Coloradans know it’s hard to get any face time with U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), who hasn’t held a single town-hall meeting this year. It’s certainly not for lack of trying, considering his constituents routinely show up at his office to try and make their voices heard, especially when it comes to incredibly important issues like health care.
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Denver protest against DeVos and conservative bill mill ALEC draws hundreds
Hundreds gathered at the state Capitol Wednesday to protest Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ arrival in Denver for the annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
State Sen. Tim Neville loves the First Amendment…sometimes
Ran across a post by state Sen. Tim Neville (R-Littleton) on Facbook in which he laments a law in Hawaii that requires sham “pregnancy centers” to let women know that abortion is an available alternative.
Colorado anti-abortion leader takes a shot at LGBT people
You don’t have to be anti-gay to be anti-abortion, but the two sometimes run together in Colorado politics.
Cory Gardner: Nowhere Man
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner refuses to defend the Republican health care plan to the people in Colorado he serves. I offer this spoof of Nowhere Man with apologies to the Beatles (for nonprofit educational purposes only).
State Senator allows comments suggesting the use of violence against political opponents on his Facebook page
Colorado Senate Majority Leader Chris Holbert, a Republican from Parker, took to Facebook last week to share his views on the purpose of the Second Amendment.
Gardner helped strip from Obamacare a program to stabilize insurance markets but it’s now part of Senate healthcare bill
Republicans sabotaged Obamacare, in part, by stripping the law of funds to incentivize insurance companies to cover enrollees who were expensive to insure.
Colorado’s rivers received report cards, and they show there’s much work to be done
Conservation Colorado issued report cards assessing the conditions of several of the state’s major rivers last week, and the final grades bring some bad news.
Mischaracterization of the word “jihad” in Women’s March organizer’s speech leads to violent threats from conservatives
Conservatives have once again been demonizing Women’s March organizer and Palestinian-American political activist Linda Sarsour, who they say called for violent “jihad” against Donald Trump in a recent speech.
Doubt cast on Gardner’s explanation for skipping GOP meeting (with protesters outside)
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s (R-CO) office says it erred in telling Steamboat Springs Republicans that a planned lunch meeting last Friday with Gardner was canceled due the expected presence of protesters, when, in fact, the actual reason for the cancellation, according to Gardner’s office, was to “accommodate” a meeting with Democratic Routt County Commissioner Doug Monger.