“If a candidate feels that an opposing message contains false information, they can request that the broadcasters stop airing the message.” — Justin Sasso, President and CEO Colorado Broadcasters Association.
For the left, Al Gore is the perfect surrogate to close out this year’s election in Colorado. He’s national politics, left-wing politics and climate politics all rolled into one.
After months of tip-toeing around the issue, CU Regent candidate Alice Madden says she will not support fossil-fuel divestment at the university.
The San Francisco hedge-fund manager and anti-fossil fuel activist is funding the campaign arm of Conservation Colorado in his quest for control of the Colorado state legislature.
“With that amount of money, (Steyer is) looking for vertical control of the ballot, taking over the state for his environmental agenda,” Ciruli said. “And it’s a pretty extreme agenda. It is anti-hydrocarbon, it is anti-growth in general.”
Inside the Democratic coalition, there’s a battle raging between the party’s blue-collar and environmental factions. But senior party leaders are trying to play down the conflict and its impact on household energy bills.
Steyer has already spent 35 percent more on research and polling in 2015 and 2016 than he did during the entire 2014 election cycle.
Fairness for Colorado’s campaign finance disclosures also suggest the group is preparing TV ads…Do the Republicans know what’s about to hit them, and will they be ready to respond?
Two groups aligned with Steyer are now funding political attacks on State Senator Laura Woods (R). Republicans control the Colorado State Senate by a single vote, so unseating Woods could return control of the state legislature to Democrats.
According to a review of federal campaign finance disclosures, Steyer’s political action committee – NextGen Climate – spent more than $357,000 on research and polling services in Colorado during 2015.
A legislative guide that purports to enlighten Colorado voters about the environmental record of their state lawmakers has just been released for the 15th year in a row, and enlighten it does—though not in the way its authors intended.
If renewables were economically competitive in the marketplace, there would be no need for legislation. Utilities would turn to them automatically. But so far, they’re not.
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