FTS Humor: When your goose is cooked

Face The State Humor

By Andrew Ripemoff

Centuries ago, in a distant land called Colorado, a kind and beloved leader named King Owens ruled the countryside. Life was good in the Kingdom, where off in a small corner of the grounds of the monarchy's vast estate worked a humble man, tending to a lone goose. But this wasn’t an ordinary goose. This was a goose who laid golden eggs - pure gold in fact.

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7/3: Bad policy, sugar-coated

A sugar-coated tax increase is still a...tax increase. More >

The week in Colorado news: Is fried food unpatriotic?

Face The State's Kate Melvin joins FTS managing editor Brad Jones for a look at the week that was in Colorado news, from oil shale to millionaire candidates to Hickenlooper's "patriotic" diet. More >

"The Buzz" on Newstalk 1310 KFKA, 6/16 - The Governor's budget problems

Face The State managing editor Brad Jones talks with Newstalk 1310 KFKA's Amy Oliver about the Governor's precarious situation after a big setback in state court. More >

Just Three Initiatives on Ballot Thus Far

A Face the State Staff Report

Despite fears by Democrat legislators that the citizen initiative process had run amok, so far only three initiatives have been approved for the November statewide ballot.

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Lack of Time, Public Support May Mark End for Proposed Ritter Energy Tax Increase

A Face the State Staff Report

In the aftermath of a poll demonstrating extremely weak public support for a proposed tax increase being pushed by Gov. Bill Ritter, the initiative's backers are now facing additional obstacles to seeing their initiative become law.

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Poll Shows Ritter's Severance Tax Hike on Life Support

Face The State has learned that a proposed ballot initiative being pushed by Gov. Bill Ritter is suffering from a critical lack of public support. More >

Benson bringing in the big bucks for CU

In a May 12th letter obtained by Face The State, CU President Bruce Benson updated faculty, staff and students on his first nine weeks at the helm of the university. More >

A Laughable Gas Debate

“The introduction of a tax [on oil and gas producers] does not mean higher prices for consumers, because producers have to take into account what consumers would tolerate.”

So says Lakshman D. Guruswamy, director of the University of Colorado's Center for Energy & Environmental Security in today’s Rocky Mountain News. More >

Higher ed leaders critical of Ritter's severance tax proposal

A Face the State Staff Report

At a Friday meeting hosted by Gov. Bill Ritter, many of Colorado’s top higher education officials expressed concern over Ritter's support of a proposed plan to funnel oil and gas money into scholarships rather than directly into university operating budgets.

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