Chicago-style politics here0

• January 15, 2006

n his 2002 book “Shakedown,” Ken Timmerman exposed the fundraising style of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. It’s pure mob. Jesse’s goons quite literally go to a corporation tell them to donate or face charges of racism by Jesse’s operatives. The corporation makes a purely business decision. It’s less expensive to just pay him off.

We don't need to show our darn ID0

• December 4, 2005

The new Rosa Parks? Probably not. But Deborah Davis could become an icon for privacy.

Davis is the woman who refused to show her ID to security officers at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood and may be prosecuted for her crime. The center is technically federal property and home to about 7,000 employees and up to 2,000 visitors a day.

Unlikely 'Slow Tracks' plan will attract very many riders0

• May 15, 2004

Advocates of the Regional Transportation District’s so-called FasTracks plan claim rail transit will attract huge numbers of people out of their cars, thereby reducing congestion and cleaning the air. These claims fade away when exposed to the harsh light of a recent analysis of the plan prepared by the Denver Regional Council of Governments.

They pay to play, and profit well0

• May 2, 2004

When I was on the RTD Board of Directors seven years ago, the board passed one of my resolutions. Miracles do happen. (Actually I got several things passed, including funding for Boulder’s Skip service)

It was an election year and the Regional Transportation District was pimping for a 67-percent tax increase. (Everything old is new again.) And you wouldn’t believe who was pumping nearly all the money into the campaign to make your taxes skyrocket. The companies that would directly profit from it.

End Authoritarian Socialist Public Policy0

• April 6, 2004

RTD’s FasTracks boondoggle is about much more than wasting billions of taxpayer dollars and the implementation of destructive policies. It is about increasing government control over people and redistribution of wealth. The damage caused by similar authoritarian policies has resulted in death and impoverishment for millions.