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Supremes to Decide Union Member Rights
If there's one case I'm going to be following in the U.S. Supreme Court's new docket, it's this one: The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether public employee unions must get special permission before spending some workers' dues on political causes. Justices accepted an appeal from the state of Washington that involves fees paid to the Washington Education Association by teachers who decline to join the union. Those workers still can be charged dues by the union to help pay for labor negotiations that affect them. But they can't be forced to pay for the union's political activism, under a string of Supreme Court rulings that reach back nearly 30 years. At issue is whether the union needs teachers to say "yes" before the … [Read more...]
Bad Press Day for Colorado Dems
And about time, I should say. Why not take a minute to point out a couple of interesting stories highlighted in today's Rocky Mountain News? First, the latest in the controversy about Nayyera Haq, the staffer for Democratic Congressman John Salazar who verbally lashed back at Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo for defending the Pope's right to free speech. The Rocky reports that Haq has taken a temporary leave from Salazar's campaign. Meanwhile, the Rocky took a miss on Haq's unfair distortions of Tancredo's comments as anti-Islamic and her role in inviting Islamic extremists to Capitol Hill, which have been documented by the local blog To the Right and the national blog Red State. And a Google News search for the name Nayyera Haq or … [Read more...]
Denver Dailies Duel over Dennis’ Decision
This morning Rocky Mountain News editorial page editor Vince Carroll is indeed on point in his defense of embattled Secretary of State Gigi Dennis. After careful hearings and public deliberation, Dennis issued a series of rules on August 2 to clarify Colorado's election laws, including a provision that membership organizations must ask their members' individual written permission before using part of their dues in political campaigns. Seems fair enough, right? While the principle behind the rule stands clear and strong, some have called the timing of its delivery into question. Some union bosses are used to automatically taking members' money for political purposes and claim that having to ask permission of all their members would be an … [Read more...]
Righting the Beauprez Ship
As highlighted by El Presidente, the Beauprez campaign needs to get its act together - more like it needed to get its act together yesterday. I have refrained from writing about this race in recent weeks because in the very limited time available to blog, I didn't want to spend it highlighting all the gaffes (and alleged lies) from Colorado's Republican would-be governor and his campaign staff. The gurus at Real Clear Politics have captured the losing trend in this race and pointed out the current average poll gap of 12 points! With 50 days until Election Day (and much sooner until absentee ballots start getting distributed), is it too late for Bob Beauprez to turn the corner and upset Democrat Bill Ritter? No one knows for sure. But it … [Read more...]
9/11
Today marks the five-year anniversary of a horrific day forever etched in our individual and collective memories. May God continue to give peace and comfort and strength to the families of victims, wisdom and moral clarity and fortitude to our nation's leaders, and faith and patience and resolve to each and every citizen of the United States of America. Five years later, America has not forgotten. May we never be overcome by grief or fear or apathy or moral confusion. But for the sake of liberty and humanity and all we hold dear, may we go on to wage the fight against the fanatical evildoers of Islamofascism. The road well may be long and arduous, but the outcome is certain: On to Victory! … [Read more...]
“Empty Eddie”
As many pundits have pointed out, the Congressional race in Colorado's 7th District (in which I happen to live) figures to be one of the competitive campaigns of the 2006 season. Republican Rick O'Donnell and Democrat Ed Perlmutter are squaring off to replace the open seat left by Congressman Bob Beauprez, who is running for governor While I have often been too busy of late to comment on this race, I have enjoyed the email press releases coming from the O'Donnell campaign. The most recent release is clever, generating a nickname for the opponent that deserves to catch on - "Empty Eddie." Why? The message of the release is spot on, bringing up a point that ought not to be ignored: O'Donnell's Web site contains a series of detailed … [Read more...]
Answer to the Left’s Attempted Squelching of ABC’s 9/11 Documentary
The Left's organized propaganda machine is out in force to protest ABC's new 9/11 documentary. Mr. Bob has urged us to go use their comment space to write something more appropriate, such as a letter of support, to ABC. I think it's a fine idea. Below is the letter I wrote compliments of http://thinkprogress.org/tellabc (all you have to do is go in and change the subject line and message text to express what you want to say): Robert A. Iger President and CEO, The Walt Disney Company Dear Mr. Iger: Thank you for not caving in to political pressure from organized interest groups in your efforts to depict the events leading up to 9/11. Americans deserve the chance to see an honest, balanced historical account of what led up to that … [Read more...]
Denver Post Enables Frivolous Liberal Mud Thrown at Beauprez
The liberal wing of Colorado's Democratic party is grasping at straws to fling mud at the Republican gubernatorial candidate, but the Denver Post - whether as it was originally written or as it was edited for publication - props up the credibility of the charges by omitting relevant information. Under the guise of a benign-sounding group called Colorado Citizens for Ethics in Government (CCEG), activist Democrat attorney Chantell Taylor is taking media potshots at the integrity of Bob Beauprez's campaign without the fortitude to follow the legal channels and actually file a formal complaint. In the article, Taylor is only identified as "CCEG director." Instead of initiating a formal complaint, Taylor finds a media audience to … [Read more...]
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up – School Funding Edition
Wow, cha-ching! You can almost hear Nevada's education unions and bureaucrats salivating at the idea: A consultant recommended Thursday that Nevadans spend nearly $1.3 billion more per year on public education so that the state's students meet achievement standards, a figure that stunned lawmakers and education activists. The figure suggested by Denver-based Augenblick, Palaich and Associates represents nearly $3,600 more per student each year for Nevada's 415,000 public school students. Under Nevada's current funding formula, school districts get about $4,500 per student each year from the Legislature. Well, let's clarify that a little bit: The consultant's recommendation does not include school construction costs or spending … [Read more...]
In Case You Missed It…
...And really want to hear me talk with Jon Caldara on yesterday's Mike Rosen Show about the Secretary of State's new rules, the podcast version is up on the 850 KOA site. Go to the Rosen Replay page and look for the following description: Misleading ads try to prevent union members from having ability to refuse to have their dues go for political causes. I share this announcement not because I think readers will be enthralled with the dulcet tones of my radio voice but that you will latch onto this important information and pass it on. … [Read more...]
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