Show Notes
Hugh gives a brief review of the 2022 General Assembly.
Hugh discusses Colorado Legislature interim committee assignments. A synopsis of those workings can be found HERE.
The session is 120 days – or one-third of the year. Legislators meet with constituents and discuss legislative ideas in the other two-thirds of the year – “the interim.” Hugh is on the Interim Water Committee.
On the day we recorded this podcast (Friday May 27, 2022) Hugh visited Chimney Hollow Reservoir. Hugh spoke of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel.
Hugh discusses his efforts to expand the use of pumped hydro. Background articles can be read HERE, HERE, and HERE.
Here’s an interview McKean did on the topic…
Hugh and Scott are passionate about small scale nuclear power – a brief education HERE.
Hugh and Scott briefly touch on Three Mile Island. Netflix fear-inducing specials aside, here are the facts about Three Mile Island.
Scott mentions the study indicating two-thirds of AMerica could experience blackouts this summer. Read that study HERE, a Wall Street Journal op-ed HERE (sorry – behind a pay wall), and view a video below…
Scott was way off in the assumption of the last nuclear power plant built – it was actually as recent as 2016 in Tennessee.
Hugh and Scott discuss SB22-230 – the County Collective Bargaining bill passed into law, which could cost Weld County taxpayers upwards of $30 million annually.
Hugh references a letter sent by the AFL-CIO referencing “authentic partnership.” Read about that HERE. Subsequently, Colorado General Assembly democrats pass SB22-230, allowing collective bargaining in counties. In light of the linked article, Hugh and Scott argue this absolutely quid-pro-quo.
It’s not every day when the President of the Colorado Senate calls you a terrorist. The exact same situation happened recently, and it became a big stink. Double standard? Absolutely. With President Fenberg there can be quid pro quo and blatant hypocrisy and it’s okay, as long as it comes from his side.
