Time for a special session with Video
July 18, 2023
Bail for murder suspects is not an unintended consequences
SB 20-100 was the state’s 6th attempt in a 12 yr period to abolish the death penalty.
I’ve stopped thinking letting suspected murderers out on bail was an Unintended Consequence
The Governor and legislators had to know what they were doing.
Shameful.
Call a special session. Fix your mess!
Liberal soft-on-crime policies have led to 34 accused murderers in El Paso County being eligible for bond and release - with even more eligible across the state. @COSenKirkmeyer and @MattConnelly discuss how we got here and how to keep violent criminals in jail #copolitics pic.twitter.com/rhgMa9PlZm
— Advance Colorado (@AdvanceColorado) July 14, 2023
Kirkmeyer: "I made up my mind during last week of session."
Kirkmeyer helps give children every opportunity possible
"Colorado's best days lie ahead!"
Seven Republicans including Kirkmeyer awarded for Going to bat for Colorado businesses in 2023
Co-authored with Sen. Byron Pelton: Polis' lack of respect a slap in the face
Co-authored with Sen. Byron Pelton: Stop coddling drug dealers
Polis' bait and switch at the 11th hour of the sesson
Colorado’s energy policy is hurting our economy, it’s time for a change. Over the past few years, Coloradans have watched as policies passed by Democrats in the General Assembly have decimated the oil and natural gas industry in Colorado and raised the already high cost of living for our state. As Republicans, we believe affordable energy and energy independence are goals worth striving for, and we have a plan to succeed.
Fentanyl is poison, and it’s time that Colorado policy makers recognize it as such. Drug dealers are lacing recreational drugs with fentanyl, often unbeknownst to drug users, to get users hooked. If tobacco companies did this, Congress and the Colorado General Assembly would jump to action. The same would be true if drug dealers were lacing drugs with cyanide. Why are we treating fentanyl differently?
The Colorado Senate on Thursday passed a "wildly out of balance" budget, as the chamber’s majority and minority leaders both called it, but lawmakers pledged it would return to constitutionally required equilibrium in the next legislative phase. The bulk of the imbalance comes from a single $503 million amendment that’s intended to finally pay back what the state owes to K-12 schools. The author of the change also hopes to get more money to teachers. It’s a pledge that has bipartisan support — but nonetheless is poised to evaporate under questions of constitutionality.