Hick’ll fly away

Bernie Sanders came to stump for Jared Polis yesterday - and after Polis got shouted down by his own base for not supporting 112 - then Bernie railed against billionaires buying elections. Colorado's Independent Ethics Panel has decided to open the investigation into Governor Hickenlooper's travel. Most of my things these days come from Amazon

October 25th, 2018|The Flare|

Bernie Sanders stumps in Colorado for Polis, Democrats

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders stumped for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jared Polis at the University of Colorado Boulder on Wednesday before heading north to Fort Collins to do the same at Colorado State University. Sanders calls himself a Democratic socialist, but the independent senator from Vermont caucuses with the Democrats in Congress, and he ran for

October 24th, 2018|In The News|

Jared Polis’ caravan conundrum

Denver, CO - One of the most widely covered national news stories is the “caravan" of an estimated more than 7,000 migrants marching toward the United States’ southern border. Regardless of how one feels about issues of legal immigration, illegal immigration, and the best ways to handle each, Jared Polis' history demonstrates a philosophy that

October 23rd, 2018|Press Release|

Jared Polis Increased Teachers’ Fees by 66% While on State Board of Education – Making Teachers Pay to Apply for a Job

DENVER – Although he was only on the State Board of Education for one term, Jared Polis raised application fees on teachers three times. Just five months into his six-year term, Polis approved his first fee increase and continued to vote routinely to increase fees on new teachers and substitute teachers. A later increase, during Polis’

October 22nd, 2018|Press Release|

Jared feels the Bern

Bernie Sanders is coming to Colorado to campaign for Jared Polis. Although Jared can't name a single issue on which he and Sanders don't agree . . . he's going to try to walk the fine line between trying to tell Bernie's supporters he's just like them while telling most moderate Coloradans he's not a Socialist. Good

October 22nd, 2018|The Flare|

En Fuego

Lynn Myers, businesswoman and former Arapahoe County Commissioner is taking on Rep. Jovan Melton and it's getting red hot - The Aurora Sentinel, which is generally terrible at everything - has even endorsed Myers over Melton, and that's saying a lot.  Things got pretty en fuego last night at the 9 News/Coloradoan debate. We're now having big

October 18th, 2018|The Flare|

Jared Polis Hoped to Stymie Colorado Oil and Gas While Profiting Off of His Canadian Energy Investments

DENVER – While Jared Polis travels the state promoting an extreme environmental agenda, to the delight of his Democrat base, his personal financial investments tell a different story. According to his own financial disclosure statements, Polis is an investor in two Denver-based Bow River Capital funds that invest heavily in the Canadian oil and gas industry

October 17th, 2018|Press Release|