In front of a crowd of about 100 steelworkers and other union officials, Gov. Bill Ritter signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon to require state agencies spending federal stimulus money to give a preference for contracts that pledge to use U.S.-made steel, iron and manufactured [...]
A year after angering some Colorado Latinos, Gov. Bill Ritter on' [...]
The latest poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Bill Ritter trailing Scott McInnis by 8-points.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows former GOP Congressman Scott McInnis ahead of Ritter 48% to 40%. Four percent (4%) like some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.
A Maes-Ritter [...]
The Colorado Independent reports:
As Colorado wrestles with an already lean state budget growing leaner by the day - one that has forced Gov. Bill Ritter to propose repeated controversial cuts to state services this year - a trio of budget busting anti-tax initiatives is speeding its way to [...]
Ritter said he [...]
You thought Governor Bill Ritter’s ethical troubles with his inaugural fund were old news? You thought the saga of Ritter staffer and Obama US Attorney nominee Stephanie Villafuerte would only make one headline today?
Well, my friends, things may have grown much more intriguing with the revelation in [...]
You thought Governor Bill Ritter’s ethical troubles with his inaugural fund were old news? You thought the saga of Ritter staffer and Obama US Attorney nominee Stephanie Villafuerte would only make one headline today?
Well, my friends, things may have grown much more intriguing with the revelation in [...]
The latest from the Colorado Republican Party:
GREENWOOD VILLAGE – Colorado Republican State Chairman Dick Wadhams today asked Denver Police Chief Gerald Whitman to confirm whether or not he was aware of a threat to candidate Bill Ritter during the 2006 campaign.
The controversial nominee for United States Attorney, Stephanie [...]
Colorado's governor's mansion has hosted dignitaries like Dwight Eisenhower in its 101-year history, but no one's sure that what happened to the home of Colorado's First Family over night has ever happened before.
Gov. Bill Ritter (D-Colorado) and First Lady Jeannie Ritter were [...]
Governor Bill Ritter is responsible for what happens in Colorado, and he can't blame Colorado's problems on the national economy--we read that in today's Denver Post article quoting GOP candidate Scott McInnis, an article with a few important points worth dissecting.
Starting with "bad management."
The above chart, released by' [...]
Thanks to the Colorado GOP for reminding us that no matter what we may think of Bill Ritter as governor the Republicans are still operating in an alternative universe where the state doesn't need more revenues... or bridges, or roads, or schools...' [...] As top Republicans began lining up behind gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter derided his opponent's adoption of a new conservative agenda that debuts today and defended his own record on economic issues...
At a Sunday-night news conference, Ritter characterized the Republicans' multipoint agenda [...]
The antithesis of the conservative reform agenda now being heavily touted by many Colorado Republican leaders is the sort of stale tax-and-spend thinking that emanates from the many taxpayer-funded commissions appointed by Bill Ritter and the Democrat legislature.
Such an example is the Long-Term Fiscal Stability Commission. Three of [...]
The antithesis of the conservative reform agenda now being heavily touted by many Colorado Republican leaders is the sort of stale tax-and-spend thinking that emanates from the many taxpayer-funded commissions appointed by Bill Ritter and the Democrat legislature.
Such an example is the Long-Term Fiscal Stability Commission. Three of [...]
Governor Bill Ritter cuts funding for Higher Education and eliminates tax credits for seniors to balance Colorado’s budget. Yet according to the Associated Press, Ritter spends millions lobbying governmentfor programs taxpayers can’t afford. COST’s own Amy Oliver Cooke and champion of taxpayers Rep Kent Lambert are quoted in the article.
If taxpayers want [...]
