Author: Jon Caldara
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Gov. Polis chooses electric vehicles over the handicapped | CALDARA
Colorado’s governor just made this statement “The market has made it clear, EVs (electric vehicles) are here to stay.” I agree with him. Electric cars, unlike 8-track tapes and rotary-dial phones, will continue to be available to consumers for a long, long time. Cool. But why he made the statement puzzles me. He did so…
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This election tests Coloradans’ willingness to act on class envy | CALDARA
Everyone knows there’s no such thing as a free lunch. All the same Colorado voters will be tested this fall if they know that. Expectations are that modern, middle-class Coloradans will deny the “no such thing as a free lunch” truism. They will likely double-down on buying their kids “free school lunch,” with other people’s…
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A small rebellion against nannies in Denver | CALDARA
Of all places to find a growing citizens’ rebellion against the nanny state, who’d guess it’s happening in woke Denver? Take note — if Denverites can claw back a little freedom from their elite, it can happen in your city too. In this city of 70 breweries, 2,000 liquor establishments, some 300 cannabis dispensaries and…
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Thank the Broncos’ owners, and curse them | CALDARA
Only a month and a half ago on these pages I predicted the Denver Broncos will use the subtle threat of leaving Colorado to get taxpayers to build them a new stadium. In other words, I predicted history will repeat itself. Football stadiums are on a rotating 25-year life cycle with taxpayers buying these playpens…
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Arm Colorado’s school staffs now! | CALDARA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Enough. Damn it, enough! Enough virtue signaling instead of preventing school shootings. Enough of elected school boards denying reality. It is time for all of Colorado’s 178 school districts to join the 50 that currently have volunteer, trained, concealed armed staff to stop a shooter…
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Threatening transgender gun rights is discrimination | CALDARA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 23-year-old shooter of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis was born male. He identified as a woman and legally changed his name before he killed two and injured 18. The shooter of the Nashville Covenant School in March 2023 was born female. She identified as…
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Bare thighs and double standards under the Gold Dome | CALDARA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fashion sense? Oh, I got it. After all, 98% of my wardrobe was proudly purchased at Costco. And the ladies dig a man who’s dripping in Kirkland-labeled couture. They sense the money, the power. Another man who knows fashion is former state Rep. Ryan Armagost.…
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COLUMN: 9News sale doesn’t help the conservative cause in Colorado | CALDARA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado conservatives have dreamt of the day they could kick 9News anchor, and the Imelda Marcos of sport coats, Kyle Clark to the curb. Their day must be coming. And I must admit, there’s a certain satisfaction imagining Clark selling his wardrobe at a garage…
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Gov. Jared Polis loves AI to death | CALDARA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Disclosure: Gov. Jared Polis wrote much of this column. The epitaph on Jared Polis’ gubernatorial gravestone will simply read, “He knew better, but would not stand up to his own party.” For seven years, our hyperprogressive legislature has sent him one industry-killing bill after another.…
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Making Colorado an energy desert | CALDARA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You know when Wile E. Coyote runs off that cliff and he hangs in the air, magically suspended for a while until he realizes what’s about to occur? Only then does he plummet. Well, Colorado energy regulators are the coyote just before he sees there’s…