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Lundberg will still press for oil shale tax break in state...

Former Rep. Kevin Lundberg may have been bumped up to the state Senate, but the Berthoud Republican has no intention of leaving behind the first bill he introduced in the House this session — a tax break for the oil shale industry.

Signed, sealed, felonious? Republican statehouse hopeful affixes seal to site

From the Department of Wait, Seriously, Are They Kidding, johne of Square State notices the House District 49 Republican vacancy committee plans to convene at the Allnutt Funeral Home in Fort Collins to pick a successor for Rep. Kevin Lundberg, who was elevated to the Colorado State Senate last weekend. That's right, they'll be naming Lundberg's replacement at a funeral home.

New claim of Colorado atrocity: The Bible has been criminalized

An outfit calling itself The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission (CADC) has put out a Top 10 list of what it considers “the most outrageous Christian bashing in America in the year 2008.” Coming in at No. 4 is a claim that “Colorado Law Criminalizes the Bible.” What? The assertion is actually a reference to last year's Senate Bill 200, which expands the definition of discrimination to include sexual orientation. At the time, you’ll remember that Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family went bonkers over the bill, claiming that transgendered people would be able to go into bathrooms and molest children. But criminalizing the Bible? How on earth did Focus miss that angle?

Outrageous Is As Outrageous Does — 3 Ways to Neutralize Douglas...

I am the yin to Douglas Bruce's yang.For the blissfully unaware, Bruce is a quintessential drown-government-in-the-bathtub firebrand from Colorado Springs. His most notorious political...

Next Generation of Social Conservatives Already in Trenches

This report was originally published by Ben Weyl of Iowa Independent and is reprinted here with permission. Everyone knows that social conservatives will come out...

New Idea: Let’s Ask The Voters

The debate over what to do about Amendment 41 is neverending. Here are a few of the latest snippets, from the floor of the...

Lundberg Bullys the Pulpit

On July 12, members of the Christian Home Educators of Colorado (CHEC) received a rather militantly-worded email from Republican Representative of House District 49...

Church-Influenced Bills Are Losers for Lundberg

Kevin Lundberg isn't the only Colorado politician who has made a cottage industry of attempting to pass religious dogma-inspired bills in the state legislature....

Lundberg’s Links of Church and State

Blurring the line between church and state wasn't enough to help Kevin Lundberg's "anti-civil union" initiative.  Lundberg, a Republican state representative from Fort Collins,...
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