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Face The State Archives For Saturday, April 12, 2008

Political Cartoon for 4/10: Business' election-night hangover

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The business community is waking up to the realization election-year assurances from the Democrat coalition may be empty of any real substance. Here's FTS cartoonist Milton's take on the morning after blues.

Wiens won't run for second senate term, but isn't leaving politics

A Face the State Staff Report

April 11, 2008

Sen. Tom Wiens, R-Castle Rock, announced Thursday that he has decided not to seek a second term as a Colorado state Senator.


FTS Humor: Hate of the Union

Face The State Humor

April 10, 2008

By Andrew Ripemoff

Let’s talk about Big Labor’s five new ballot initiatives - one of which includes an expensive cost of living adjustment. This particular measure is nicknamed COLA, as in coca-cola, or coke - large amounts of which you would have to snort before these measures begin to look reasonable.


Fort Collins Unions Take Third Stab At Collective Bargaining For City Workers

A Face the State Staff Report

April 9, 2008

In spite of repeated opposition from Fort Collins taxpayers and courts, the Fraternal Order of Police and the Communication Workers of America are not giving up the fight to see collective bargaining and binding arbitration brought to city employees.


CU funds radical race workshops

A Face the State Staff Report

April 8, 2008

In an era of rising costs for Colorado’s college students, a University of Colorado feminist center recently received a funding increase, largely paid through a pool of mandatory student fee dollars. At a Friday workshop hosted by the center, student participants received a 34-page manual and additional handouts proclaiming that only whites can be racist.


Pressure mounting for public vote by Board of Education on property tax lawsuit

A Face the State Staff Report

April 7, 2008

In the face of pending litigation over a statewide increase in property tax revenue, the state Board of Education has been holding closed door meetings to debate their support of the lawsuit. Multiple board members are now questioning that secrecy and pushing for a public vote on the issue.


Union Reps Take To State Property to Make Labor Push

A Face the State Staff Report

April 4, 2008

A pro-labor executive order signed into law by Gov. Bill Ritter six months ago now has union representatives popping up all over Colorado's government buildings and facilities in their effort to represent state employees in "employee partnerships." At an information session hosted by one union this week, however, the response was less than eager.

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