Taxpayers for Liberty: Who Is This Group Playing in U.S. Senate Race?

by Ben | 5:42 am, March 10, 2010 | No Comments

Yesterday I received a strange mailing from a group called Taxpayers for Liberty. (Many of my fellow conservative, politically-active Colorado friends likely received the same.) It’s a self-described 501c4 organization with a Denver P.O. Box and an executive director named Andrew O’Neill — I’m almost positive it’s not this Andrew O’Neill.

I will take time later today to scan and post the four-page letter, along with the attached questionnaire and reply form, so you can see the mailing for yourself. It looks a lot like your standard political fundraising letter, with short paragraphs and heavy on underlined text and bullet points. Suffice it to say, the group Taxpayers for Liberty is very fond of Ken Buck, while railing on Jane Norton for not returning the questionnaire and Tom Wiens for filling out the questionnaire identically but having a voting record, or something like that.

Let me add here that the Taxpayers for Liberty questionnaire leaves a lot to be desired in its ability (or lack thereof) to meaningfully distinguish candidates from one another. For the most part, the 12 statements are largely factual in nature and focus on perspectives of existing problems without proposing or suggesting what type of solutions are needed. So at best, the answers might tell us all the candidates agree on the nature of the problem. Okay … then what?

So who is Taxpayers for Liberty? A search on the Colorado Secretary of State website finds the group originally was registered last November to one Sue Rehg of Loveland, a Republican activist and currently listed as a Larimer County co-chair of Ken Buck’s campaign. Last month the group switched registered agents to Denver attorney Adam Kehrli, no doubt to help make sure the language of the letter complies with electioneering regulations on 501c4 groups.

But this information only leaves many other questions unanswered — such as how large the group’s list or expenditure is. I’ve contacted representatives of the three leading Republican U.S. Senate campaigns to see if they have any insights or reactions to offer. But if anyone else out there has valuable information to add, please feel free to add to the intrigue.

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Defeat ObamaCare’s “moral narrative”

by Brian Schwartz | 1:30 am, March 10, 2010 | No Comments

Paul Hsieh, M.D. writes:

The key is Obama’s declaration, “I don’t know how this plays politically, but I know it’s right.” Ultimately, Obama and his liberal base believe that government-guaranteed health care is a “moral imperative” — i.e., “it’s right.” And that will also be the key to defeating it.

As Leonard Peikoff once wrote, “So long as people believe that socialized medicine is a noble plan, there is no way to fight it. You cannot stop a noble plan — not if it really is noble. The only way you can defeat it is to unmask it — to show that it is the very opposite of noble. Then at least you have a fighting chance.”

Read the whole article in Pajamas Media: “Can the Moral ‘Narrative’ of ObamaCare Be Defeated?”

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Amazon Fallout for Colorado Dems

by Ben | 10:08 pm, March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Despite the best efforts of Colorado statehouse Democrats to turn around and point the fingers at the e-e-e-eeevil Amazon.com, they (with the exception of Sen. Gail Schwarz) are all responsible for paying no heed to the warnings and ultimately killing many small Colorado Internet businesses.

Speaking of difficulty in taking responsibility, WhoSaidYouSaid has posted a YouTube video of Democrat state senate leader John Morse going ballistic at Amazon. Sadly, for the overwhelming majority of people whose businesses have been affected, this just doesn’t ring true.

Turning in his Kindle for an iPad is John Morse’s prerogative. But venting at a business for following through on a rational decision caused by his own vote won’t ease the pain of Colorado’s Amazon affiliates. Although it might inspire a few to volunteer on behalf of John Morse’s Republican opponent Owen Hill.

While lame duck Governor Bill Ritter similarly has professed his indignation, more attention properly has been given to gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper — who, as the Denver Post’s Chuck Plunkett points out, seized the moment to show a lack of leadership. As fellow RMA blogger Don Johnson points out, though, it’s this entry yesterday by the Post’s Jessica Fender that is carrying the brunt of reader outrage.

Nine more weeks for the legislative session to end can’t come fast enough. Statehouse Democrats not only are causing havoc and harm with their bad policies, they are doing Republican strategists’ work for them — ticking off more easy talking points to be lobbed back against the majority throughout the fall campaign season.

Property tax … car tax … fees, fees, fees … clamping down on families and small businesses … killing job growth …. In light of this, I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: State-level races are where the Tea Party groups can have the greatest impact.

Update: T.L. James of the Peoples Press Collective has a more eloquent and entertaining take on the Amazon.com tax and the John Morse video … yes, he’s really in the comment trenches of his YouTube video arguing with everyone over the finer points of the tax and the state constitution.

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Colorado Senate Majority Leader John Morse Goes All Shakespearian on Amazon.com

by T.L. James | 8:57 pm, March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Master Thespian John Morse, Colorado Senate Majority Leader, goes off on a rant over Amazon.com’s small act of defiance against his tax increase and privacy invasion. This is so laughable it has to be seen to be believed/appreciated:

For those who don’t know, the Democrat-controlled Colorado legislature two weeks ago passed what have come to be called the “Dirty Dozen” tax increases – blatantly ignoring the Taxpayer Bill of Rights amendment to the state constitution by raising taxes without a vote of the citizens. Among the items subjected to new or increased taxes, including soda and (some, weirdly-defined) candy, doggie bags, software downloads, and bull semen (!), are all online sales.

In the case of the latter, the tax increase mandated onerous and privacy-invading reporting requirements onto online retailers. Amazon announced early on that they would suspend all affiliate accounts for Colorado residents if the measure passed, and over the weekend made good on that promise, sending cancellation letters to all of its Amazon Affiliates in the state.

In other words, a company had the guts to stand up in a small, symbolic way to the anti-constitutional taxation policy and invasive reporting requirements of the state of Colorado – and Senator Morse won’t stand for it. How dare Amazon not meekly accept the dictates of Senator Morse and his pals in the Colorado legislature? Who does Amazon think it is?

Me? I say “Hooray for Amazon!”

What amuses me is that he is now going to ditch his Kindle, boycott Amazon, and take his custom to more statism-friendly Apple. While I applaud Amazon’s actions, I firmly believe that they will lose far more business from people like me, who will no longer purchase anything online, from any retailer, so long as this taxation and reporting law is in effect. Indeed, even though I am a shareholder and the move would cost the company money, I would have preferred to see Amazon go all the way, and refuse to accept any orders for delivery to or with a billing address in Colorado (or at the very least the addresses of the governor and every legislator who voted for the bill).

What’s not funny about Senator Morse’s dramatic soliloquy, though, is the unquestioned assumptions that lie behind it. The notion that Amazon being a $900 million “corporate customer [sic]” is something shameful, a sin that requires the redistribution of their profits to assuage. Or the assumption that the targets of an objectionable piece of legislation ought to know their place, and accept the imposition humbly without uttering a word of protest. Or the apallingly ignorant assumption that he and his equally-economically-ignorant colleagues can blithely pass tax increases without altering economic behavior in the private sector whatsoever.

What’s even worse is Morse’s astonishing and hypocritical attack on Amazon as being a “bully” and engaging in “egregiousness” and ”tyranny”. Senator John Morse, Democrat of Colorado Springs, may want to look in the mirror – after all, it isn’t Amazon who is pitching an over-the-top emotional fit, it isn’t Amazon who is throwing its weight around to take something it shouldn’t have or forcing people to do business with it, and it isn’t Amazon who is acting in blatant violation of the state constitution and against the loudly expressed wishes of the citizens of Colorado.

[via WhoSaidYouSaid]

ADDED: Senator Morse is getting called out on his BS in the comments at YouTube, and is (not at all surprisingly) responding with snippy and condescending remarks. How dare we proles question him! He’s a senator!

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Colorado Senate Majority Leader John Morse Goes All Shakespearian on Amazon.com

by T.L. James | 8:57 pm, March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Master Thespian John Morse, Colorado Senate Majority Leader, goes off on a rant over Amazon.com’s small act of defiance against his tax increase and privacy invasion. This is so laughable it has to be seen to be believed/appreciated:

For those who don’t know, the Democrat-controlled Colorado legislature two weeks ago passed what have come to be called the “Dirty Dozen” tax increases – blatantly ignoring the Taxpayer Bill of Rights amendment to the state constitution by raising taxes without a vote of the citizens. Among the items subjected to new or increased taxes, including soda and (some, weirdly-defined) candy, doggie bags, software downloads, and bull semen (!), are all online sales.

In the case of the latter, the tax increase mandated onerous and privacy-invading reporting requirements onto online retailers. Amazon announced early on that they would suspend all affiliate accounts for Colorado residents if the measure passed, and over the weekend made good on that promise, sending cancellation letters to all of its Amazon Affiliates in the state.

In other words, a company had the guts to stand up in a small, symbolic way to the anti-constitutional taxation policy and invasive reporting requirements of the state of Colorado – and Senator Morse won’t stand for it. How dare Amazon not meekly accept the dictates of Senator Morse and his pals in the Colorado legislature? Who does Amazon think it is?

Me? I say “Hooray for Amazon!”

What amuses me is that he is now going to ditch his Kindle, boycott Amazon, and take his custom to more statism-friendly Apple. While I applaud Amazon’s actions, I firmly believe that they will lose far more business from people like me, who will no longer purchase anything online, from any retailer, so long as this taxation and reporting law is in effect. Indeed, even though I am a shareholder and the move would cost the company money, I would have preferred to see Amazon go all the way, and refuse to accept any orders for delivery to or with a billing address in Colorado (or at the very least the addresses of the governor and every legislator who voted for the bill).

What’s not funny about Senator Morse’s dramatic soliloquy, though, is the unquestioned assumptions that lie behind it. The notion that Amazon being a $900 million “corporate customer [sic]” is something shameful, a sin that requires the redistribution of their profits to assuage. Or the assumption that the targets of an objectionable piece of legislation ought to know their place, and accept the imposition humbly without uttering a word of protest. Or the apallingly ignorant assumption that he and his equally-economically-ignorant colleagues can blithely pass tax increases without altering economic behavior in the private sector whatsoever.

What’s even worse is Morse’s astonishing and hypocritical attack on Amazon as being a “bully” and engaging in “egregiousness” and ”tyranny”. Senator John Morse, Democrat of Colorado Springs, may want to look in the mirror – after all, it isn’t Amazon who is pitching an over-the-top emotional fit, it isn’t Amazon who is throwing its weight around to take something it shouldn’t have or forcing people to do business with it, and it isn’t Amazon who is acting in blatant violation of the state constitution and against the loudly expressed wishes of the citizens of Colorado.

[via WhoSaidYouSaid]

ADDED: Senator Morse is getting called out on his BS in the comments at YouTube, and is (not at all surprisingly) responding with snippy and condescending remarks. How dare we proles question him! He’s a senator!

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Kathleen Conti will challenge Rep. Joe Rice in Colorado house district 38; Rick Gillit drops out

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 8:23 pm, March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Littleton Republican Kathleen Conti will challenge Democrat Rep. Joe Rice in state house district 38. Rick Gillit, a member of of the Englewood city council, has dropped out of the race for the GOP’s nomination to challenge Rice. Conti owns a small business.
Tom Munds reports,
Conti has an extensive business background. She built two successful businesses over the past two decades and now is a principal associate for SMM Foods. She and her husband operate their office out of her home while the manufacturing facility is in Golden.
The Republican challenger and her husband Ralph have lived in the Denver metro area for years and moved to Littleton in 2007. They have two sons, Andrew, 20, and David, 18. 
Conti said she has been active in grassroots movements more than in the regular Republican Party events. She also has been active in the community. Her activities include a trip as a volunteer to help the Haitian earthquake victims.

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Arapahoe County commissioner: Jim Dyer won’t seek re-election, Nancy Sharpe, Lauri Clapp want job

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 8:08 pm, March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Arapahoe County Commissioner Jim Dyer, a Republican and a former state senator, won’t seek re-election in district two. Greenwood Village Mayor Nancy Sharpe and former State Rep. Lauri Clapp will seek the GOP’s nomination to succeed him. The race is expected to be spirited. Sharpe is highly respected and very popular, and she’s expected to have little trouble raising money for her campaign. Clapp lost a race for the state Senate in 2008, which wasn’t a good year for Republicans. Dyer is supporting Sharpe and explained why to Lynn Bartels. Impact graphs from Bartels:
Dyer said he is backing Sharpe, saying Clapp would be a “disaster” and he fears if she wins the nomination, Democrats will take the seat in November.
He charged that Clapp ran a lackluster Senate campaign in 2008, and lost what had been a Republican seat to Democrat Linda Newell  
“I worked very hard in that campaign,” Clapp countered. “It just wasn’t a very good year for Republicans.
“I have a very good reputation in Arapahoe County. I have an excellent reputation as a legislator. Not only am I going to win this primary, I am going to win in November.

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Colorado Attorney General John Suthers endorses Jane Norton for U.S. Senate

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 2:51 pm, March 9, 2010 | 3 Comments

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has endorsed former Lt. Governor Jane Norton for the U.S. Senate.
“Jane Norton is a person of principle and integrity, and I am certain she will be an exceptional representative for the citizens of this state in the U.S. Senate,” commented Suthers. “She has a proven track record of experience in tackling and solving big issues, and I believe she is the right person to stand up for Colorado’s law enforcement community in our nation’s capitol,” he said.
“Jane Norton is just what we need in the U.S. Senate: a Colorado conservative,” continued Suthers. “She will be a strong voice for common sense solutions to the challenges we face,” he said.
“The people of Colorado couldn’t ask for a better Attorney General than John Suthers,” said Norton in a press release. “He is a true statesman and model of how to solve law enforcement challenges through cooperation and hard work. I am proud to have his backing as we continue to work to return Colorado values to the United States Senate.”
Suthers who so far is running unopposed for re-election as attorney general, is a former U.S. Attorney and former member of Governor Bill Owens’ cabinet. He currently serves on the executive committee of the National Association of Attorneys General and as chairman of the Conference of Western Attorneys General. 

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Big Day Tomorrow… Come Out and Join Us!

by jccaldara | 2:31 pm, March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Tomorrow is a big day in the land of liberty. We’ve got two events going on, back to back.

The first is Taxpayer Day at the Capitol. The Independence Institute is proud to join forces with Americans for Prosperity and other liberty minded organizations including The 9-12 Project Colorado Coalition, The Gadsen Society, Liberty on the Rocks, Peoples Press Collective, and the Western Slope Conservative Alliance. Aren’t you tired of special interests sending their lobbyists to the Capitol to promote their own pet projects and pet issues? Well, tomorrow is our chance to unite as taxpayers and represent our interests to those inside the Colorado State Capitol. After all, taxpayers are the largest “special interest” group in Colorado — it’s about time we use our large numbers. Besides, ignoring us taxpayers makes you look as silly as Austin Powers. (Even the Denver Post has written about it!)

Please join us on the west steps of the State Capitol at noon!

The second event is a health care policy roundtable co-sponsored by the Heartland Institute. This event will be taking place at the Denver Public Library from 2 to 5pm. Click here for the agenda including speakers and topics. If you’d like to join us for the health care roundtable, please call Mary MacFarlane at 303.279.6536 or RSVP online here.

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The Democrats’ Strategy for 2010

by acmaurerco | 12:44 pm, March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Only a few months into 2010, the Democrat Party’s strategy for November is emerging.  Just like the CPSU, the Democrat Party has become a centralized party: as an outsider, I’m not sure who’s in charge–the DNC or OFA–but clearly they work together for the common goal.

The first step is to clear the path for the anointed candidates.  This is happening in several ways.

Some Democrats see the handwriting on the wall (please pardon the Biblical reference in this context) and are retiring or switching parties.  Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama–a retired doctor no less!–fits that category as does our own Colorado state Rep. Kathleen Curry who became independent.  Others simply retire, such as Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) in December.

Others are being forced out by a party seeking to avoid scandal.  The Democrats campaigned hard on being more ethical than the GOP and although that seems to me quite a stretch, they don’t want to be embarrassed this fall. Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd is one of those.  Gov. Bill Ritter is rumored to have made his decision under this kind of pressure as well.

There are always these kinds of retirements, scandals, and so forth but the number and timing seem more than coincidental. Doesn’t a Democrat begin facing a scandal by denying and stonewalling?  That is not happening now. What is happening is that the party is purging moderates and others who may hinder the party’s goals.  I use the word purge purposefully: just as Hitler, Lenin, Stalin and Mao and others all purged their parties. Rep. Eric J. Massa of NY seems to be one of these.  His so-called scandal isn’t really all that awful–if we can believe what we’ve heard so far is all there is to it.  Rather, he seems to have been purged for his lack of support for Obamacare.

The second step is to support the right candidates who will advance the party message. Here in Colorado, Obama made a campaign stop for Bennett.  That does not sit well with long-time Colorado Democrat activists.  In an open letter published by Romanov supporters, two members of the DNC and 2008 Obama supporters write:

During our service on the DNC, no sitting Democratic President of the
United States ever became involved in a Democratic primary for the
U.S. Senate….It is inappropriate and unacceptable for national Democratic Party officials and the President of the United States, who is the titular head of the Democratic Party, to engage in Democratic primaries.

Have we not heard the same objection with regard to RNSC support of a senatorial candidate in this state?  Yes, but with a difference.

In the Democrat Party, at least, the message is clear: it’s not about the candidate, it’s about the Party.  The Democrats hope to overcome the difficulty they are having in getting their platform enacted by purging their own party.  Heads up, Democrats: If you’re getting in the way of the Left’s message, you’re gone. A contested primary allows for debate on the issues.  In this party there is no room for debate. Conservative Democrats are long gone; now it’s the turn of the moderates.

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PPC-SPAN: South Denver Candidate Search 2010 Forum Live Webcast; **Update 2: Gov., Senate speeches posted

by elpresidente | 12:26 pm, March 9, 2010 | 2 Comments

Candidates for Governor, CD2, CD6, CD7, US Senate, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, state House and Senate, and county positions were featured at the March 6 South Denver Candidate Search 2010 Forum.

Clear the Bench Colorado director Matt Arnold:

PPC can only make event coverage like this possible through the generosity of viewers like you! (unlike the lefties, we ARE NOT funded by any outside group):

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Enhanced Teacher Training Short-Term Answer, Online Technology is Future

by Eddie | 10:32 am, March 9, 2010 | 1 Comment

Are great teachers just born that way, or is there a proven method to train many instructors to become much more effective?

In one of the most fascinating (and longest) education articles out there, Elizabeth Green wrote in the New York Times Sunday magazine about “Building a Better Teacher.” The experts she talked to suggest that the answer may be the latter, that there are specific methods and techniques (and a new vocabulary of teaching terms) that can be used more successfully train high-quality instructors.

However, over at Education Next, Harvard’s Paul Peterson says one of Green’s key conclusions is misguided:

…She says we will need millions of additional teachers to cover baby boom retirements, and wonders how we can find enough good ones.

The answer is that we can’t–not even with more effective education schools or elaborate merit pay programs or by ruthlessly dismissing ineffective teachers.

Dr. Peterson makes an excellent point. Don’t get me wrong: Overhauling teacher preparation and enhancing alternative licensure programs, as well as implementing compensation and tenure reform, are important strategies for policy makers to pursue. But they aren’t enough to solve the problem of getting all students connected to the instruction of quality teachers.

Notice I didn’t necessarily say in the classrooms of quality teachers. Dr. Peterson expounds:

As I explain in Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning, we need fewer teachers, not more, and those few teachers must reach thousands of students at a time. Fortunately, this possibility, once remote, is now arriving with a speed as rapid as that of the avatar-laden space ship zeroing in on the planet Pandora. As we enter the world of high-powered notebook computers, broadband internet connections, 3-dimensional curricula, open-source product development, and internet-based games, both co-operative and competitive, students will learn by accessing dynamic, interactive instructional materials that provide information to each student at the level of accomplishment he or she has reached.

I’ve written about cyberschools here many times before. Here in Colorado, as much as in any other state, competitive innovation continues in this field as a way to reach more students. Are we at the place yet where teachers can “reach thousands of students at a time”? No, but the day is fast approaching. In the meantime, staying away from burdensome regulations on online education and pursuing quality teaching reforms (like the list I mentioned above) are two important approaches we need to pursue.

Such reforms include the groundbreaking teacher training efforts highlighted in Green’s New York Times piece. The path is clear to how we can improve (and quite possibly in a dramatic fashion) educational outcomes in the near and long-range future. The political power of groups invested in protecting the status quo can only impede progress for so long.

See also:
Terry Moe Touts Power of Technology to Transform Politics of Education – July 30, 2009
Disrupting Class Means Future Change for School System, Teacher Unions – January 5, 2010

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Rasmussen Poll: Best News for GOP Guv Hopeful Scott McInnis in Awhile

by Ben | 7:31 am, March 9, 2010 | 3 Comments

Yesterday’s Rasmussen poll is the best news GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis has had in awhile, and well timed to land a week before caucuses. Fellow RMA blogger Don Johnson notes that McInnis’ six-point lead over Denver mayor John Hickenlooper comes in spite of a distinct popularity advantage by the Democrat. Johnson says: “That’s not so good for McInnis.”

I disagree with that assessment. Everyone knows Hick is more popular, flashier. The fact McInnis leads in spite of the disparity says a good thing not only about the former Congressman’s chances to claim the governor’s mansion next year, but also about the heavy baggage that comes with being a Democrat in Colorado in 2010.

Of course, plenty hinges on whether this latest poll is an outlier or the sign of a trend. A similar result in April may be dispiriting to the majority Dems.

But let’s bring it home. Does the new Rasmussen poll affect your view on which Republican candidate is the stronger general election selection to take down Hickenlooper: McInnis or Dan Maes? Have your say on the March survey of Colorado’s political temperature by Friday. Who knows? You could be the deciding vote.

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Deroy Murdock: Obamacare Declares War On Growth Capital

by Rossputin | 6:29 am, March 9, 2010 | No Comments

In his article for Human Events entitled “Obamacare Declares War On Growth Capital“, the always excellent Deroy Murdock explains an aspect of Obamacare which needs to be explained more loudly and more frequently to anybody who hopes to start a business – or work for one, namely the punishing tax increases Obama hopes to use to fund his government takeover of medicine.

While the focus on Obamacare’s likely destructive impact on the quality of American health care and its metaphysical certainty to increase health care price inflation is appropriate and reasonable, more must be made on the other costs to Americans of the plan.

Murdock’s article is excellent intellectual ammunition for anyone who wants to understand this and help others to understand it.

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Climate alarmist scientists are hardly at a disadvantage

by Rossputin | 6:14 am, March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Please check out my short note for the National Review Institute pointing out the fallacy of the claim by climate alarmist scientists that they are at some sort of competitive disadvantage versus “skeptical” scientists because of funding by energy companies:

http://nrinstitute.org/mediamalpractice/?p=718

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Rasmsussen Poll: Scott McInnis 48%, John Hickenlooper 42%; independents like Mcinnis 50% to 35%

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 9:51 pm, March 8, 2010 | No Comments

Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis is leading Obama-Democrat Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper 48% to 42%. A month ago, Hick led McInnis 49% to 45%. Three percent of Colorado voters opt for another candidate, most likely Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes. “Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Colorado voters hold a very favorable opinion of Hickenlooper, while 13% view him very unfavorably. McInnis is viewed very favorably by 17% and very unfavorably by 10%,” according to Rasmussen. That’s not so good for McInnis.
Also, 46% of Colorado voters view the Tea Party  movement favorably and 37% unfavorably. “Still, only 18% of Colorado voters consider themselves a part of the movement, while 68% do not,” according to Rasmussen. Maes and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck are appealing to the Tea Party voters.  More here.

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Transparency propaganda

by amy | 9:44 pm, March 8, 2010 | No Comments

Transparency: quality or state of being clear, transparent; also frank, candid, free from deceit.

COST believes that most Coloradans have come to understand transparency in government as detailed expenditure and revenue information.

With those definitions in mind, it is laughable that the Colorado State Treasurer’s Office called its latest interactive endeavor “Tax Tracks” a transparency Web site.  The site is long on generalizations and pretty pie charts but short on details.  In fact, the site even admits it provides nothing more than an “approximation” of taxes paid and where those dollars end up in the state’s coffers.

Even more insulting is that the site is designed to guilt taxpayers into believing they should pay more. Enter $50,000 in annual income and an “approximate” tax breakdown appears.  Click on the link for K-12 education.  Treasurer Cary Kennedy, architect of Amendment 23, explains how much taxpayers spend on public eduction, and using a thoroughly debunked statistic, she admonishes Coloradans for not spending more:

Colorado ranked 49th in spending on pre-school through twelfth grade public education measured as a percent of personal income in fiscal year 2006-07.

Under “Gasoline Tax” visitors discover this gem:

The gasoline tax has not been adjusted since 1991. From 1991-2008, it lost 40% of its purchasing power adjusted for inflation (Denver-Boulder consumer price index).

Translation: Coloradans don’t pay enough in state gasoline tax.

However, Colorado’s 22 cents per gallon tax is close to the national average.

The interactive site also lets visitors vote on whether the amount paid for K-12 education and other areas of government is the “right amount”, “too little”, or “too much.”

Furthermore, these state taxes aren’t paid in a vacuum.  According to the Tax Foundation, Coloradans didn’t see Tax Freedom Day, “the day when Americans finally have earned enough money to pay off their total tax bill for the year”, until April 12 last year. The state ranked 16th highest in the country.

Tax Tracks makes a mockery of transparency.  Just because Treasurer Kennedy calls it “transparency” doesn’t mean it really is.  In fact the only transparency in this Web site is its motive to convince Colorado taxpayers that they should pay more.

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Amazon’s fired Colo. affilliates see how Democrats’ Internet taxes hurt small e-commerce businesses

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 9:18 pm, March 8, 2010 | 3 Comments

Fired Colorado businesses and not-for-profits that were affiliates of Amazon until Governor Bill Ritter and tax and spend Democrats in the General Assembly enacted a new tax that caused Amazon to suspend its affiliations with Colorado-based web sites are learning that the Democrats are anti-small business. That’s not news. The news is that there are some outraged former affiliates of Amazon who are staging a revolt in the comment’s section of the Denver Post’s comment section. When we had an e-commerce business we collected the state’s sales taxes from our Colorado customers. And most e-commerce sites based in Colorado did the same. But in their greed for tax revenues, Ritter and his fellow Democrats over-reached despite warnings from Amazon and other small businesses. Now they get to play defense during the election campaign. Their problem is that they can’t defend their blind irresponsibility. Read the comments on Jessica Fender’s blog at The Spot. They’re very entertaining. Chuck Plunkett notes that Hickenlooper misses his chance on Amazon tax. Scott McInnis put out a press release blasting Hickenlooper’s complicity in passing the Internet tax that is costing Colorado businesses money.

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Jimmy Lakey drops out of Colorado CD-7 race

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 9:07 pm, March 8, 2010 | No Comments

Jimmy Lakey has dropped out of the Colorado seventh Congressional District race for the GOP’s nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Lynn Bartels reports. He cut his losses after it was learned that he had not registered to vote and that his claims that he had voted absentee couldn’t be documented. Aurora Councilman Ryan Frazier remains the leading contender for the nomination. Lang Sias, Mike Sheely and Michael Demming also are running.

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The GOP and the Tea Parties

by acmaurerco | 12:47 pm, March 8, 2010 | 4 Comments

A guest post by Tres Melton of The Green Dragon Tavern

It can be deadly to focus on narrow issues, and ignoring the broad strokes can be just as deadly. The GOP is more attractive to the Tea Parties and 9/12 Projects as well as the many other liberty-oriented groups than the Democrats are, but that does not mean that their support is a foregone conclusion for the GOP.  I have researched and written about this and posted it on the Green Dragon site.

If Republicans cannot understand the motivation for the Tea Parties then they will never be able to avail themselves of the energy their activists wield. If the GOP can’t select candidates that liberty activists can get behind this time then they run the risk that these groups will form a third party in the next two years. Make no mistake, if they do form an alternative party, the majority of their followers will come from the independents and from the GOP. This would be devastating to both the liberty groups and the GOP and leave the socialists in power for quite some time.

I have heard it said that Obama’s election was the best thing that could have happened to the GOP, as it has motivated them to action. It has led them, to a lesser degree than it should have, into introspection of their philosophies and ideals. It has pushed the independents that are not socialists away from the liberal/progressive policies of the Democratic Party, and given them cause to look again towards less government. These are all good things and opportunities not to be squandered.

We need to adopt a party platform, resolutions, and candidates that can attract these new people. The support of these newly-minted liberty groups is not a certainty, but what is a certainty is that the opposition of these groups would be devastating.

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March 15th Happy Hour Meet Up

by redrocks | 11:50 am, March 8, 2010 | No Comments

Happy Hour – It’s the Law!

Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink – Up On The Roof (upstairs indoor HEATED bar)!!!

Here’s a great opportunity to meet the “man” behind the badge. As if we needed yet another reason to celebrate our freedoms on Monday, Red Rocks will also be ushering in March Madness, the New Moon, caucus eve, and pre-St. Paddy’s Day celebrations. Don’t forget the place to be on Wednesdays is Liberty on the Rocks at the Tavern at DTC or Denver, (alternate weeks) with Denver’s chapter hosting the only true reason to go green, this St. Patrick’s Day.

Who ya gonna call? Well, if you’re not in Mayberry, you better call Sheriff Mink (see his impressive resume at http://co.jefferson.co.us/sheriff/sheriff_T62_R0.htm).

Bring your questions, the Sheriff should have the answers.

Should we expect to see any recessionary cutbacks that may affect our safety?

Are our schools safe?

Are we moving toward becoming a police state?

How does Jeffco handle the issues of medical marijuana and immigration?

What about us “right wing/tea party” terrorists?

How about some insight on the “Sweet 16” ?

Upcoming speakers/events

April 5 – Red Rocks celebrates our one year anniversary!

Event Summary:

March 15, 2010

Old Chicago’s rooftop patio (weather permitting, if not, meet in the upstairs bar)

145 Union Blvd.

Lakewood, CO

Happy hour from 5 – 7 p.m.

FB group: Liberty On The Rocks (Red Rocks)

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On Joining A Campaign

by elpresidente | 11:48 am, March 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

Yours truly–El Presidente (or Michael Sandoval for those who know me)–will be joining the Tom Wiens for U.S. Senate campaign as New Media Director.

Aside from recusing myself from posting on the GOP US Senate primary at PPC, nothing will change on this blog.

I must, however, restate emphatically that the People’s Press Collective board DOES NOT endorse candidates of any party in any primary. All of our member and affiliate bloggers are, of course, free to endorse (or not) individually at any time, either here on on their own blogs. Their endorsements, much like the great opinions, news reporting, and analysis should not be construed as the official position of the PPC board or any other member.

Cheers!

It’s Past Time for Colorado to Seriously Consider Private School Tax Credits

by Eddie | 10:18 am, March 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

The Denver Post’s website yesterday published an opinion column by Alliance for Choice in Education executive director Norton Rainey, decrying the “unsurprising” but disappointing defeat of House Bill 1296:

HB 1296 would have provided low-income families with an annual $1,000 tax credit for enrolling their child in a private school. The bill would also have provided a grant of $1,000 to any public school that loses a student to a private school as a consequence of the tax credit.

The legislation would have given low-income families a financial incentive to send their child to a private school, reduced public school class sizes as more children took advantage of the tax credit, and provided public schools with a $1,000 grant to help them give the children that remain a better quality education.

What’s more, HB 1296 would have saved the state millions of dollar, according to the official fiscal note prepared by Legislative Council: $4.9 million in savings for the first year, $6.9 million in the second year, and as much as $26 million by 2022. [link added]

Over at the GoBash blog, my Education Policy Center friends also highlighted some of the shameful lobbyist arguments used against this legislation (and its companion bill, HB 1295), which would have provided additional opportunities for many students while saving money for the state and public schools. I guess some people are bigoted against schools not run by the government, and that’s just the way they are.

I was going to write about this story last week, but it saddened me too much. I needed some down time with my Legos and my Nintendo Wii this weekend. And, of course, it helped a lot that Mr. Rainey put into words some of my same thoughts.

Let’s not give up, Colorado! These important tax credit proposals deserve serious consideration — even if better late than never.

Original Post: Ed is Watching

Which Colorado Candidates Have Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge?

by Ben | 9:10 am, March 8, 2010 | No Comments

Americans for Tax Reform’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge has reached iconic status, especially in Republican primaries. Politicians who sign the pledge are declaring their opposition to any and all future tax increases.

Below is the official updated list of all Colorado candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress who have signed the no-new-taxes pledge. Interestingly, the top four U.S. Senate candidates are all aboard, but only two of the four candidates in the 4th Congressional, and one each from the 3rd and the 7th. Current Republican Congressmen Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn unsurprisingly are on the list as well:

CO Signers ATR Tax Pledge 2010

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The Californication of Colorado continues

by David K. Williams, Jr. | 8:39 am, March 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

In its zeal to collect more and more tax money, the Colorado legislature recently passed new sales tax regulations for online transactions in the state. They assumed this would have no impact on the number of online sales in Colorado, and the State would take a cut of each transaction, and revenue would be raised for government programs. Oh, the ignorance.

Not only will the State not get a cut of each transaction – because some online companies will no longer do business in the State – but now the State can’t tax the extra income of Colorado residents who are no longer able to transact commercial business online.

So, in its unquenchable desire for money money, the State has driven business out of Colorado and cost Coloradans an untold amount of income.

This letter from one of the largest online businesses in the world shows exactly how this works:

Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate:

We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. The regulations are burdensome and no other state has similar rules.

The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax.

Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to “voluntarily” collect Colorado sales tax — a course we won’t take.

We and many others strongly opposed this legislation, known as HB 10-1193, but it was enacted anyway. Regrettably, as a result of the new law, we have decided to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado. We plan to continue to sell to Colorado residents, however, and will advertise through other channels, including through Associates based in other states.

There is a right way for Colorado to pursue its revenue goals, but this new law is a wrong way. As we repeatedly communicated to Colorado legislators, including those who sponsored and supported the new law, we are not opposed to collecting sales tax within a constitutionally-permissible system applied even-handedly. The US Supreme Court has defined what would be constitutional, and if Colorado would repeal the current law or follow the constitutional approach to collection, we would welcome the opportunity to reinstate Colorado-based Associates.

You may express your views of Colorado’s new law to members of the General Assembly [ http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2010A/csl.nsf/directory?openframeset=]

and to Governor Ritter [ http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/GovRitter/GOVR/1177024890452 ], who signed the bill.

Your Associates account has been closed as of March 8, 2010, and we will no longer pay advertising fees for customers you refer to Amazon.com after that date. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned prior to March 8, 2010, will be processed and paid in accordance with our regular payment schedule.

Based on your account closure date of March 8, any final payments will be paid by May 31, 2010.

We have enjoyed working with you and other Colorado-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program, and wish you all the best in your future.

Best Regards,

The Amazon Associates Team

Original Post: BlueCarp

Will anti-taxpayer majority on Colorado Supreme Court continue to ignore TABOR on tax increases?

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 8:32 am, March 8, 2010 | No Comments

Former State Senator Mark Hillman challenges the Colorado Supreme Court to enforce the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) section of the state Constitution in a severance tax case. He mocks the court’s “anti-taxpayer” majority to uphold TABOR rather than explain again that ‘up is down,’ ’round is square,’ ‘more is less’ and that the plain language of the constitution doesn’t really mean what it so obviously says.” Most likely, the court will show once again that it’s time to Clear the Bench.

Original Post: Business Word Blog

Bill Ritter Kills Online Business In Colorado

by RMR | 8:00 am, March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments

Amazon.com sent out the following notice to small businesspeople using their online-affilliate program last night:

Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate:

We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. The regulations are burdensome and no other state has similar rules. The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax. Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to "voluntarily" collect Colorado sales tax — a course we won’t take.

We and many others strongly opposed this legislation, known as HB 10-1193, but it was enacted anyway. Regrettably, as a result of the new law, we have decided to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado. We plan to continue to sell to Colorado residents, however, and will advertise through other channels, including through Associates based in other states.

There is a right way for Colorado to pursue its revenue goals, but this new law is a wrong way. As we repeatedly communicated to Colorado legislators, including those who sponsored and supported the new law, we are not opposed to collecting sales tax within a constitutionally-permissible system applied even-handedly. The US Supreme Court has defined what would be constitutional, and if Colorado would repeal the current law or follow the constitutional approach to collection, we would welcome the opportunity to reinstate Colorado-based Associates.

You may express your views of Colorado’s new law to members of the General Assembly and to Governor Ritter, who signed the bill.

Your Associates account has been closed as of March 8, 2010, and we will no longer pay advertising fees for customers you refer to Amazon.com after that date. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned prior to March 8, 2010, will be processed and paid in accordance with our regular payment schedule. Based on your account closure date of March 8, any final payments will be paid by May 31, 2010.

We have enjoyed working with you and other Colorado-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program, and wish you all the best in your future.

Best Regards,

The Amazon Associates Team

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The other case for Larry Kudlow

by Rossputin | 5:59 am, March 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

In an article for Human Events, Donald Lambro writes about “The Case for Larry Kudlow“, explaining that various “supporters” have been encouraging the economist and CNBC economics commentator to challenge Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for one of New York’s Senate seats in the upcoming November elections.

Lambro correctly  portrays Mr. Kudlow as a popular and influential voice for smaller government, liberty, and free markets.

But if anything, Kudlow’s combination of expertise and current position argue against his running for office.

I imagine that Larry Kudlow would show up near or at the top of the list if you ask television viewers – especially white-collar Americans – whom they think of when asked to name a free-market small-government economist.

This name recognition is crucially important if the forces of liberty hope to win a nationwide argument for the “hearts and minds” of Americans as we go into the November elections.  Kudlow can make a much bigger impact in support of the positions he cares about and in support of politicians who share his “classical liberal” values by staying where he is and using his CNBC (and radio) megaphone to influence voters across the nation rather than having to focus his voice into a singular NY Senate race.

For someone to give up the influence that Kudlow has now in order to run for the U.S. Senate would strike me as an act of blind hubris.  My take is that a man who has seen the highs, and more importantly the lows, that Larry Kudlow has seen (he’s not shy about talking about his experience with “twelve step programs”, for example) simply does not have the narcissistic ego that drive others (such as Barack Obama) to seek high office.

In terms of the politics, even a popular figure like Kudlow would be a huge underdog against Chuck Schumer.  Lambro notes that Schumer already has $30 million in campaign funds and points out a recent poll which shows Kudlow 35 points behind Schumer in a theoretical matchup.  And while Lambro optimistically notes that “conservative strategists are quick to point out that would put Kudlow about where Scott Brown started out before he came from behind to win”, this is NOT the Massachusetts race.

How many of you (who don’t live in Massachusetts) can even name Scott Brown’s opponent?  That person…Martha Coakley…had modest-at-best name recognition even within her own state.  She ran a much worse campaign than Schumer would.  And, Scott Brown had the advantage of being involved in the only election in the nation at that time, allowing conservative and libertarian and Republican activists from around the nation the “bandwidth” to assist and contribute to his campaign.  Kudlow’s campaign would be one of many.  I simply don’t see the outpouring of nationwide grassroots support for Larry Kudlow, despite the many tens of thousands of Americans like me who think he’s great, in an environment where people will be focused on their local Congressional, state legislature, and in many states, Governors’ elections.

Additionally, like it or not, Kudlow will be attacked for his extremely optimistic pronouncements on his web site such as saying “There is no recession” and “The Bush boom is alive and well” just as we headed into the worst recession for several generations.  To be fair, this comment was before it became clear that Democrats were going to control everything, something which I’m sure would have made Kudlow temper his indefatigable optimism.  But still, you can get these words will be used to tie him to the unpopular George W. Bush and generally make him look bad. (All this despite the fact that Kudlow was right that the good economic news was consistently and almost certainly intentionally underreported by the left-leaning “mainstream” media as long as a Republican president would have gotten credit.  And despite the fact that Obama’s dismal early performance is making George W. Bush look good in comparison, something many – including many Republicans – would have found difficult to imagine just a year ago.)

Larry Kudlow has a great job, an influential voice, and is one of the nation’s true champions for capitalism.  The last thing that those of us who care about winning the long-run war for our nation versus the short-run battle for one Senate seat should breathe a sigh of relief that Mr. Kudlow has the good sense and modest ego to decline giving up a position that many of us would envy – were fiscal conservatives envy-prone, a trait we generally leave to the left.

Instead of being one voice in the Senate, Larry Kudlow should keep using his bully pulpit to educate and pressure 100 Senators into learning basic economics and the fundamental value of liberty.  At such teaching, Kudlow has few equals and America is lucky to have him – right where he is.

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Say Thank You To Democrats, Gov. Ritter For Reducing Coloradans’ Income During Recession

by elpresidente | 1:57 am, March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments

The Democrats in Colorado’s legislature, endorsed by Gov. Bill Ritter signature, has forced Amazon.com to drop its Colorado-based affiliates, just as predicted:

Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate:

We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. The regulations are burdensome and no other state has similar rules. The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax. Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to “voluntarily” collect Colorado sales tax — a course we won’t take.

We and many others strongly opposed this legislation, known as HB 10-1193, but it was enacted anyway. Regrettably, as a result of the new law, we have decided to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado. We plan to continue to sell to Colorado residents, however, and will advertise through other channels, including through Associates based in other states.

There is a right way for Colorado to pursue its revenue goals, but this new law is a wrong way. As we repeatedly communicated to Colorado legislators, including those who sponsored and supported the new law, we are not opposed to collecting sales tax within a constitutionally-permissible system applied even-handedly. The US Supreme Court has defined what would be constitutional, and if Colorado would repeal the current law or follow the constitutional approach to collection, we would welcome the opportunity to reinstate Colorado-based Associates.

You may express your views of Colorado’s new law to members of the General Assembly and to Governor Ritter, who signed the bill.

Your Associates account has been closed as of March 8, 2010, and we will no longer pay advertising fees for customers you refer to Amazon.com after that date. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned prior to March 8, 2010, will be processed and paid in accordance with our regular payment schedule. Based on your account closure date of March 8, any final payments will be paid by May 31, 2010.

We have enjoyed working with you and other Colorado-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program, and wish you all the best in your future.

Best Regards,

The Amazon Associates Team

Let Gov. Ritter and the Democrats who enacted this measure know how you feel at the links included in the email reproduced above–how one less avenue of income impacts you and the state.

Betting on whether ObamaCare will pass before July

by Brian Schwartz | 1:30 am, March 8, 2010 | No Comments

From Intrade.com:

‘Obamacare’ health care reform (see contract rules*) to become law before midnight ET 30 Jun 2010:

I think this chart is set up to update automatically.  If not, click here or here.  If anyone has a reference to how accurate InTrade’s prediction markets are, do link them in the comments.

* Here are the contract rules mentioned above:

This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if a healthcare reform bill is passed into law before midnight ET on the date specified in the contract.

The contract will settle (expire) at 0 ($0.00) if if a healthcare reform bill is not passed into law before midnight ET on the date specified in the contract.

Expiry will be based on the official passage of a healthcare reform bill into law, as reported by three independent and reliable media sources.

For purposes of this contract a healthcare reform bill is considered one of the following:

- The Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962)
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590)
- A bill reconciling the differences between the two bills named above

If any of these bills are passed into law the contract will expire at 100. If none of these three are passed into law the contract will expire at 0.

Due to the nature of this contract please also see Contract Rule 1.7 Unforeseen Circumstances.

The Exchange reserves the right to invoke Contract Rule 1.8 (Time Protection) if deemed appropriate.

Any changes to the result after the contract has expired will not be taken into account – Exchange Rule 1.4

I thought I’d read about the InTrade ObamaCare prediction market on EconLog, but could not find it. Then, after writing this post, I read one of John Stossel’s posts from last week, where he mentioned it.

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