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Frank,
Today I join you in celebrating Earth Day. For almost 50
years, April 22 has been dedicated to honoring our environment and
advocating to protect it.
And here in Colorado, our belief in protecting our public
lands and our open spaces makes Colorado the place we all love.
But in Washington, Donald Trump has a
different view.
Donald Trump sees public lands as a resource to be sold
off to the highest bidder, putting our lifestyle and recreation economy
at risk. Can you imagine The Great Sand Dunes, Rocky Mountain National
Park or Browns Canyon National Monument being sold to the highest
bidder?
Coloradans see things differently than Trump. We know our
public lands and beautiful open spaces define who we are. It’s what
makes Colorado special, and is a vital part of our strong economy.
My family, like many of yours, loves and uses our
beautiful public lands. Access to these places helps make Colorado the
place we love. And we will not go backwards.
Colorado’s treasured lands, our outdoor recreation economy
all deserve better than Trump’s misguided approach.
- Cary Kennedy
Note she
never uses the word President. Oversight or deliberate? Congressmen, not President Trump,
have advocating selling some public land, and transferring more to the
States.
You start
wondering if (P)regressives
would recognize a fact if it bit them in the ass. All feelings,
all the time, seems to be their style. Should you question their
‘feelings’, you are a despicable racist, misogynist, privileged
oppressor. (Missed some labels here, I’m sure)
Her formal
announcement she is running for Governor drew national scorn. Or is any
publicity good publicity?
I would pay
good money to watch her take her act to Northwest Colorado and ask for
the votes from my coal mining relatives (of both sexes). No, she will
stay in those areas known for turning Colorado purple. Splendid opportunity May 6 in Maybell as the Sombrero Horse Drive takes place. Vendor spots are only $20.
She is up
against some serious Democrat heavyweights. She might be a good fit for
them as a candidate for Lt. Governor. Nasty primary fight brewing?
https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/04/24/dude-do-it-polis-contemplates-a-run-for-governor/
Colorado
went for Shillary. What I find interesting is the usual reliable
Democrat counties, like Pueblo, went for Trump.
I’m
reconciled to the prospect of another Democrat governor. The Blue Dog
Democrats are nearly extinct and the GOP is a Jeb! club.
Thank
God for TABOR (and Douglas Bruce).
I
don’t vote for any candidate by party alone. I vote for politicians who
have a philosophy, and record, of giving people a hand up, not a hand
out.
That
said, any politicians that is in any way anti 2nd Amendment
won’t get my vote. Why the hell do they waste their time? Oh yeah,
makes for great stump speeches. Gives the impression they ‘are doing
something’.
In
2015 Colorado had 172 homicides. About 114 involved a firearm. In 2015 there
were 547 traffic deaths. Per the people on the front line, distracted
driving was the main culprit. About 125 were donorcycle deaths. Seems
to me to be a much bigger problem, one that should be a lawmaker
priority.
Please
let me turn over a large rock: Pensions, government and teacher pension
funds in particular. Mathematics is exact, and the math says these
funds are not sustainable. You rarely hear calls to investigate the
crooks who run them. Think Cary Kennedy will touch this topic? Only to
put the burden on the general taxpayer is my guess.
My
favorite Colorado Governor was John Love. A Republican, he served from
1963-1973. Often you would see, parked in the his reserved parking spot
at the Capitol, a dented GMC pickup, bits of loose hay in the bed, and
a personalized license plate reading GUV LUV. The current crop of
(P)regressives couldn’t carry his hay fork IMO.
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6 comments:
Thanks for posting this stuff so I can get up to speed for living in Colorado, and helping route the (P)regressives in any way I can....
I am waiting for a politician to introduce a bill making it illegal for government employees to contribute in any way (by pacs, though employee unions, etc.) to politicians who vote their salaries. It would be a conflict of interest if they were voting in anything to do with contributors -- but there is that nasty loophole that a lot of money slips through. If you want to stop bloated pensions, that's the way to do it.
Thank you, and I'm glad to help.
Excellent points. I believe many of these pension funds have flat out been looted. The funds have been put in high risk "investments" and the managers have received kickbacks.
Our current senior senator came from East Coast investment firms to become head of the Denver Public Schools. The school district suffered massive losses to their reserves via bad investments by him. Strangely, he didn't suffer financially. Had enough money to run for the senate.
That is the way these things get done. Few elected officials have the guts to go after the perps. Often, they themselves are perps.
Colorado is extinct. It is Colofornia or Calorado. Everything going on at once in this country is enough to drive me insane. Oh. Too late. I can't believe you are a registered Democrat. I couldn't get past that. Well, in some sense. I did read everything.
Blue Dog Democrat, if you please. Loath the Jeb!/Lindsey Graham/Karl Rowes of the GOP.
The closest I've come to voting for a (P)regressive is the late Ken Gordon, a good man even if I disagreed with him (a lot). Google him.
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