This Saturday, August 11th at the NSRF we will hear from Greg Brophy on limiting large sums of money in political contests.
The NSRF meets on the second Saturday of every month from 9:00 am-11:00 am at Amazing Grace Church, 541 E. 99th Place in Thornton. Use the north door to enter. Admission is $5 per person. Coffee, orange juice, bottled water, fruit, & pastries are included with your admission.
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The following is all you need to know about Faith Winter:
Although Winter was on the negotiating team that rewrote Senate Bill 1, a transportation funding effort, all twelve bills Winter sponsored in 2018 focused on increasing government regulations or increased spending.
None dealt with Colorado’s failing highway system, energy or K-12 education funding.
July 26, 2018 By Sherrie Peif
Thornton — If Republican State Senator Beth Martinez Humenik had just one message for constituents in Senate District 24 it would be to look at her record.
Martinez Humenik said she is proud of the way she’s been able to reach across the aisle and get things done in her first term of office. She believes that trait makes her better equipped to continue serving the people of her district for another four years.
Last session, Martinez Humenik put her name on 23 bills. She sponsored or co-sponsored 15 of those with Democrats and 14 of those were signed by the Governor.
Faith Winter
Her opponent, Rep. Faith Winter, D-Adams County, had four of the eight bills she sponsored or co-sponsored with a Republican signed by the Governor — three of those had Martinez Humenik’s name on them as well.
“I work very well, collaboratively across the aisle,” Martinez Humenik said. “Almost all my bills from the time I got elected have been bipartisan bills because I know the importance of working together to get things done for the people that we serve.”
Complete Colorado is taking a look at key races for Democrats in their effort to “take back” the Senate. Senate District 22 has already been profiled.
Winter did not return requests for interview from Complete Colorado.
Republicans currently hold a one-vote majority in the Senate, with seven seats term-limited — three Democrats, three Republicans and one unaffiliated, formally held by Cheri Jahn, who caucused with the Democrats. One more seat, Senate District 11 has two new contenders as Democrat Mike Merrifield is not seeking re-election.
Ten more seats are up for election with incumbents. Seven are currently held by Republicans to just three by Democrats. In all, Democrats need to win eight of the open 17 seats to gain control.
By contrast in the House, Democrats hold a seven-vote majority with seven Democrat seats open, five to term limits. Winter’s decision to run for the Senate opened her seat, as did Brittany Pettersen’s decision to run for Senate District 22. Lang Sias being selected as Walker Stapleton’s choice for Lieutenant Governor left the lone Republican seat without an incumbent in House District 27.
Winter outpaces Martinez Humenik in the fundraising effort, raising nearly $200,000 as of the last reporting period, with a large portion of it coming in Political Action Committee (PAC) funding from such organizations as the Public Education Committee, Colorado Conservation Action Fund, Political Education Committee — which is the group that spearheads Democratic Socialists of America’s political education work — and Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, to name a few.
Winter also has dozens of the individual maximum contributions ($400) from donors affiliated with large corporations, healthcare non-profits, education, anti-Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) groups and lobbying firms.
Winter had nearly $150,000 cash on hand at the end of the last reporting period.
Martinez Humenik on the other hand has raised just under $52,000 through the last reporting period. She started off the campaign with $10,000 in the bank and has $34,000 cash on hand.
Martinez Humenik has donated more than $8,000 of her own money to her campaign and has mostly small donations from individuals. She does have some PAC funding, but most is in $400 donations.
She is supported by such groups as the Colorado Medical Society Small Donor Committee, the Colorado Petroleum Marketers Association and the Colorado Association of Wheat Growers State Political Committee, to name a few.
Winter is part of a larger national movement by Democrats to make the 2018 races about identity politics, which is focused on women, Latinas and homosexuals.
According to Emily’s List — a non-profit whose mission is to “work for larger leadership roles for pro-choice Democratic women in our legislative bodies” — 52 percent of Democrats who have filed to run for state legislative offices are women and more than one-third of Colorado’s legislature is women.
Winter’s platform: “(Democrat) women will take back the Colorado State Senate” is in line with her involvement with the “Sister District Project” — whose motto is “The Blue Wave is Coming.”
According to its website the organization “aims to ensure that all Americans have equal representation and our government works for all people, not just the minority in power.” However, the organization admits its purpose is to make the representation and the power more progressive by organizing “volunteers into local teams based on where they live, and “sister” this deep blue energy with swing districts across the country to support strategic state races that matter.”
Candidates supported by this effort are “paired with teams of volunteers who are holding fundraisers, making calls, writing postcards, and even planning canvassing trips.”
Tammy Story, who is running against incumbent Tim Neville in Senate District 16, is the only other “Sister District Project” candidate.
Winter made a name for herself in 2018 by leading the #MeToo movement at the Capitol. She successfully lead the expulsion of fellow representative Steve Lebsock, in an unprecedented workplace sexual harassment fight, the first expulsion in more than 100 years.
Lebsock recently told Denver Radio personality Karen Kataline, who was filling in on the Jimmy Lakey show, that the accusations were all part of a larger plot that included U.S. Congressman Ed Perlmutter and the chairwoman of the Colorado Democrat party Morgan Carroll targeting Republican men in the State Senate, where Republicans hold a one-vote majority.
Although Winter was on the negotiating team that rewrote Senate Bill 1, a transportation funding effort, all twelve bills Winter sponsored in 2018 focused on increasing government regulations or increased spending. None dealt with Colorado’s failing highway system, energy or K-12 education funding.
According to her campaign website her main focuses are on family, transportation, conservation and women’s rights.
Martinez Humenik’s views on the issues:
Gun Control — “Colorado has some of the strictest gun control measures in the United States. The federal government was here this year talking about them. We can make all the laws we want to, but we can’t control people’s behavior. We have a shortage of mental health providers. It’s even more critical in our rural communities. We have to find a better way to provide access to them and the care that is needed.”
Energy — “What has happened when we put all our eggs in one basket? 100 percent of anything is not a good thing. We have a plethora of natural resources here that we should be able to tap into. We have very strict restrictions to make sure it’s done responsibly. If we restrict setbacks to 2,500 feet, the state of Colorado’s economy is going to go down. People are going to lose jobs. This is all being driven by groups out of our state. If oil and gas go away, you will see a lot of new taxes and fees, and Colorado will become a state where business does not want to come in.”
The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) — “Having our tax laws the way they are helped us be successful through the recession. People just want us to be good stewards of their money. TABOR was voted on by the people. And until it is voted on by the people to take it out of the constitution, we have a duty to obey the laws of the constitution. While I believe it can be restrictive in some ways, I believe it was designed to do that so there wouldn’t be overspending. And whether people like it or not, it actually serves Colorado pretty well.”
Educational Choice — “I am in favor of parental choice for education. The public school system doesn’t serve every child the best it can. Parents need to have the opportunity to make that choice for their children.”
Growth — “Colorado is leading the way. We have a lot of diverse people coming together to lead the way and find what’s works best for Colorado. Right now, we have a lot of businesses moving here and we’re thriving so our economy is doing well, but the influx of people moving in is driving the housing market up to the point where a lot of the people who grew up here can’t afford to live here anymore. It’s a catch 22.”
Transportation — “We should have been addressing this and planning for this growth years ago, but nobody did it. Private/public partnerships are what we’ve been looking at for about five or six years now. I don’t know why people have an aversion to that because that’s the way we’re going to be able to fund some of these, and/or build coalitions with other groups that have funding. The state has to fund what is already in statute, so what has gotten cut in the past to make up for it is transportation and education.”
Overall Martinez Humenik said she works hard working with others on issues that make sense .
“I have built a solid reputation at the Capitol,” Martinez Humenik said. “Anyone is welcome in my office, no matter what their issue is. It has always been that way, and it will always continue to be that way. I’m willing to listen. I work very hard because what happens to the people I serve is very important to me.”
This Saturday at the NSRF we will hear from Colorado State Senator Beth Martinez Humenik, and Adams County Commissioner candidate Joyce Thomas. Both are on the ballot this November.
Beth won SD-24 four years ago giving Republicans control in the Colorado State Senate. If she isn’t re-elected, the Senate could shift to Democrat control and that means more government spending, higher taxes, more regulations, and laws as Democrats try to control your life.
Of the five AdCo Commissioners, four are Democrat and Joyce wants to add another Republican voice to the county’s governing body.
Both (and all Republican) candidates need your support, time, and money to stop the blue team.
We’ll also receive an update on the oil and gas presentation from a prior meeting.
The NSRF meets on the second Saturday of every month from 9:00 am-11:00 am at Amazing Grace Church, 541 E. 99th Place in Thornton. Use the north door to enter. Admission is $5 per person. Coffee, orange juice, bottled water, fruit, & pastries are included with your admission.
Next month we will hear from Greg Brophy on limiting large sums of money in political contests.
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2016. PHOTO: ALEX BRANDON/ASSOCIATED PRESS
By The Editorial Board
Updated June 28, 2018 7:34 p.m. ET
Schadenfreude is overrated, but it is amusing to see Democrats apoplectic that Republicans might confirm a Supreme Court Justice with 51 Senate votes. Let’s review the tape on the Sage of Searchlight, Nevada, because Harry Reid made this moment possible by blowing up the filibuster for judicial nominees.
Democrats are in various stages of grief about the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy but the prevailing mood is rage. Democrats are insisting that the Senate not confirm a replacement until after the November election. The left is still furious that GOP Leader Mitch McConnell barred until after the 2016 election a vote on Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to replace Antonin Scalia. They think Mr. McConnell should be “consistent” now.
But that Court opening came amid a presidential election, when Americans decide who will determine the direction of the courts for four years. No less than a quarter of Donald Trump’s voters said their reason was the Supreme Court. Hillary Clinton would have had her pick of nominees, and Mr. Garland or a more radical jurist would be on the Court. The real Democratic grievance as ever should be with Mrs. Clinton for losing.
Supreme Court confirmations ahead of a midterm election are routine. The Senate confirmed Justice Elena Kagan in August 2010, Justice Samuel Alito in 2006, Justice Stephen Breyer in 1994, and David Souter a month before midterms in 1990. The Great Scalia was confirmed in September 1986.
Hillary Clinton lost the Presidency in 2016 for many reasons but one was surely because she called people who disagreed with her a “basket of deplorables.” Millions of Americans knew who she meant, and nearly 63 million voted for Donald J. Trump.
The political left is now repeating that mistake as its cultural and political vanguard sends a message of condescension, hostility and now ostracism to anyone who voted for Mr. Trump or has worked with or for him for the good of the country. Their relentless contempt might end up re-electing him.
On that score don’t underestimate how the refusal by a restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, to serve White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will resonate politically. Ms. Sanders had taken a seat at the Red Hen with several others on Friday when owner Stephanie Wilkinson asked her to leave. Ms. Wilkinson told the press, which is turning her into Rosa Parks, that her restaurant “has certain standards that I feel it has to uphold, such as honesty, and compassion, and cooperation.”
How do civil wars happen?
Two or more sides disagree on who runs the country. In addition, they cannot settle the question through elections because they do not even agree that elections are how you decide who is in charge.
That is the basic issue here.
Who decides who runs the country? When you hate each other but accept the election results, you have a country. When you stop accepting election results, you have a countdown to a civil war.
The Mueller investigation is about removing President Trump from office and overturning the results of an election. We all know that. However, it is not the first time they have done this.
The first time a Republican president was elected this century, they said he did not really win. The Supreme Court gave him the election. There is a pattern here.
What do sure odds of the Democrats rejecting the next Republican president really mean? It means they do not accept the results of any election that they do not win. It means they do not believe that transfers of power in this country are determined by elections.
That is a civil war.
There is no shooting. At least not unless you count the attempt to kill a bunch of Republicans at a charity baseball game practice. However, the Democrats have rejected our system of government.
This is not dissent.
It is not disagreement. Read more …
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