LIBERTY—the condition of being free from the control of another, whether a person or a government.  Of course the latter is the worst since “liberty, once lost, is lost forever”  John Adams Here a few more really bad ideas coming…

Over the last four weeks, our legislators have introduced only about 60 new bills.  The first two are two of the worst. As a reminder, we try to assess these bills through the ‘liberty lens’.  Almost ALL legislation is an…

  One hundred twenty seven new bills were dropped in the legislature this past week, making up for the paucity of the week before.  Who knew we did not have enough laws already?  And this is only half of the…

LEGISLATIVE REPORT 28 FEB 2021

      This was a slow week in the State Legislature.  Only 5 new bills in the House and 10 in the Senate SB21-116 Prohibit American Indian Mascots Imposes $25000.00 per month fine for use after 1 Jun 2022. …

LEGISLATIVE REPORT 22 FEB 2021

  PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN         1600 PENSYLVANIA AVE. N.W.           WASHINGTON, D.C.   20500           202-456-1111                           202-456-1414           WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV SENATOR MICHAEL BENNETT 261 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-5852   www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact                                            1309 East 3rd…

    The Colorado Legislature met on the second Wednesday of January (13 Jan 2021), at 10:00 AM, in accordance with the Colorado Constitution.  They met for three days to take care of ceremonial and organizational business.  They then adjourned…

2020 Election results review

  Amendment B  NO Senate Concurrent Resolution SCR20-001 – Repeal Property Tax Assessment Rates Referred to the voters by the state legislature Without increasing property tax rates, to help preserve funding for local districts that provide fire protection, police, ambulance,…