Vandals

The DPS strike won't start today - but teachers are all wearing red in solidarity today. Vandals have struck the Capitol in Denver. More details will emerge this week - but it seems like a strange story. The government is reopened until February 15th. Let's see what this week brings?

January 28th, 2019|The Flare|

Clown Car Disaster Circus

Last night got out of control at the Douglas County School Board meeting. Not only did the Board have a man physically removed from the meeting by law enforcement, their live feed somehow magically dropped as soon as public comment started - and the Board even enforced their rules inconsistently. It was a complete clown car disaster circus. Denver Public

January 25th, 2019|The Flare|

Misdoxx

A Douglas County Middle School teacher is on leave after attempting to doxx (publish the name and personal info of) one of the students from the viral controversy. The only thing is - she got the wrong child. Then she refused to take it down even after her mistake was pointed out. This opened up the child,

January 24th, 2019|The Flare|

We don’t need no education?

Well, DPS teachers voted to strike. The question now is if Jared Polis will intervene - and Kyle Clark reminds us of Polis' sometimes rocky relationship with teacher's unions. Speaking of education - Boulder County School District has denied the charter application for Ascent Classical Academy charter school. Bad news. Congratulations to Tyler Sandberg on his new

January 23rd, 2019|The Flare|

Alpha move, Susana

Dayum - talk about a flex move: DPS Superintendent says she's hoping to get government workers on furlough from the shutdown to substitute if the teachers strike - and she's going to pay them twice the normal sub rate. Colorado Peak Politics noticed a striking difference in the tone and content between the tweets from Democrat

January 22nd, 2019|The Flare|

Hijack

If you didn't see this one last week . . . Check it out. Democrats (and more specifically, Sen. Mike Foote) tried to hijack a bill that had unanimous support by both parties to ensure the passage of another piece of legislation that's more controversial. Holding widely-supported legislation hostage for your agenda is not the way to

January 21st, 2019|The Flare|

Safe… for now

Well, good news yesterday! The Title Board voted unanimously not to accept the language of the TABOR repeal. They said it didn't fit under Colorado's rule that an initiative all fit under a single subject. Michael Hancock is running for reelection and he's already topped $1m.  One teacher speaks out about why she won't join the

January 17th, 2019|The Flare|

TABOR safe… for now

Denver, CO - Colorado's Title Board today voted unanimously, (3-0) to deny the next steps to a full repeal of the Tax Payer Bill of Rights (TABOR). The Title Board cited Colorado's rule that initiatives must cover only a single subject, and ruled this proposal was too broad, as the basis for the denial. While this decision can

January 16th, 2019|Press Release|

The first step to repeal TABOR

Denver, CO - Tomorrow, Colorado’s Title Board will meet for an initial hearing on a proposed initiative to fully repeal the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). The initiative, dubbed “the nuclear option,” would do away with all of TABOR’s provisions including the portion that requires tax increases be passed by a vote of the people

January 15th, 2019|Press Release|

Dems reactions to Martinez decision

DENVER- In the wake of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to overturn an appellate court decision in COGCC v. Martinez, Colorado State Sen. Mike Foote tweeted out following statement: "It is well beyond time for us to protect Coloradans and our clean air and water. I am confident that my colleagues and I will come forward

January 14th, 2019|Press Release|