Monthly Archives: July 2011

As someone who understands the pressures and difficulties you have been going through, I want to say, “Congratulations.” You won, and so did the country. Absent some major miscalculations, within the next few days there will be official acknowledgement of … Continue reading →

Obama still has supporters, but theirs is a grim support. The Republican establishment reasserted itself this week, and good thing, too, because the establishment was right. It said Republicans in the House should back and pass the Boehner bill on … Continue reading →

House Republicans will link passage of a balanced-budget amendment to Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) last-ditch debt-ceiling plan, which GOP lawmakers said would move the measure to passage in a high-stakes vote later on Friday. Republican lawmakers voiced confidence the enhanced … Continue reading →

On a recent afternoon, former U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard stood before a room filled with dozens of local Republicans at a downtown Denver restaurant. The two-term senator, who spoke about the gridlock in Washington surrounding the debt crisis, was the … Continue reading →

Democrats walked away from a Reapportionment Commission meeting at the Capitol on Monday outraged over a proposal that would give more power to Republicans and drastically alter the legislative landscape of Aurora and Arapahoe County. Republicans, meanwhile, expressed frustrations over … Continue reading →

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release BATTLEMENT MESA, Colo. – On Tuesday, August 2nd, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office will join thousands of communities nationwide for the 28th Annual National Night Out neighborhood crime and drug prevention gathering. The Sheriff’s Office, … Continue reading →

White House stokes debt-ceiling crisis A Republican aide e-mails me: “The Speaker, Sen. Reid and Sen. McConnell all agreed on the general framework of a two-part plan. A short-term increase (with cuts greater than the increase), combined with a committee … Continue reading →

Washington, D.C. – Today, members of the House and Senate Western Caucuses sent a letter authored by Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) and Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar “respectfully asking him to help … Continue reading →