October, 2010 - Independence Institute

Arm Yourself with Colorado State Board of Education Candidate Information 0
- October 29, 2010
Keep saying it to yourself: The election is almost over. Last week I told you about the low-profile contests for Colorado State Board of Education and the Denver Post endorsements in those races. My takeaway: Wouldn’t it be cool to have more education transformers on the Board?
If you have State Board members on your ballot […]
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Update on PUC Hearings for HB 1365: Another Long Day of Cross Examinations 0
- October 29, 2010
Today Will Be Another Long Day of Cross Examinations The Colorado electricity industry is regulated such that investor-owned utilities like Xcel cannot make any significant decisions without approval from the PUC. As a result, electricity businesses don’t compete with one another on the market, but rather in PUC hearings. For these companies, profits are dictated
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“Accountable Care Organizations” vs. private practice medicine 0
- October 28, 2010
From physician Scott Gottlieb on HR 3590‘s “Accountable Care Organizations”: The health legislation doesn’t call on government tribunals to euthanize seniors, as some fanciful critics claim, but the bill does kill off private-practice medicine. ObamaCare envisions that doctors will fold their private offices to become salaried hospital employees, making it easier for the federal government […]
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NEA Spends $1.9 Million in Teacher Dues Attacking Colorado U.S. Senate Candidate 0
- October 28, 2010
How many days left ’till we all can stop talking about these political campaigns? Every time one of those ads comes on the TV or radio, I swear my mom is going to go berserk. My dad? Well, even worse. That’s why it’s so disturbing to learn that nearly $2 million worth of Colorado’s latest […]
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Review of October 27 PUC Hearing on HB 1365: Commissioner Baker Must Be a Persuasive Guy!0
- October 28, 2010
Brief Refresher on Xcel’s New Plans [N.B. I am repeating this refresher on Xcel’s new plans because I think it’s a handy reference] Xcel on Monday proposed four alternative plans to comply with HB 1365, after its original plan was rejected by the PUC on October 21. The four alternative plans are similar. They all
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NEA Spends $1.9 Million in Teacher Dues on Negative Colorado U.S. Senate Election Ads 0
- October 28, 2010
Speaking of “How much does NEA spend on politics?”, read the following release on the union’s habit of spending large sums of teacher dues on that annoying negative political advertising (click on “Fullscreen” for the easi…
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