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Comment on Please Consider Supporting My Friend Libby Szabo for House District 27 by Mount Virtus » Blog Archive » State Rep Sara Gagliardi (D-Arvada) Stands For Government Health Care » Mount Virtus

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:18:05 +0000

[...] couple days ago I told you about my friend Libby Szabo running for House District 27. Well, you also ought to know a bit more [...]

Comment on Colorado Teachers Union Political Refund Opportunity Ends December 15 by Ed is Watching » Share News of Dec. 15 Teachers Union Political Refund Deadline for the Holidays!

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:12:21 +0000

[...] Ben shares an important point on his own blog: As I often say, if you like how the union spends your money on politics, you have no reason to complain and absolutely nothing to do. But for those teachers who would rather support their own political causes, or use the money to pay for Christmas shopping or just save for a rainy day, then members need to be informed of their opportunity. [...]

Comment on Colorado K-12 Election Roundup: Fiscal Restraint Beats Prop 103, Most Local Taxes; Reformers Win Key Races by Ed is Watching » New I.I. Report Shows Colo. Local K-12 Agencies Have Lots of Room to Follow the Law and Improve Financial Transparency

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:37:44 +0000

[...] got a lot of big people’s attention. Prop 103’s “for the kids” tax hike went down in a ball of flames. A record number of local school tax and debt elections ran headlong into defeat. In at least one [...]

Comment on Colorado Prop 103: Weak Case for Tax Hike’s Job-Killing “Domino” Effect by Finance Talking » Blog Archive » Colorado’s Issue 2 Message to Ohio

Finance Talking » Blog Archive » Colorado’s Issue 2 Message to Ohio — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:11:41 +0000

[...] of adorning the job-killing tax hikes with shiny apple images and elementary school kids. Analyst Ben DeGrow noted that contrary to hysterical ed lobby propaganda, total annual expenditures on K-12, adjusted [...]

Comment on Colorado Prop 103: Weak Case for Tax Hike’s Job-Killing “Domino” Effect by BizzyBlog

BizzyBlog — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:33:40 +0000

Comment on Colorado Prop 103: Weak Case for Tax Hike’s Job-Killing “Domino” Effect by AntiObamaBlog.com » Colorado bellwether: Voters reject statewide tax increases

AntiObamaBlog.com » Colorado bellwether: Voters reject statewide tax increases — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:21:04 +0000

Comment on Colorado K-12 Election Roundup: Fiscal Restraint Beats Prop 103, Most Local Taxes; Reformers Win Key Races by Time now for innovation to forge ahead | EdNewsColorado

Time now for innovation to forge ahead | EdNewsColorado — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:30:37 +0000

[...] Conservative-leaning reform candidates in other races yielded a mixed — but largely positive — result, given the odds against them. Too soon to tell how these results will end up affecting the move to promote effective, forward-thinking innovations. [...]

Comment on Colorado K-12 Election Roundup: Fiscal Restraint Beats Prop 103, Most Local Taxes; Reformers Win Key Races by Ed is Watching » Reveling in Election Results? New NAEP Scores Mixed Bag for Colorado & Nation

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:16:42 +0000

[...] all the important results related to education in last night’s election here in Colorado — hooray, the only dominoes that toppled were the ones supporting the Prop 103 tax increase [...]

Comment on Colorado Prop 103: Weak Case for Tax Hike’s Job-Killing “Domino” Effect by Colorado bellwether: Voters reject statewide tax increases | Conservatives for America

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:01:18 +0000

Comment on Colorado Prop 103: Weak Case for Tax Hike’s Job-Killing “Domino” Effect by Michelle Malkin » Colorado bellwether: Voters reject statewide tax increases

Michelle Malkin » Colorado bellwether: Voters reject statewide tax increases — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:46:49 +0000

Comment on Trusted Expert Dick Murphy Endorses J.J. Ament in Colorado Treasurer’s Race by Clear the Bench Colorado » In Review: Colorado Congressional Redistricting Trial

Clear the Bench Colorado » In Review: Colorado Congressional Redistricting Trial — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:34:34 +0000

[...] 2010) and former director of the Department of Higher Education Rico Munn (for the Democrats) and former Deputy Treasurer Dick Murphy and former state representative candidate (and current Denver County GOP Chair) Danny Stroud (for [...]

Comment on Lobbying Groups Want Taxpayers to Underwrite Their School Funding Lawsuit Against the State of Colorado by Ed is Watching » Lobato Case Round 2 Starts Today: Of Adequacy, Taxes, Graphs and Rational Bases

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:38:44 +0000

[...] it’s the kids who got flat-lined. (Not to mention the taxpayers, who have been dragged into funding both sides of this lawsuit.) Talk about the need for a rational basis and a low bar for logic. Oh well. It will take five [...]

Comment on Fact-Checking Democratic Candidate Jeanne Nicholson on K-12 Spending by FOX 31 Fair and Balanced on Education? We Report, You Decide | Education Policy Center

Thu, 05 May 2011 03:54:03 +0000

[...] (For the truly diligent data excavators out there who want to go deep into the school funding statistical weeds, check out the resources on the Independence Institute’s K-12 education school funding Myths and Facts page, or this 2010 blog post of mine.) [...]

Comment on Seeking Transparency in Jeffco Teachers Union Negotiations by Ed is Watching » Is Momentum Growing for Open School Union Negotiations in Colorado?

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:20:53 +0000

[...] district — Jefferson County Public Schools — should be open to public observation. The story is kind of long and convoluted, which is why he took it on in his own blog rather than drag this [...]

Comment on Amazon Fallout for Colorado Dems by Peoples Press Collective | Colorado Politics | March Is Not the Best Month for CO Senate Majority Leader John Morse :

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:17:15 +0000

[...] is a bad month for Colorado Senate Majority Leader John Morse. Last year about this time he went a little ballistic at Amazon.com on a YouTube video he created — trying to blame the company for deciding to terminate its [...]