Just kidding. I’ve been submitting an article every month for almost eight years. It’s always a struggle to anticipate what my legions of loyal readers want (or need) to know about state government.

Why would anyone serve in an elected office? What motivates us to become public figures, meet hundreds or maybe thousands of new friends and acquaintances, stand up for our principles against criticism.

The "out of session season" is winding down. back to work on the Joint Budget Committee starting on November 12.

During the legislative session and even before it starts as legislators envision new bills and my Joint Budget Committee structures spending.

My senate colleagues from the Denver or Colorado Springs area can describe their districts by the streets that bound the communities that they represent. When they ask me about my district.