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Colorado Peak Politics. Ultimate Politics. PochoBlog | James Reyes on politics, technology, language &c. Sapere aude! Liberal Latina. Immigrant Worker Project | Proyecto de Trabajadores Inmigrantes. Colorado Misremembers Nine Eleven w/ help of Zionist GWOT propagandists -notmytribe.com. Most Influential Liberal Solo Blog in Colorado. Colorado | Progressive Majority. According to the Almanac of American Politics, Colorado is "at the front edge of economic, cultural and political change. " Unfortunately for progressives, the political change that's occurred since the 1990's has come in the form of right-wing politics — dominated by religious and social conservatives who have, in turn, soured the national political debate.

This is truly a state where we are at a stand off — one side wins and one side loses — and who wins can shape the electoral mood of the country. That's why Progressive Majority set up shop in Colorado — to bring true progressives into politics and create positive change that would last. We're recruiting progressive leaders to run for office who can also galvanize progressive voters who have been shut down by the loud voices of the ultra-conservative right.

Colorado remains a battleground state despite its vocal right-wing movement. Run For Office. Western Colorado Progressive | A Progressive Voice for Western Colorado. Colorado Young Democrats - Home. WesternDemocrat: a winning strategy for the future of the Democratic Party. ColoradoPols.com - the most widely read and discussed political Web site in Colorado. Colorado Media Matters. Denver News, Events, Restaurants, Music Westword. Wash Park Prophet. Denver Politics. Liberal and Loving It. It was a really good idea. One that would be a step in reducing our carbon emissions and dependence on oil. But the implementation essentially threw the money away - $425,080 in federal funds and $167,000 in City of Boulder funds. (And odds are this wastage has occurred in most of the other cities that made use of this program.) Worse than the half million thrown away, the giant shame is that this has slowed the adoption of electric vehicles.

The federal government had a great idea. Note: EV owners have a charger at home and therefore leave the house each morning with a full charge. Wasteful Requirements Added So the City of Boulder (City motto – if it says green we'll do it) applied for and received approval from the DOE. Some locations for charging stations will also be connected to existing and planned installations of solar photovoltaic systems along with battery storage systems. And the wastage doesn't end there. Location, Location, Location And all of that is irrelevant.

What Next? Colorado Ethics Watch. Colorado Confluence. Voices of the Colorado Dems. Rob Prince's Blog. Squarestate A beautiful state deserves competent governance.