Author: Floyd Ciruli
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GUEST OPINION: Colorado: We are truly on our own
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Donald Trump fiscal revolution is here to stay. With the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and a series of Supreme Court rulings on workforce reductions, limits on federal district court injunctions, and…
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GUEST OPINION: Colorado: We are truly on our own
The Donald Trump fiscal revolution is here to stay. With the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and a series of Supreme Court rulings on workforce reductions, limits on federal district court injunctions, and allowing withholding of funds for various grants, the federal role in state and local finances is substantially reduced and unlikely…
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GUEST COLUMN: Colorado has entered a challenging era of austerity
The tsunami effects of “Shock and Awe” have just slammed into Colorado’s local governments, hospitals, and education and research institutions with the possible loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funds. The state appears to be in the particular glare of President Donald Trump. He held a major campaign rally in Aurora where…
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Is Denver ready for a change?
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock may weather this latest storm, but managing the sex-related controversy, given the present climate surrounding the issue, is proving to be difficult. Key questions are: Will the controversy cost him votes in a third-term run? Could he lose because of it? Will he run? Will the controversy grow sufficiently to cause…
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CIRULI: Is the DACA deal dead?
On Sept. 13, President Trump met with the minority leaders of their respective houses, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, over a meal of Chinese food. Reportedly, they agreed to a deal on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which included more border security without building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Though there were…
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Limitations of state’s legalized marijuana
Colorado is often cited as the bellwether of America becoming a marijuana nation. With our legalization of medical marijuana in 2000, and of recreational marijuana in 2012, we helped open the floodgates to what has become a national movement. After the November elections, in which four additional states legalized recreational marijuana, about 60 million Americans…