The Freemont County clerk has been arrested on charges of felony embezzlement. She's been kiting checks for years. With the Erie municipal election just a little over a week away, the antics there are of real concern. Why do people even serve in public office?
(DENVER) - Recent developments in the municipal election in Erie, Colorado have been flagged by news outlets and blogs across the state. Things in the town’s election have gone so sideways Town Clerk, Nancy Parker, resigned her post of 12 years. These occurrences have taken place in the midst of questions about the election, the
Serious sketchball antics in the Erie election. More reports of toxic situations at the Capitol are filtering out of the building so staff and interns got a warning email about talking to the press . . . that should end well. Jesse Mallory makes the case that much occupational licensing causes more harm than good.
The Democrat primary for Governor is just getting more and more interesting every day. Now it looks like Controlly-McControllerson "I can tell you how to live your life - and how much Coke to drink," Michael Bloomberg is all in for Michael Johnston to the tune of a million dollars. Denver's Independent Monitor has concerns about
Kyle Clark brings the FIIIIIRE. Oh, the teacher's union opposes a bill to actually help make PERA sustainable? #Shock Dems on twitter got CALLED OUT by ColoradoPolitics reporter Ernest Luning. Brutal.
Caucuses seemed way more chill this year than 2016. Cary Kennedy swept the Democrat caucus preference straw poll, it wasn't even close. What does that say about Jared Polis? Well, it turns out that ICE wants the guy who is being detained in a fatal hit-and-run and the sheriffs won't turn him over.
Today, the rally calling for Mayor Hancock's resignation will occur at about 9:30am. The Fraternal Order of Police has joined the chorus asking for the mayor to step down. Coloradan and founder of Moms Demand Action, Shannon Watts, told Bethany Mandel, a Jewish mother who bought a gun to protect her children after being identified as an
One of the candidates running in the Democrat primary for the privlige to be beaten by Rep. Mike Coffman has a message for gun owners - and for those of us who keep guns for our own protection, it sounds a lot like "confiscation" Behind the Denver Post paywall: Representative Cole Wist articulately explains why he voted
The House voted to expel Rep. Steve Lebsock on Friday, and moments before the vote, he changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. Many think the immediate pivot and focus on the Senate proves that at least a portion of the proceedings were politically motivated. A rally is scheduled for Wednesday to call for Mayor Hancock to
Despite efforts to delay it, all eyes are on the cap today to see what they're going to do on the vote to expel Lebsock from the House. Meanwhile, the Employers Council is defending their investigations. We'll see who ends up with the deciding vote on this today.
