Gaines: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Trump directives vs. his Red Flag Law position
I saw a recent CPR article about the conflict between Trump’s directives on immigration and Colorado’s sanctuary state laws.
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Gaines: Legislative Democrats do their business in darkness
On Dec. 30, 2024, right prior to the legally-mandated deadline, the Executive Committee of the Colorado legislature held a hearing on Senate Bill 24-157.
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Gaines: You paid about $24.5 million in tax dollars to Denver to address the city’s homelessness
A CORA request came back recently (part of digging into a reader question) that illustrates the importance of paying attention to what your legislature is doing — in particular, paying attention to those seemingly-unimportant, unsexy bills.
Gaines: A legislative directory to reach anyone in the 75th session
A reader was kind enough to make a directory of legislators in an Excel Spreadsheet. It’s linked below and feel free to make a local copy (and share).
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Gaines: You, too, can file a campaign finance complaint against someone
You may not have known this before, but you have the ability to accuse someone in this state of a campaign finance law violation.
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Gaines: The people doing ag in this state need to speak up for each other
Whether you run cattle on the Western Slope of Colorado or you grow forage on the Plains, there are precious few people in Colorado in Production Ag, while there seems a never-ending list of advocates — paid, volunteer, and sometimes from out of state — who are speaking up in support of things that either have the potential to harm producers or that will most assuredly harm them.
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Gaines: Educate yourself, Logan County, a Metro District may be coming
Sage Pointe, a neighborhood just outside of Sterling, Colo., in Logan County, might have a Metro District coming.
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Gaines: Recalling drones of our own in Eastern Colorado and a ‘nothing to see here’ response
Maintaining a healthy skepticism can be a challenge.
So many things these days are there to monetize your attention, and all too often the people generating the eye-catching content on social media (and sometimes in regular media) are none too picky about grabbing you without exaggerating or, sadly, making things up.
Gaines: Yes, oppose anti-2A legislation, but don’t forget to support state and local pro-gun orgs
The recent election results for Proposition KK (the state excise tax on guns and ammunition) were disappointing, but not altogether a surprise.
Gaines: Colorado newsrooms promote left-wing ‘civic engagement’
Wanting to support your community and get civically engaged? Do you also like warm cookies? I suppose the Venn Diagram for these two things would likely show a lot of overlap. I’m right there in the middle anyway.
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