
Counties come out swinging against Proposition HH as opposition and money pile up
“Prop HH will have a long-term negative effect on TABOR with a minimal short-term benefit.”–Delta County Commissioner Don Suppes

“Prop HH will have a long-term negative effect on TABOR with a minimal short-term benefit.”–Delta County Commissioner Don Suppes

For both complaints, Griswold’s office said the 180-day threshold was met.

The Unite decision should grant me great deference in the “knew or should have known” standard because prior to that decision, I had no means of knowing that North Fund’s behavior was considered contrary to Colorado law or required North Fund to file as an issue committee.” — Charles Heatherly

After decrying big-money Republican donors over the last decade, as well as the Supreme Court rulings that flooded politics with more cash, Democrats now benefit from hundreds of millions of dollars of undisclosed donations as well.

What the Sixteen Thirty Fund is not paying for, other out-of-state progressive groups are. The North Fund — which has nearly no online footprint — Working Families Party, the Fairness Project, and the ACLU have all kicked in nearly another $500,000, to account for nearly all the funds.

We all decorate our workspaces with items that bring a smile to our face. On my office wall hangs an old election poster from 2002. It reads in bold lettering,

The spending conflicts with one of the main platforms Weiser ran his campaign on —eliminating the ability of nonprofits to donate without disclosing its donors. In fact, Weiser took it one step further, making promises to denounce anyone spending money on his campaign that was not transparent.
DENVER–Gov. Jared Polis last week rejected another handful of bills passed by the Democrat-controlled Colorado legislature, bringing his veto total for the recently adjourned session to an even dozen. Modest sounding enough given the more than 400 bills passed, but still a personal record for the term-limited Polis over his eight years in office.
As reported by Complete Colorado, the prior week saw Polis take his veto pen to a half-dozen other bills, including a highly contentious effort by his fellow Democrats to unwind Colorado’s longstanding two-vote process for private sector unionization.
The latest batch of vetoed bills ranged from limiting what small businesses pay in “swipe fees,” to whether your Pad Thai comes with an unsolicited plastic fork, to suing federal immigration agents in state court, among other issues.
Start with Senate Bill 134, which among other things barred credit card companies from charging transaction fees on the amount of sales taxes charged. House Majority Leader Monica Duran called it a fight against Wall Street banks lining their pockets at the expense of Colorado’s small businesses. Polis called it legally risky, potentially unimplementable, and probably a job better left to the federal government. The Electronic Payments Coalition, representing the banks and credit card networks, unsurprisingly called the veto a prudent and responsible decision.
Then there was Senate Bill 184, which would have expanded the types of cancer covered under workers’ compensation for firefighters. Fire chiefs and local governments asked Polis to kill it, arguing it would strain the Colorado Firefighter Trust. the bill also excluded several hundred state-employed firefighters, which bill sponsors essentially admitted was intended to avoid a fiscal note in a belt-tightening budget year.
On the surveillance pricing front, House Bill 1210 would have stopped companies from using personal data gleaned from online activity to set individualized prices and wages. Polis said he agreed with the concept, but found the bill too broad, adding that an Artificial Intelligence disclosure bill he recently signed already handles the problem.
House Bill 1236, an arbitration reform bill, would have given consumers more recourse when the fine print of a terms-of-service agreement signs away their right to go to court over disputes, but which Polis determined was too vague and potentially expensive. “Making it harder to use arbitration will push more cases into litigation, raising costs, adding delays, and increasing uncertainty for Colorado consumers, workers, and businesses alike,” Polis wrote in his veto letter. He encouraged the sponsors to try again next year, which would push the issue off into the hands of Colorado’s next governor.
Senate Bill 146 would have required restaurants to stop automatically handing out plastic utensils and condiment packets unless a customer asks. Denver and Breckenridge already have similar rules, which Polis noted is exactly the point — local governments can handle it, and the state shouldn’t be in the business of mandating what goes in your takeout bag.
And finally, Senate Bill 005, which would have let Coloradans sue Immigration and Customs Adminsitration (ICE) agents in state court for civil rights violations. Polis said he liked the idea in theory but found the bill too narrow, as it only covered civil immigration enforcement. “This bill doesn’t apply to any other context besides civil immigration enforcement – including rights violations in protests, elections, prisons, or the workplace,” said Polis. “For example, even in the narrow context of immigration, the bill doesn’t cover violations of constitutional rights during criminal investigations in immigration.”
A broader version, Senate Bill 176, was floated in the legislature but died when several Democrats joined Republicans to kill it before it ever reached the governor’s desk.
The deadline for Gov. Polis to sign or veto legislation from the 2026 session passed on June 2.

The P.U.C. considers Xcel Energy’s biggest ever rate hike request. Are Colorado rate payers stuck with this? What is causing it? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more.
Show Notes:
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/04/xcel-energy-electric-rate-increase-colorado/

You can’t fight city hall. Well, Brandon Wark of Free State Colorado thinks otherwise. Citizen activism works, and he can prove it.