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1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, Adams County Politics, Climate Change, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Editorial, Education, Energy, Immigration, Issues, Jobs, Liberal Logic, National politics, NSRF Business, ObamaCare, PC Police, PERA, POTUS, SCOTUS, TABOR, Taxes, Terrorism, Transportation, War on Women 23.01.2019 No Comments
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Adams County Politics, Colorado politics, Denver area politics, Editorial, Elections, Issues, NSRF Business, War on Women 17.12.2018 No Comments
Monday, December 17, 2018
It’s time for the Colorado GOP to regroup and move forward; here’s a four-point plan
- Sherrie Gibson
As the dust settles and hordes of strategists offer their opinions about where the Republican Party needs to go from election night forward, here is a decidedly different viewpoint.
Many proposed solutions have been bandied about, from dumping Trump to trying to connect to the broader electorate through more compassionate messaging.
Welcome to 2018.
The need for the GOP to look at their messaging has been a recommendation for years, so it is more than amusing to see some folks trip over their own insouciant behavior to breathlessly espouse the benefits of connecting with the heart of the electorate. What has been lacking is the will to believe that messaging is an area in which anyone other than the candidates should be participating.
Then there’s the president; to dump President Trump would be an error. Turning our back on the nomination of two conservative Supreme Court Justices and the reams of regulation already repealed would be a critical mistake, one the base would surely make any Republican candidate pay dearly for. There is an appropriate way to be supportive of the president, and that is to stand on the policies that are positively impacting the lives of every Coloradan.
Republicans need to take an all-of-the-above approach and do these four things:
1) Rebuild the infrastructure. Give disaffected voters a reason to come back and inspire a vision for the future. Voters will not buy into the negative proclamations of rabid government overreach. Read more …
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1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, Adams County Politics, Climate Change, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Editorial, Education, Elections, Energy, Immigration, Issues, Jobs, Liberal Logic, National politics, POTUS, SCOTUS, Taxes, Terrorism, Transportation, War on Women 20.11.2018 No Comments
Americans Turned to Trump to Roll Back the Progressive Tide
To understand his appeal, look at the excesses of liberals in recent years. He’s a wall against the wave.
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Cleveland, Nov. 5. PHOTO: JIM WATSON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGESAt lunch the other day, a friend and strong anti-Trumper wondered aloud what brought all those thousands of people out to Donald Trump’s rallies. “After all,” he said “they’re pretty much the same show.” Mr. Trump on stage, in his usual bragging mode, attacking the press, settling scores with people he feels have betrayed him, while the audience in their red hats applaud uproariously, yelling approval for 90 or so minutes. “What’s the attraction? I don’t get it.”
Not a bad question, really. As I thought it over, it occurred to me that what genuinely excites Mr. Trump’s crowds and draws them to him is their shared antiliberalism. By liberalism I do not mean liberalism of the kind that was at the center of our fathers’ Democratic Party—which supported labor unions, civil liberties, racial integration, involvement in international affairs. I refer to the liberalism now metamorphisized into progressivism, at the heart of the thinking of such Democrats as Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others.
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Adams County Politics, Candidates, Colorado politics, Denver area politics, Editorial, Elections, Liberal Logic, NSRF Business, Site News 24.10.2018 No Comments
An amazing letter from a fellow American – former Adams County Commissioner Alice Nichol on her decision to Walk Away.
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Adams County Politics, Ballot Issue, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Editorial, Education, Elections, Issues, NSRF Business, TABOR, Taxes 22.10.2018 No Comments
Admin’s note: Vote NO on 73. It’s not “for the kids” as supporters of this TAX INCREASE say. This ballot question is a liberals spending dream and an end run around TABOR. Education already gets a funding increase every year since Amendment 23 passed in 2000. It’s too bad that student’s achievement results didn’t rise. More money does not equal better outcomes. TABOR will survive this misguided attempt.
Ballot initiative seeks to increase taxes by $1.6 billion; could end Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights
A controversial ballot initiative would raise taxes on Coloradans by $1.6 billion to increase funding for public schools if approved. Opponents argue it also would make the constitutionally protected Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) impotent.
Amendment 73, the Establish Income Tax Brackets and Raise Taxes for Education Initiative, seeks to amend the state constitution to replace Colorado’s flat rate income tax with a progressive income tax. Individuals earning more than $150,000 would be taxed more and the corporate income tax rate would increase. The revenue collected from the tax hikes would go into a newly created Quality Public Education Fund.
The state constitution requires a 55 percent supermajority vote for the initiative to become law.
“‘Take your success elsewhere’ should be the signs erected if Colorado approves Amendment 73,” Penn Pfiffner, former state legislator and chairman of the board of the TABOR Foundation, told Watchdog.org. “The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights properly treats everyone equally, requiring the same income tax rate be applied to everyone. Currently, if you make more money, you pay more, but only at the rate that everyone else pays. This proposal would change that, bringing an attitude that the upper middle class and wealthy should be attacked and made to pay increasing amounts. It is the worst concept in raising taxes.”A group of opponents of the measure launched a “Blank Check. Blatant Deception. Vote No on 73,” campaign, arguing the ballot language is deceptive. It tried to have the question removed after the required deadline and Colorado’s secretary of state rejected its complaint. Read more …
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Adams County Politics, Ballot Issue, Climate Change, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Editorial, Education, Elections, Energy, Jobs, NSRF Business, TABOR, Taxes, Transportation 18.10.2018 No Comments
Mike Rosen: My picks for the 2018 Colorado ballot measures
Since many of you have again asked for my recommendations, here’s my analysis of Colorado ballot measures in 2018. They’re listed in the order in which they’ll appear on your ballot and in the Blue Book.
Amendment V – Lower Age Requirement for Members of the State Legislature
Recommendation: No.
Objective: Lower the age requirement for serving in the state legislature from 25 to 21.
Comments: There are certainly plenty of smart 21 year-olds with high IQs and 4.0 grade point averages. But smarts are not enough. Experience and wisdom come later in life. I’ll concede that not all older legislators are wise or possess impressive experience but we’re stuck with them. Why add to the problem? Additionally, most young people these days are still under the spell of the liberal indoctrination inflicted upon them in K-12 and higher education. Let’s give them a few more years to overcome that in the real world.
Amendment W – Election Ballot Format for Judicial Elections
Recommendation: Yes
Objective: Streamline the wording on the ballot to eliminate unnecessary repetitions.
Comments: This one is just housekeeping and a slam dunk. Anyone who would be confused by the change doesn’t have the wits to cast a vote.
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Does Adams 12 have a Priority Problem or a Funding Problem?Vote NO on the 5C Mill Levy Override Ballot Question
I serve on the Adams 12 Board of Education. I’m not writing this letter as a board representative but rather as a well-informed community member.
I have one big question for the voters in Adams 12 to consider – Does the school district have a funding problem or a priority problem?
I’ve been involved as a parent leader and as a board member for the last 15 years. During this time one particular budget item has aroused my particular hostility because it helps relatively few and harms our students. This budget item is the Longevity Stipend that we pay out to retirees.
Keeping the Longevity Stipends over mission critical budget items is the reason I voted “NO” as a board member for putting the Adams 12 Mill Levy Override Ballot Question 5C on this year’s ballot.
The Longevity Stipends pay retired staff additional funds above and beyond their state retirement pension from PERA. These stipend payouts max out at over $85,000 per retiree and are exceedingly generous when the revenue is healthy. However it is difficult to justify during budget cuts like those of the last 8 years. At first blush this may sound like an argument for more funding but let’s take a closer look. Read more …
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Candidates, Editorial, Elections, Issues, Legal Issues, Liberal Logic, National politics, POTUS, SCOTUS 14.10.2018 No Comments
Who’s Attacking Political Norms Now?
Democrats target the ‘legitimacy’ of the Supreme Court.
Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris at a Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 28. PHOTO: AARON P. BERNSTEIN/BLOOMBERG NEWSAfter the extraordinary tumult of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings ended, three normal things happened that are embedded in this country’s Constitution and traditions.The full Senate voted on the nomination, and Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed. Then Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Mr. Kavanaugh as an Associate Justice. Last Tuesday Justice Kavanaugh, sitting as the most junior Justice next to Justice Elena Kagan, participated in oral arguments in two cases involving the Armed Career Criminal Act.For Democrats, this return to normalcy is intolerable. They are doubling down on their war against the new Justice.They have several related goals: Undermine Justice Kavanaugh’s authority on the Court, argue that his presence undermines the legitimacy of the Supreme Court itself, drive Justice Kavanaugh off the Court through impeachment if they win control of the House of Representatives, and, most fantastic of all, consider expanding the size of the Court if they regain control of the government.At his political rallies, President Trump has taken to calling out “the radical Democrats.” Democrats are appalled at the President’s rhetoric. We can’t imagine why. If the party’s post-confirmation campaign against Justice Kavanaugh isn’t a radical departure from the norms of American politics, we can’t imagine what is.Dianne Feinstein, speaking from her Senatorial platform on Twitter , wrote that Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation “undermines the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.” Possibly Twitter’s character limitations prevented Senator Feinstein from explaining exactly how the legitimacy of the Court was being undermined, but the idea has taken hold among Democrats.
