Colorado energy royalties hostage to DC’s game of sequestration chicken
In yet another act of sequester sadism, Uncle Scam is shorting Colorado $8.4 million in energy royalties that are owed to the state. It’s our share of $110 million Washington is withholding, as a means...
View ArticleWhy Governor Hickenlooper should veto Senate Bill 252
The Rural Rate Hike Express, otherwise known as SB-252, just sped through the Statehouse and is bearing down on Coloradans at breakneck speed. Our best hope now is that Gov. John Hickenlooper,...
View ArticleLegislative Scorecard sorts radical enviros from rational conservationists
A legislative guide that purports to enlighten Colorado voters about the environmental record of their state lawmakers has just been released for the 15th year in a row, and enlighten it does—though...
View ArticleClosing arguments in favor of Amendment 74
Sometimes you hear it said in America that “you can’t fight city hall,” which suggests the sense of futility many of us feel when confronting ever-growing government power at the local, state or...
View ArticleSunnyside Gold Corporation defies EPA over Gold King Mine spill liability
SILVERTON—Sunnyside Gold Corporation (SGC), the last major mining operation in the Bonita Peak Mining District around Silverton, Colo, issued a letter on July 9 accusing the Environmental Protection...
View Article