Author: By Jon Caldara
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COLUMN: The slow or fast death of Colorado’s GOP | CALDARA
On Saturday around 450 folks who make up the Colorado Republican Party’s central committee will vote on a proposal that would pave the way to closing their primary. I think it might be a good idea. But not for the reason you might think. As it stands not only can Colorado’s 950,000 registered Republicans vote…
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COLUMN: State commission does Don Polis’s dirty work | Jon Caldara
Gov. Jared Polis has his own secret police. They create their laws without the approval or even review of any of our directly elected representatives. We must live by their edicts or be punished as they see fit. The governor has sole tyrannical authority to appoint his secret police, just like Stalin. OK, maybe that’s…
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COLUMN: Empower workers to stop crime | Jon Caldara
Remember when employees cared about their jobs and cared about the company for which they worked? We call it a work ethic. It meant that an employee felt like he, too, was part of the company. One of the reasons we see such poor work ethic today, such reluctance to get back to work after…
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COLUMN: Legislature lies on the ballot, again | CALDARA
There are two axioms that perfectly fit the property tax rip-off going on right now in Colorado. The first, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Voters got conned into repealing the Gallagher Amendment two years ago, realizing only now our property taxes are going through the roof because of…
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COLUMN: We’re experiencing rainbow exhaustion | Jon Caldara
“I am much more afraid of being physically assaulted walking around the streets of Colorado wearing my Trump or GOP hat than my LGBT Pride hat.” This is what the president of the Colorado Log Cabin Republicans, Valdamar “Val” Archuleta, recently told me. The Log Cabin Republicans are a group of politically active gay Republicans,…
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COLUMN: Denver’s gun haters, go to Ukraine | Jon Caldara
The gun-phobic, “Here 4 the Kids” just led a protest at the State Capitol demanding Gov. Jared Polis immediately confiscate all guns in Colorado via executive order. They said they’d protest until he does, or until four days passed, whichever came first. Have you ever seen a toddler try to hold his breath until he…
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COLUMN: The Colorado corporatist EV push | Jon Caldara
There’re really two different products the private sector can offer: a “push” or a “pull” product. A “push” product is something that a company must persuade consumers to buy. It’s like rolling a snowball up a hill. A “pull” product by contrast pulls customers to it like a magnet, a snowball rolling down the hill.…
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COLUMN: The bill for a silent workplace | Jon Caldara
There is nothing more glorious than work. What a shame the Colorado legislature keeps making it more dangerous. Let’s see if Gov. Jared Polis stands up to the woke mob and vetoes a human resources nightmare bill disguised as protection from sexual harassment. Work is the act of creation. And we’re happiest when we create.…
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COLUMN: Trouble in paradise for Polis | Jon Caldara
In the days of the Colorado legislative session, I saw something I have never seen in the last five years. A couple of spectacular fumbles by our otherwise politically flawless governor. I’m talking “ESPN highlights of the week” kind of fumbles from a guy that normally plays like Tom Brady. When I say “flawless,” I…
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COLUMN: Welcome to formerly-friendly Colorado | Jon Caldara
I’m honored to abuse this space to opine on the political downfall of the once liberty-loving state of Colorado. But the state has lost something more than personal and economic freedom, though it’s harder to put a precise measurement to it. We have lost being, well, being nice. I miss Coloradans being pleasant, helpful and…