The "Head On" debate between former state Sen. John Andrews (R) and former Denver councilwoman Susan Barnes-Gelt (D), seen daily on Colorado Public Television since 1997, began its October series this week. Holtzman v. Beauprez, Tom DeLay, Mayor Hickenlooper, and Katrina recovery, are the topics.
Why the fog and fear on C & D?
(John Andrews in the Denver Post, Oct. 2) Tax advocates are revving the panic siren and cranking up the fog machine. Will it be enough to reverse their weak polls and pass Referendum C & D, saddling Colorado families with higher taxes and deeper debt? This month will tell. The fear and confusion tactic was carried to extremes by State Rep. Anne McGihon (D-Denver) in a debate with me the other day. If C & D are defeated, she said, when Gov. Bill Owens signs the budget next year, “he will not only be signing a death warrant for programs, he will be signing a death warrant for people.”
Radio, Oct. 2: Follow the money
BULLETIN FROM JOHN ANDREWSChairman, Backbone America Colorado Fellow, Claremont Institute ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, Denver To listen online from anywhere, click http://www.710knus.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Campaign for TABOR with Dick Armey and me on Oct. 4. See below or click here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Noboby can spend your money better than you can." That was the bottom line of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's case for limiting the growth of government, before an overflow crowd of conservative think tank leaders from 30 states in Charleston on Thursday.
"Our state needs a Colorado-style TABOR amendment," Sanford told the approving audience, to counter the power of well-organized interests that feed off tax dollars at the expense of unorganized taxpayers who foot the bill.
Radio ad exposes C & D scare tactics
Ray Revenue and Debbie Debt, proud Democrats for Referendum C & D, are starring in their second radio ad of this year's campaign. It will air statewide over the next couple of weeks, sponsored by Backbone Issue Committee. The new spot, entitled "Panic Button for Higher Taxes," imagines Ray and Debbie planning an early Halloween surprise for Coloradans. Their fright night of false fears is aimed at scaring people into voting for higher taxes and deeper debt. Click here to play the ad.
Radio, Sept. 25: Brainwashed Kids
BULLETIN FROM JOHN ANDREWSChairman, Backbone America Colorado Fellow, Claremont Institute ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, Denver To listen online from anywhere, click http://www.710knus.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most American kids, at age 12, have been helped to understand that they live in a pretty darn good country, governed by an admirable if imperfect constitution, led by decent if fallible grownups. Not so with a young boy and girl who stormed me at a suburban junior high the other day.
Michael Moore Jr. and Cindy Sheehan Jr., as I have dubbed these two 7th-graders, tag-teamed ol' John after my Constitution Day speech on Sept. 16. They had all the marks of little leftist clones -- the sneering slogans, the arrogant demeanor, even the anger-flushed faces and the voices trembling with emotion.