Author: George Brauchler
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Don’t like legislative pay and perks? Resign | George Brauchler
A recent cover story by Colorado Politics on the financial challenges faced by some members of our General Assembly appears to start a dialogue toward the conclusion that legislators deserve to be paid more. I am happy to join that dialogue. Not one penny more. Zero. It is not that I am completely unsympathetic to…
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Our justice system works; let it do so for Trump | George Brauchler
The American political party of law and order is on the verge of suicide. Much of the Republican Party struggles to decide which principles define it — other than an unapologetic fealty to Donald Trump. The party of free market economics erupts into applause when Trump proposes a 10% tariff on foreign imports. The party…
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COLUMN: How about, ‘Get on the field, go to jail’? | George Brauchler
Monday night, two self-absorbed nit wits stormed Coors Field to disrupt the Rockies 200th loss this season to molest the National League’s presumptive MVP, Ronald Acuna, Jr. They must be incarcerated. In fact, Denver’s laws need to be enhanced to make trespassing on the field, court, ice, etc., during a professional game a mandatory incarceration…
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COLUMN: Colorado judges break the law — and are above it | George Brauchler
More than 50 Colorado judges have broken the law with seeming impunity. Only The Gazette’s reporting has called it out for the scandal it is. Those seeking admission to the practice of law in Colorado must — among other things — pass a character and fitness investigation. The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel has a…
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COLUMN: Trump shouldn’t take coward’s way out at trial | George Brauchler
Donald Trump must testify. And the trial must be televised. In the Washington, D.C., trial of allegations that Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 Presidential election through fraud — conduct touching upon the Jan. 6 siege of our U.S. Capitol — the former POTUS must testify in his defense. Under oath. Streamed throughout America. It…
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COLUMN: ‘Truth in sentencing’ initiative is common sense | George Brauchler
Last Friday, Derron Harris accepted a plea bargain from the Denver D.A.’s office for his murder of an Ohio man and the shooting of his wife while they rented a car. Headlines announced that Harris faced “up to 60 years” in prison. Nonsense. Harris, like every violent criminal who is not convicted of first-degree murder,…
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COLUMN: Legislative lawsuit is more glory than guts | George Brauchler
We have lowered the bar for what constitutes courage. Nearly two months to the day after the 2023 legislative session ended — after all bills passed by the General Assembly were signed into law by Gov. Polis — two progressive Democrat state representatives filed a lawsuit against the House leadership claiming that their colleagues (Democrats…
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COLUMN: Two chart-toppers — one in pop, the other in crime | George Brauchler
The biggest pop star in the world is bringing back-to-back performances to a city still struggling to Swiftly deal with rampant crime and its associated cost. At the same time, the Bronx Bombers will fill Coors Field with Yankees fans who might feel more safe in the Bronx than they do on the streets of…
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COLUMN: Phil Weiser has had a bad run at bat | George Brauchler
You could be forgiven if you thought Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser played for our Rockies. Last week, with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) was a particular disaster, but the former law school dean’s performance throughout the entire SCOTUS session seems better suited to Coors Field than a courtroom. Unless there was…
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COLUMN: Bailing out killers in Polis’ Colorado | George Brauchler
Murderers across Colorado are now entitled to hang out in our communities thanks solely to a murderer-friendly law signed by Gov. Jared Polis. This week, the Colorado Supreme Court reminded our state of the predictable, predicted and intended consequence of Polis’ 2020 repeal of capital punishment: bail for all murderers. Colorado’s Constitution has long held…