“Absolutely unconscionable,. We need to hear voices, differing voices. I know the Democrats are going to control everything, but hey, let’s abide by the intent of the statute, which is to have one opposing view.” — Polly Page, former PUC commissioner.
The Colorado PUC heard testimony from Pueblo community members regarding Xcel Energy’s plan to shut down two coal-fired generating units at the Comanche power plant southeast of Pueblo.
“I refer to that as the thermal nuclear option. That type of adjudication or an arrest on a juvenile’s record is going to have almost fatal consequences for the ability to obtain student loans for college or higher education. So prosecutors across the state, as was I, were hesitant to ever charge a juvenile with that kind of enormous offense for sexting.” — 19th Judicial District Attorney Michael Rourke.
“Raise the Bar” is running an initiative that would require future initiated amendments to pass with a supermajority of 55 percent instead of the current 50 percent plus one. However, initiatives that would repeal any current provision of the state constitution can pass with only a simple majority, as now.
As a Clinton supporting super delegate, would an indictment cause Hick to stop supporting Hillary?
“Please provide copies of agendas and/or descriptions of topics covered at each of the organization’s general meetings and events since inception.”
“The intent was to get everyone in compliance, not to steal their home, not to steal their business, not to shut them down and put these poor people (Duran’s employees) out of work even though it’s seasonal work. That was not the intent,” Duran said.
That is the beauty of an autobiography. You need only put in what you want to reveal. John Hickenlooper shows more of his human side than we see in most political memoirs.
“With that amount of money, (Steyer is) looking for vertical control of the ballot, taking over the state for his environmental agenda,” Ciruli said. “And it’s a pretty extreme agenda. It is anti-hydrocarbon, it is anti-growth in general.”
Trouble is, McKibben’s views are so extreme they make other environmentalists cringe. “I think that to keep it in the ground is naïve, to say we could shift to 100 percent renewables is naïve,” Sally Jewell, President Obama’s Interior Secretary…
Governor Hickenlooper’s office gave no serious or meaningful answer to transparency questions posed by Complete Colorado in follow-up to an exclusive report.
Inside the Democratic coalition, there’s a battle raging between the party’s blue-collar and environmental factions. But senior party leaders are trying to play down the conflict and its impact on household energy bills.
