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Despite the wrong-headed Colorado statute barring party affiliations from the ballot in local elections, we all know it matters a lot (more…)

The blunder of the decade in Colorado government was Bill Ritter’s edict to unionize all state employees. Why on earth (more…)

Nancy Sharpe and Lauri Clapp both bring a fiscally conservative resume to the GOP primary for Arapahoe County commissioner, (more…)

As the Aurora City Council prepares to vote on a highly questionable real estate subsidy Monday night, I have lent my voice to a robo-call opposing the deal. (more…)

IEP meetings continue, and I may soon turn into a pumpkin. Meanwhile, Denver Public Schools are holding a school board election (more…)

Councilman Todd Miller got my vote for Mayor of Centennial when our family mailed in the ballots this week. I considered carefully (more…)

Colorado Springs councilwoman Jan Martin says you’re rich and that you don’t mind paying a lot more in taxes. If she’s right (more…)

Stealth Democrats in this month’s Centennial election are feeling the pushback from some of us who have won office as Republicans (more…)

Open Letter to Centennial Voters in District 1: My name is Ron Phelps, and I am running for Centennial City Council. This is my invitation (more…)

Local elections this fall for school boards and municipal offices (the ones that haven’t been canceled for lack of interest) occur in a fog (more…)

Ron Phelps is by far the best candidate in the race for council in Centennial District 1. In these times when everyone is having to tighten (more…)

I have a favor to ask and it’s political in nature. I need your help to get elected to the Centennial City Council. I am running in a special election (more…)

Editor: Randy Pye, the only mayor the young city of Centennial has ever had, can’t run again. Two hopefuls are already in the field to succeed (more…)

There were hints in October that Arapahoe Republicans were in for another bad year. My precinct in Centennial, once as red (more…)

Congratulations to the Centennial charter commission, their campaign allies, and the voters who agreed with them on home rule (more…)