Democrats in the Colorado General Assembly have backed away from trying to tax Internet retailers based on whether they have “affiliates” in Colorado. That approach, which would have said that if a Coloradoan had an ad for Amazon.com or Overstock.com on his web page, that would mean Colorado would deem [...]
Coloradans voted against legalization of marijuana in 2006 after approving it as a medicine in 2000. But now lawmakers are struggling with an upsurge in dispensaries and ill-defined “medical” users. How should public policly balance freedom, virtue, prudence, and practicality in dealing with this issue? Specifically, why not legalize all [...]
Todd Engdahl at Ed News Colorado reported Friday on two educational tax credit bills (HB 1295 and HB 1296) being introduced in the legislature, and closed with this comment:
While the proposals could make for interesting debate, they’re expected to fail for three reasons: 1) Democrats control the legislature, [...]
Todd Engdahl at Ed News Colorado reported Friday on two educational tax credit bills (HB 1295 and HB 1296) being introduced in the legislature, and closed with this comment:
While the proposals could make for interesting debate, they’re expected to fail for three reasons: 1) Democrats control the legislature, 2) [...]
In case you thought City Council’s reprieve earlier this winter reflected a soft spot in their heart for the homeless forced to live in tents, in reality the city attorneys advised any purge of the unsightly camps be delayed until a sufficient ordinance could be devised. The suggested legal verbiage [...]
President Obama has offered to meet with the Republicans to discuss health care. It's what they wanted, right? It's what they asked for. W-e-l-l-l-l, it turns out that they're only willing to meet if Obama scraps everything that has been accomplished already.
These are the same people who [...]
What does that make Wal-Mart and their seemingly endless resources of Manufacturers pushing products that get recalled not just by the United States Corporate-Owned “watchdog” Lapdog Agencies, products that mostly are marketed as toys or furnishings for Kids? But also by the Chinese agencies, legendary for their diligence in regulating [...]
Followed a link about the ads during the SuperDuperIncredibleBowl being about Victimized Males. Dodge Ram, “That thing got a Hemi? Sweet!” Homoeroticism campaign turned over to a guy who is so powerless in his own life that he has to drive a car that’s more macho than he is.
Probably [...]
Sen. Michael Bennet (D)
One year ago, many voters in Colorado were' [...]
The Denver Post reports that Colorado “House Bill 1008 would bar health insurance companies from using gender as a basis for setting different premium rates for men and women.” Basically, insurers generally charge women higher premiums than men. Supporters of the bill want to make this illegal, and hence [...]
The Colorado Wildlife Commission will consider naming a state wildlife area on the South Platte River after the late Charlie Meyers, the Denver Post's outdoor writer.Melamine is back in the Chinese food chain, coming from milk product supposed to have been destroyed after the food industry scandal which killed six Chinese infants and left the health of thousands permanently debilitated. International conglomerate Danone was named then among the villains, but at that time, many [...]
Please see the new blog at http://blog.ariarmstrong.com/.
I’ll use this FreeColorado.com URL to link to the new and archival material, display my Twitter feed and (hopefully) my new blog’s RSS feed, and so on. [...]
Greenwood Village Republican Walker Stapleton said he's the best choice for state treasurer based on his education and professional background.
The grandson of historic Denver Mayor Ben Stapleton and cousin to former President George W. Bush made a campaign stop at Pueblo County Republican headquarters Saturday.
As' [...]
This time when the Japanese whalers came abreast their eco-defense adversary to douse them with water cannons, the Sea Shepherd crew surprised them with a torrent of superior caliber! Yes, it sounds like a pissing match, the essence of swashbucklers. This one is worthy [...]
Melanie Shouse, a MoveOn Council leader in St. Louis, passed away from breast cancer while still fighting her insurance company for chemotherapy coverage.
While the Tea Party were forcing Congress to dick-the-dog on actual REAL non-privatized Health Care. They’ll rejoice that they “got rid of” another voice testifying to the [...]
Looking around the country you would think the easiest thing in the world to get passed would be a jobs bill or another stimulus. The number of unemployed Americans is critically high and the business climate is pretty dismal. The growth we saw in the economy in the last quarter [...]
