically underwriting arts and culture for mostly Downtown Denver. It looks especially bad for Adams.Denver is taking a chill pill on the new red light cameras.Mortenson says it did nothing wrong in the convention

December 19th, 2018|The Flare|

Expensive Search

Senator Randy Baumgardner has announced his resignation effective January 21. It was going to be a tough session - now his replacement will be filled by a vacancy committee. Well, it only took over $160k for DPS to find their new superintendent . . . who was already in the office. Ryan Frazier eyes the Aurora Mayor race.

December 18th, 2018|The Flare|

LOL, J/K

Remember when Ed Perlmutter said he would stand against Nancy Pelosi? LOL, j/k. Democrats have decided that Agriculture no longer gets its own committee . . . it will now be known as "rural affairs." As if all the issues in rural Colorado are agricultural issues. It demonstrates how out-of-touch they are. The vote and ballot issues in

December 17th, 2018|The Flare|

Webb to Dems: Pay up

Former Mayor Wellington Webb had some harsh words for the four incoming Democrat statewide elected officials. He claims they haven't yet hired any African Americans and that it needs to be remedied immediately.The group that ran the last oil and gas initiatives are now saying they're coming back for a second bite at the apple if

December 14th, 2018|The Flare|

Webb to Dems: Pay up

Denver, CO -  In a statement released on his personal Facebook page, former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb criticized fellow members of the Democrat party for a complete lack of African American hires and appointments. This public criticism comes mere days after Governor John Hickenlooper fielded a question from a national news outlet regarding many of

December 13th, 2018|Press Release|

GO CU

UGH more plastic bag ban ridiculousness. The Colorado Springs Gazette editorializes against CNN's ridiculous question of John Hickenlooper.There's weird virtue signaling, then there's this insanity from some CU Regents.

December 13th, 2018|Blog, The Flare|

Bye Cousin Eddie?

Mayor Hancock has halted the bidding process for the convention center expansion because it looks like there was some shady dealing with the process and that at least one contractor was given inside information. These new sales tax rules could be really tough on Colorado retailers - especially small businesses who don't have a huge infrastructure to calculate

December 12th, 2018|The Flare|

Funyuns

The Boulder City Council is threatening to use the power of eminent domain to just take Xcel's equipment in the city if they won't sell it "in good faith." This is the equivalent of offering to pay for a bag of Funyuns while holding up a convenience store.Our friend Allen Fuller was featured in ColoradoPolitics.comAre Hickenlooper's immutable

December 11th, 2018|The Flare|

Combined

The search for the new DPS Superintendent has cost more than the next four districts . . . combined. The Colorado GOP has filed a criminal complaint against an incoming freshman state Rep. George H.W. Bush sponsored a child through a Colorado charity, Compassion International. It's a beautiful story. 

December 10th, 2018|The Flare|

Boulder City Council to Xcel “This is a stick up”

DENVER, CO - Last week, Boulder City council voted 8:1 to adopt Ordinance 8302, authorizing "the acquisition of property interests used or owned by Public Services Company of Colorado d/b/a Xcel energy, for the electric distribution facilities to serve the city, by negotiation and purchase or through the power of eminent domain, [emphasis added] and

December 10th, 2018|Press Release|