Why won't Colorado eco-left consider hydropower renewable?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers hydropower to be a renewable energy source. The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) calculates that carbon emissions from hydroelectric power are on par with wind and solar energy. Last Thursday, Daniel Weiss of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a leftist non-profit organization, testified in front of the U.S. House […]
Colorado SB 13-048 vs. the Constitution: fuel tax dollars for trains and bike paths
The law’s proponents say the spending qualifies as a road maintenance measure because it pays for ways to reduce traffic and thus the wear and tear on local highways. Schwartz said by that logic, the fuel tax could then be used to subsidize people buying new computers and faster Internet connections.
Top Denver Post Columnist Exposes Weakness of Anti-TABOR Theory
Veteran Denver Post (and former Rocky Mountain News) columnist Vincent Carroll writes here about the overweaning ambition of those who support the anti-TABOR lawsuit. That lawsuit claims that because Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) imposes fiscal limits on the power of the state legislature—that is, restricts lawmakers’ power to tax, spend, and borrow— it […]
Finding the Positives in Colorado’s Latest 3rd Grade Reading TCAP Results
It’s that time of year again. I get to share some news and thoughts with you about the latest release of Colorado’s 3rd grade reading test results. We’re talking the “preliminary and unofficial” results from TCAP, the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program, formerly known as CSAP. As last year’s debate on HB 1238 (the Colorado READ […]
Amy Oliver Show: State Board Member Appreciates Teachers
Pam Mazanec talks about her role serving eastern Colorado on the State Board of Education, and celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week with some positive news statewide and in Douglas County from Colorado’s latest official TELL teacher survey.
A Tale of Two Surveys: Dougco Embraces Reform, Colo. Reluctant on New K-12 Taxes
A great classic novel my big friends tell me I need to read someday starts with a famous line. I’m talking about Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was […]
Yes, Really! Blended Learning Great Reason to Appreciate AND Celebrate Teachers
Happy National Teacher Appreciation Day! What better way to celebrate here than to talk about blended learning? I saw a few of you scratch your heads out there. But the national Digital Learning Now (DLN) group has blessed us with a new report titled Improving Conditions and Careers: How Blended Learning Can Improve the Teaching […]
No love for reality of “renewable” energy in North Carolina
A newly released survey provides some powerful ammunition for North Carolina lawmakers who want to freeze the state’s renewable energy mandate at its current level rather than continue its increase to meet the 12.5 percent mandate by 2021. The Raleigh, North Carolina, based Civitas Institute conducted the state-wide poll and found that while residents like […]
Survey Says Dougco Residents Love Choice, Reform
An April 2013 survey commissioned by the Independence Institute found that healthy majorities of Douglas County residents support their school board’s innovative agenda.
Dougco Loves Choice, School Board’s Reforms
Results of a recent survey show strong backing from Douglas County residents for a groundbreaking private school choice program and a host of other reforms pursued by the local school board.
Poll: Most Drivers Would Use Toll Lanes
The poll found nearly 70% of U.S. drivers would pay $5 on average to save 15 minutes on the road.
Should Xcel Energy be worried about high cost of electricity? Competition?
Conventional wisdom would believe that Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) such as Xcel Energy would have lower electric rates than Rural Electric Associations (REAs) and Municipally Owned Utilities (MOUs) because IOUs have the advantage of population density that allows for maximization of capital investment. But that is not the case as the Colorado Association of Municipal […]
