Scott K. James

Polis used clemency power. Now Colorado gets to ask whether rule of law is a principle or just another campaign costume. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39072

Polis owns the commutation decision. The public deserves criteria, daylight, and receipts, not a tribal rodeo with microphones. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39064

Colorado prison capacity is not a spreadsheet trick. Show the data, fund what public safety requires, and quit calling risk transfer “reform.” Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39059

Colorado youth mental health needs real care, not another slogan wrapped in a commission. Kids need help before the emergency room. Radical stuff. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39054

Court orders are not mood boards. Colorado’s legislature can rewrite laws going forward. Government officials cannot treat judges like inconvenient interns. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39045

Tina Peters thanked Polis after a reduced sentence, then accused Democrats of silencing dissent. The useful lane: clemency answers, legal facts, evidence, and election safeguards. Not martyr worship. Not regime worship. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39041

An appeals court is weighing a Jeffco parental rights case tied to an overnight school trip. When in doubt, call the parents. Apparently this now needs courtroom supervision. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39037

Colorado has a real prison overcrowding problem. SB 159 answers with earned-time credits and a working group. That deserves receipts, not slogans. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39032

Caldara’s point on Tina Peters is simple: serious crimes, real punishment, and way too much political theater. Colorado deserves justice, not a circus. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39026

Front Range water rates and restrictions collide with rapid snowmelt, storage limits, and growth math. The bill always finds the ratepayer. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39019

Clemency is executive power, not customer service for the connected. The Polis, Peters, and Trump mess needs one thing: a clear standard Coloradans can actually understand. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39016

Colorado wanted to be first on marijuana legalization. Fine. But being the national laboratory gets expensive when taxpayers become the cleanup crew. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39010

Colorado Boulevard BRT may be the next “war on cars” fight. If planners want lanes, taxpayers deserve ridership, cost, safety, and traffic-diversion receipts first. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=39003

Colorado voters may be asked to give up future TABOR refunds for K-12 funding. Schools matter. So does accountability. “For the kids” is not a budget audit. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=38997

School choice deserves a fair fight, not dirty paperwork from the rent-a-clipboard crowd. Fraud is fraud, even when the cause is good. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=38992

Outside money in CD8 is getting the polite vocabulary treatment. Funny how “dark money” becomes “engagement” when the right check clears. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=38987

Colorado's GOP governor debate has two candidates showing up, one podium waiting, and one campaign arguing about the moderator. Political bubble wrap is not a governing plan. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=38981

Nearly 400 Colorado Air National Guard members in Greeley get clarity and new missions. Good for Weld County, and good for national defense. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=38970

Colorado State Patrol turned a Facebook block into a $50,000 taxpayer lesson. Rude speech is still speech. The First Amendment is not a customer service policy. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=38964

Aurora’s new police communication policy puts City Hall between public safety information and the public. Due process matters. So does transparency. Bureaucratic hide-and-seek is not reform. Read more 👉 scottkjames.com/?p=38958