Politico reports this morning that the battle over President Obama’s health care-reform bill will be waged, and won, during the upcoming August recess. And Republicans is already identifying Colorado Democrats it believes it can persuade to stiff-arm the president come vote time. From Politico’s piece: “There’s a reason why they…
Get your blogs here. We catch ’em fresh daily. Send us links. Fort Collins will be the proud owner of Colorado’s second Smart Grid. (Square State) I don’t want to ruin the ending, but they painted photoshopped your name on the field, and Dan Hawkins recorded voice will call you…
When Michael Bennet was just a baby/his mama told him, son/always be a good boy/don’t ever play with guns. But that (weird, re-imagined-by-me Johnny Cash lyric) didn’t stop him from voting for them. Now he and fellow Sen. Mark Udall are in trouble — at least with the press –…
Join us every afternoon for a tall glass of ice cold blog. Bring links. A day after blowing a late-game lead to the D-Backs, the Rockies trade for some bullpen help in the form of Rafael Betancourt. (Purple Row) Just because we’re not paying them for four days doesn’t mean…
Get used to the words flashing on your TV screen and bouncing from your radio speakers: “Pay as you go.” And we’re not talking cell phones or Craigslist escorts (they do that, don’t they?) President Obama’s proposed “pay-as-you-go” plan — wherein every expenditure (except for lots of them) must be…
OK, so CNN.com’s Freshman Year — the internet reality show starring Colorado Congressman Jared Polis — isn’t likely an accurate representation of how Polis spends his time. And he does allegedly visit an Aurora detention center in the most recent episode (although we don’t see it, and I’m convinced he…
Our daily stroll through the garden of blog. Send us tips. Square State calls the Post lazy. (Square State) And Colorado Pols calls them Marie Antoinette. (Colorado Pols) Denver Stiffs doesn’t call them anything. They do provide a mid-summer state of the Nuggets overview in the wake of yesterday’s Malik…
Mayor John Hickenlooper may be starring in his own documentary series, but if this morning’s Denver Post is any indication, he’s soon going to be starring in his own political thriller, in which he somehow tries to trim $120 million from the city’s budget without decimating services, putting more people…
Consider us your Denver blog sherpas. Have a link you want us to share with the group? Send it here. Somehow I don’t think Rockuly will catch on. Regardless, Denver wins, San Francisco loses, and the wild card is ours. For today, anyway. (Rockies Review) Colorado gets part of its…
After 12-plus hours of testimony, the state health board on Monday rejected a key restriction on medical marijuana dispensaries — a rule that would have limited them to five patients each. You have to imagine this was the most attention ever heaped on the health board, which played host to…
Our daily ticket to blog-land. Got something for us? Send it here. The Pew Center released a report on corrections. Colorado’s correctional population ranks 15th among states. (Square State) The NL West is the second best division in baseball. That sound you hear is ESPN trying to figure out who…
It looks like Boulder Congressman Jared Polis has taken the lead as one of the Democrats to cross party lines and thumb his nose at President Obama’s health care proposal. But his concerns don’t have to do with health care itself. No, a letter he wrote that was signed by…
It’s hard to understate the explosive rise of Colorado’s medical marijuana industry. When Westword took an in-depth look at issue in the February 2009 article “Medical marijuana Has Become a Growth Industry in Colorado,” just over 5,000 patients had been approved by the state to use marijuana — which was…
Our daily cruise through the blogosphere. Send tips. Inside Infinity Park and Glendale’s strange obsession with rugby. (5280) Breaking down the Broncos quarterbacks. (Mile High Report) Michael Bennet’s campaign has money in the bank. About $2.66 mill, in fact. (Colorado Independent)…
Our daily cruise through the local blogosphere. Send tips this way. A new poll says Ritter’s approval rating is bad. But it could have been worse. (Colorado Pols) A little Rockies-related context before tonight’s All-Star game. (Purple Row) “Carbon Flats:” Swanky new condos on their way up in Arapahoe Square…
Even Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham concedes that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will be approved unless she has a “complete meltdown.” But that hasn’t prevented conservatives across the country from frightening their ideological comrades with the horrific prospect of a “wise Latina” judge on the most important bench…
Our daily look at local bloggage. Send tips this way. The Rockies are better than expected. But — and this is a problem — so is the rest of their division. (Purple Row) It’s never too early to start trashing a politician. In this event, it’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Josh…
How dizzying is the budget crisis looming over Denver? So dizzying that city officials don’t even know what day it is anymore. On Friday, July 10, Mayor John Hickenlooper’s office sent out a press release featuring the ominous headline, “City of Denver Must Cut $120 Million to Balance Budget Over…
The headline of last week’s blog “Josh Penry About to Announce Gubernatorial Bid?” didn’t really need a question mark. It was abundantly clear from the lead-up to his Saturday appearance at the Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction that only a bizarre cataclysm — like an earthquake that suddenly swallowed…
Our daily roundup of local linkage. Send tips. All aboard! Colorado discussing plan for high-speed rail line to El Paso and other exotic locales. (5280) A bill to regulate hydraulic fracturing is doing some political fracturing of its own. (Colorado Pols) How much revenue is Colorado really losing? Depends who…
“I’m extremely proud today,” writes Ross Kaminsky, a local libertarian columnist and blogger, about taking the bronze in MSNBC news anchor Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Person in the World” list this past Wednesday night. Kaminsky got the dubious award for a 4th of July post he wrote under the pseudonym Rossputin…
In recent years, most rulings about communication from courtrooms have centered on the use of cameras or laptops — but that’s so last generation, technologically speaking. Today, it’s all about phones like the one Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett has been given permission to tweet updates from during the impending…
