{"id":113181,"date":"2021-04-29T21:33:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=113181"},"modified":"2021-04-29T21:33:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:33:49","slug":"the-spot-lauren-boeberts-latest-moment-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/the-spot-lauren-boeberts-latest-moment-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spot: Lauren Boebert\u2019s latest moment in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/the-spot-wordpress-logo.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>For people, policy and Colorado politics<\/h3>\n<p><em>What&#8217;s The Spot? You&#8217;re reading an installment of our weekly politics newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered straight in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As President Joe Biden spoke about mass shootings and gun control during an address to Congress on Wednesday night, C-SPAN cameras cut to Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert shaking her head, looking down at her phone and tweeting, &#8220;Shall not be infringed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s speech &#8212; which briefly mentioned the Boulder shooting \u2014 gave Colorado Democrats much to clap for, as expected. Rep. Jason Crow liked the talk about gun control and immigration, and Rep. Diana DeGette was glad he mentioned medical research and climate change. Sen. Michael Bennet appreciated a shoutout for the child tax credit, a major legislative priority of his.<\/p>\n<p>But the event was also an opportunity for the attention-grabbing Boebert to, well, grab attention. As Biden\u2019s remarks turned to immigration, Boebert noisily unfurled a space blanket and draped it over her lap, doing so to bring attention to the flood of migrants who have overwhelmed detention facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border. The shiny silver blankets are commonplace there.<\/p>\n<p>The stunt earned the freshman conservative from Silt some coverage in right-wing news outlets and garnered confused tweets from mainstream news reporters. This was Fox News\u2019 headline: \u201cBoebert trolls Biden, Harris on border crisis by unfurling Mylar blanket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boebert tweeted nearly 30 times during Biden\u2019s hour-long speech and two dozen times in the 12 hours after it ended, posting as late as 12:37 a.m. and as early as 5:04 a.m. ET. She wrote about everything from Hunter Biden\u2019s substance abuse to jokes about the president\u2019s mental acuity to questioning, \u201cWhy is Joe Rogan not allowed to give medical opinions but Bill Gates is?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To support the important journalism we do, you can become a Denver Post subscriber here.<\/p>\n<h2>Questions?<\/h2>\n<p>Have a question about Colorado politics? Submit it here and it&#8217;ll go straight to The Denver Post politics team.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"button\">Ask Us<\/button><\/p>\n<h3>Top Line<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21099609437972.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>As The Spot mentioned last week, Democrats have been working on a package of gun bills since 10 people were fatally shot at a Boulder grocery store. On Thursday, we found out what those were.<\/p>\n<h3>Capitol Diary \u2022 By Saja Hindi and Alex Burness<\/h3>\n<h4>Legacy college admissions and driving while poor<\/h4>\n<p>Rep. Kyle Mullica, who was the first in his family to go to college, said it was nerve-wracking to answer the legacy question &#8212; something like \u201chas any member of your family attended this institution?\u201d &#8212; during the application process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one in my family knew how to do (the applications) because no one had done it before and I remember coming up on the question \u2026 and the anxiety just kind of increased, wondering if that was going to hurt me,\u201d the Northglenn Democrat said.<\/p>\n<p>Mullica attended the University of Denver on a scholarship for underserved students, and wants the process to get into college to be an \u201cequal playing field\u201d\u00a0&#8212; including getting rid of fee waivers for students who\u2019ve had family members attend a given institution.<\/p>\n<p>Enter HB 21-1173, which would make Colorado the first state to prevent legacy admissions at its public universities.\u00a0While the issue may not be as prominent in Colorado as it is in states with Ivy League schools, Mullica\u2019s goal is make sure students with more money or connections aren\u2019t getting a leg up on first-generation students and immigrants with fewer resources.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed the House earlier this month 43-20 with a handful of Republicans also voting in favor of it. It still needs to move through the Senate\u2019s process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Driving while poor<\/b><\/p>\n<p>More than 100,000 Coloradans lose their driver&#8217;s licenses every year because of unpaid court debt or for failing to appear in court (something The Post wrote about in 2019).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen states, including six in the west, have abolished the practice, and it\u2019s a safe bet Colorado will join them soon, with lawmakers working to put together a bill to introduce as early as next week.<\/p>\n<p>People who lose their licenses because of outstanding debt are typically poor; they don&#8217;t delay payment out of negligence, research shows.<\/p>\n<p>When you lose your license, you may also lose your ability to work, and fall further behind on all sorts of bills. And maybe you drive regardless, flouting the law, because you have to make a living. Colorado State Patrol doesn&#8217;t like that latter scenario &#8212; lots of unlicensed drivers on the road &#8212; which is why it is championing the forthcoming bill and recruiting sponsors.<\/p>\n<p><b>Earlier this week:<\/b> Andrew Boesenecker was sworn in to the Colorado House to replace the vacancy left by former Rep. Jeni Arndt, who is now the Fort Collins mayor. Read more on Boesenecker in this Coloradoan story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Colorado political news<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrats announced they\u2019re getting rid of the public insurance option proposal. Here\u2019s what they replaced it with.<\/li>\n<li>Colorado moms are worried about high-potency marijuana and its effects on kids.<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s a push to give ag workers better protections and more pay. The industry says it could increase food costs and put people out of business.<\/li>\n<li>Composting human bodies into a truck bed\u2019s worth of soil is on its way to becoming legal in Colorado.<\/li>\n<li>Gov. Jared Polis signed a law that changes how people charged with felony murder are sentenced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Federal politics<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>After a decade of population growth, Colorado is gaining an additional seat in Congress.<\/li>\n<li>The federal government is reimbursing Coloradans for COVID-19 funeral expenses.<\/li>\n<li>Biden\u2019s pick to run the Bureau of Land Management, Tracy-Stone Manning, drew a range of reactions in Colorado, Colorado Public Radio reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mile High Politics \u2022 By Conrad Swanson<\/h3>\n<h4>Doing the math on long-term rental license proposals<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AP153748874614.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The initial vote is in on a proposal to require Denver\u2019s landlords to get long-term rental licenses for each of their properties. The concerns among the public are still out there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Renters are worried the measure would ultimately mean they\u2019ll be paying more. And landlords griped that they\u2019ll have to do costly repairs on their properties after inspections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>City Councilwoman Robin Kniech addressed both Monday night. To ease complaints about costs possibly getting passed on, Kniech did some basic math.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The application fee for a small \u201cmom and pop\u201d landlord would cost $50, Kniech said. And a typical inspection, required every four years, should cost about $150. That $200 total spread over four years comes to about $4 a month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, that is not an exorbitant cost,\u201d Kniech said. \u201cIf landlords are not already charging the maximum rent they can from tenants that would surprise me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next, she confirmed that the inspections are meant to ensure minimum housing standards like proper ventilation, heating and fire safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis not \u2018Is every piece of your building code up to date.\u2019 This is \u2018Is there heat? Is there electricity and lighting? Is there water?\u2019\u201d Kniech said. \u201cIf those things are not in place you have no business operating a rental unit in our city today.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kniech said she wanted to clear the air on those two topics before the council\u2019s second and final vote Monday night, which will include a (likely contentious) public hearing. If the measure passes, landlords would not be required to obtain licenses until Jan. 1, 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Denver and suburban political news<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Denver Mayor Michael Hancock floated the idea of a $400 million bond measure on the November ballot Wednesday morning, though he\u2019s light on details about where it would go.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Two giant pieces of Denver\u2019s land are in the hands of a single company, which is walking a fine line between building housing and commercial space and keeping the city\u2019s history alive.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Forward this newsletter to your colleagues and encourage them to subscribe.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2021\/04\/29\/the-spot-lauren-boeberts-latest-moment-spotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For people, policy and Colorado politics What&#8217;s The Spot? 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