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Jon Caldara

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Ann Coulter and Jake Jabs, together again for the first time

    Denver blog posts-o-rama. At People's Press Collective, Jon Caldara touts next month's founder's night dinner, co-starring Ann Coulter and...Jake Jabs? Unseen Denver features a shapely Capitol Hill skeleton. At Colorado Education News, Vinny Badolato thinks standards will take charter schools to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Mike Rosen on his best behavior during Battle of the Talk Show Hosts, says David Sirota (VIDEO)

    David Sirota.​Last October, a public debate involving KOA's Mike Rosen and AM 760's David Sirota went national after Rosen called for hijackers to crash a plane into the so-called Ground Zero mosque; he insisted that he was being satirical. But Sirota says Rosen didn't let loose with any simil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Kyle Orton number one QB on 1st official Denver Broncos depth chart: Sorry, Tim Tebow

    Kyle Orton.​Sidle up to these Denver blog posts. Mile High Report's Colby peruses the first official Denver Broncos depth chart of the season, which places Kyle Orton squarely in the top QB slot over Tim Tebow. Colorado Pols' FrenchFinn on Scott Tipton's town hall. At People's Press Collect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Tim Tebow's the Broncos' QB future, but in a lockout-shortened season, start Kyle Orton

    Kyle Orton.​Denver blog posts? Got three right here. Mile High Report fan poster graff_stuff690 thinks that if the next NFL season is just eight games long, starting Kyle Orton could help the team and up his trade value. Free Colorado's Ari Armstrong plays "spot the economic fallacies" in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Carmelo Anthony & other CO celebs who should be shot into space: Kenny Be's Fotoshop Friday

    Full space flight crews shown below.​Boeing announced on Monday that it would be entering into a partnership with space tourism company Space Adventures to offer tourists rides on its CST-100 spacecraft. The rides will begin in 2015 and Boeing estimates that a passenger ticket on the spacecraf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    John Elway for governor -- a Hail Mary for the Republicans

    John Elway.​"Is there anything we can do to win the governor's race?" asked registered Republican Jon Caldara, moaning and grabbing what would be his hair, during yesterday's taping of Devil's Advocate (the show airs tomorrow on Channel 12). Well, yes, I told him: You can convince John Elway, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Dean Singleton says Dan Maes "probably isn't competent to be dog catcher"

    Dean Singleton.​In late July, after a Denver Post editorial argued that he wasn't qualified to be governor due to his poor business record, Dan Maes suggested that he might limit the Post's access if it didn't begin to cover his campaign more evenhandedly. But Post publisher and MediaNews Gro ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2010

    Tom Tancredo always takes credit for what he says, even the outrageous

    Dean Singleton.​In late July, after a Denver Post editorial argued that he wasn't qualified to be governor due to his poor business record, Dan Maes suggested that he might limit the Post's access if it didn't begin to cover his campaign more evenhandedly. But Post publisher and MediaNews Gro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Ken Buck steps in it at Independence Institute

    Ken Buck.​When I met Ken Buck at the Independence Institute's ATF event Saturday, I asked what he thought about Jane Norton injecting gender into the race with a new commercial asking whether he was "man enough" to be a senator. Buck responded by telling me that Norton had recently said the di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Personhood amendment backers consider suing over ballot-petition procedures, too

    The personhood amendment is probably coming to a ballot near you.​On Tuesday, we told you about a lawsuit over ballot-petition rules filed by attorney David Lane on behalf of advocates as varied as the Independence Institute's Jon Caldara and SAFER's Mason Tvert. It's possible the group of pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Marijuana advocate Mason Tvert on why he joined a ballot-petition lawsuit -- and the future of his marijuana-legalization initiative

    Mason Tvert doesn't think many current rules about petitioning make sense.​On Tuesday, we told you about a lawsuit over the rules pertaining to ballot initiatives that's supported by some strange bedfellows -- among them the Independence Institute's Jon Caldara and Mason Tvert, the marijuana a ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2009

    From the week of November 26, 2009

    Mason Tvert doesn't think many current rules about petitioning make sense.​On Tuesday, we told you about a lawsuit over the rules pertaining to ballot initiatives that's supported by some strange bedfellows -- among them the Independence Institute's Jon Caldara and Mason Tvert, the marijuana a ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    From the week of November 19, 2009

    Mason Tvert doesn't think many current rules about petitioning make sense.​On Tuesday, we told you about a lawsuit over the rules pertaining to ballot initiatives that's supported by some strange bedfellows -- among them the Independence Institute's Jon Caldara and Mason Tvert, the marijuana a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Chantell Taylor: Colorado Ethics Watch really is nonpartisan!

    Chantell Taylor.​While crowing earlier today about an Institute exposé focusing on uncompleted conflict-of-interest forms that embarrassed the Bill Ritter administration, the Independence Institute's Jon Caldara scoffed at the notion that Colorado Ethics Watch might take action against the De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Sick response to Obama's speech to kids

    A banner from the Independence Institute's "Ed Is Watching" website.​ Our item yesterday about a Douglas County school allowing parents to opt out of letting their kids watch a Tuesday speech to the nation's schoolchildren by President Barack Obama has been followed by plenty of mainstream cov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    KOA's Colorado Morning News letting its bias show in Tea Party coverage

    Today's tax-day Tea Party protests are predictably hypocritical: I don't seem to remember any conservative talk-show hosts leading State Capitol rallies when the George Bush administration pushed through the free-spending Troubled Asset Relief Program just a few short months ago. Still, the presen ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    From the week of February 26, 2009

    Today's tax-day Tea Party protests are predictably hypocritical: I don't seem to remember any conservative talk-show hosts leading State Capitol rallies when the George Bush administration pushed through the free-spending Troubled Asset Relief Program just a few short months ago. Still, the presen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Timing dubious in push to raise FasTracks taxes

    Yesterday, the Regional Transportation District took the wraps off an RTD-financed survey in which more than 60 percent of respondents said they'd "generally support" a tax increase to complete current FasTracks exansion by 2017. This info spawned prominently placed stories in the Denver Post and ... More >>

  • News

    September 25, 2008

    Meet Kristi Burton, the 21-year-old pro-lifer behind the Personhood Amendment

    Yesterday, the Regional Transportation District took the wraps off an RTD-financed survey in which more than 60 percent of respondents said they'd "generally support" a tax increase to complete current FasTracks exansion by 2017. This info spawned prominently placed stories in the Denver Post and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    The story behind Channel 12's empty-chair debates about amendments 47 and 49

    Yesterday, the Regional Transportation District took the wraps off an RTD-financed survey in which more than 60 percent of respondents said they'd "generally support" a tax increase to complete current FasTracks exansion by 2017. This info spawned prominently placed stories in the Denver Post and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Independence Institute Seeks Investigative Reporter

    Yesterday, the Regional Transportation District took the wraps off an RTD-financed survey in which more than 60 percent of respondents said they'd "generally support" a tax increase to complete current FasTracks exansion by 2017. This info spawned prominently placed stories in the Denver Post and ... More >>

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the week of 2/28/2008

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    Absinthe Absent From Shelves

    The wormwood wonder may be legal now, but good luck finding any in this city.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2007

    Bill O'Reilly is Donald Duck

    The wormwood wonder may be legal now, but good luck finding any in this city.

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Fear Factor

    In his first week running his new website, Brad Jones crashed a state representative. What will he do for an encore?

  • Culture

    April 6, 2006

    Mud Flies

    Foothills hosts a big ceramics show, while clay artist Tsehai Johnson takes a turn at +.

  • News

    December 29, 2005

    Strange but True

    A year of dysfunctional family values -- and missing panties.

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Take Your Best Shot

    Throwing a few back for Katrina relief.

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 18, 2004

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    The Alternative Voter’s Guide

    The Legislative Council’s ballot-analysis booklet has inspired so many fights, it should be called the black-and-blue book. Here’s our cure.

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2004

    Shotguns, Scotch and Stogies

    The Independence Institute raises funds the American way

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    The Message

    Hard Progress

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    The Flag-Bearer

    Tom Tancredo is on a crusade to save America -- and he's looking for recruits.

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    The Message

    Public Row

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    Off Limits

    Think big

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Minor Irritants

    A declaration from independents.

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Off Limits

    Deck the halls...

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    Road Warriors

    Boon or boondoggle, Bill Owens's highway plan has to get past Douglas Bruce before it goes anywhere.

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Strange but True

    Boon or boondoggle, Bill Owens's highway plan has to get past Douglas Bruce before it goes anywhere.

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    Off Limits

    Boon or boondoggle, Bill Owens's highway plan has to get past Douglas Bruce before it goes anywhere.

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    A Helping Handout

    To win underwriting contracts, bond houses provide campaigns with free political pros--but taxpayers wind up carrying the load.

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Off Limits

    To win underwriting contracts, bond houses provide campaigns with free political pros--but taxpayers wind up carrying the load.

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Letters

    To win underwriting contracts, bond houses provide campaigns with free political pros--but taxpayers wind up carrying the load.

  • News

    November 27, 1997

    Get Stuffed

    To win underwriting contracts, bond houses provide campaigns with free political pros--but taxpayers wind up carrying the load.

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Spinning Their Wheels

    A guide to surviving the light-rail info war

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Off Limits

    A guide to surviving the light-rail info war

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    It's the Rail Thing

    For some Lakewood homeowners, RTD's proposed light-rail line looms too close for comfort.

  • News

    December 13, 1995

    RUNAWAY TRAINCONGRESS SPURNED IT, STATE LAWMAKERS SCORN IT, BUT CAN ANYBODY PUT THE BRAKES ON LIGHT RAIL?

    For some Lakewood homeowners, RTD's proposed light-rail line looms too close for comfort.

  • News

    October 26, 1994

    SICK TRANSIT

    HE'S LEFT A TRAIL OF ANGRY CREDITORS AND ONCE SUED THE STATE AFTER FALLING OFF A BRIDGE. DAVID SHORTRIDGE SAYS HE'S A NATURAL CANDIDATE FOR THE RTD BOARD.

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