Breakfast Club Zoom Call Every Monday Morning
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
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September 6, 2025 -under construction
1. Petitions are Ready for Distribution!
2. As Special Session Dust Settles
3. Medications and Mass Shootings
4. Big Brother is Still Watching
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6. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
1. Petitions are Ready for Distribution!
6. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
One tap mobile
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
August 30, 2025
1. Petitions are Ready for Distribution!
2. It was a Dumpster Fire
3. White House Founders Museum
4. Big Brother is Watching
5. Lawsuit Challenges Colorado’s Laws for Big Buildings
6. No Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call
1. Petitions are Ready for Distribution!
The first wave of petitions to put on the 2026 ballot initiatives that will protect, prohibit and punish are printed and ready for distribution!
There are three initiatives. One will protect women in sports by requiring all participants be biological women in women’s sports programs. Another will prohibit irreversible sex change surgeries on children. The other initiative will increase the penalties for child sex trafficking.
If you haven’t yet stepped up to help collect signatures (or sent a few dollars to help with the expenses) please go to ProtectKidsColorado.org.
A launch event will be held in the Centennial area next Friday evening, September 5. The location is yet to be announced. I will send out the details in a separate email.
2. It was a Dumpster Fire
When I am faced with a deficit in my home or business budget I look for ways to cut back and focus on keeping just the essentials. When the Colorado legislature met to fix a billion dollar shortfall, they didn’t cut anything.
They moved things around a bit, but they didn’t come anywhere near to fixing the problem. They cooked up some schemes to raise some fast cash, essentially illegally raising taxes by cutting out all vender fees for sales tax collection and cancelling out state income impacts for several new federal tax breaks and planning to sell future tax credits with a substantial 25% premium for this prepayment of future tax liabilities. They claimed they were putting a pause on the state’s wolf introduction program, but that turned out to be only smoke and mirrors. Instead they dug down and found over four million extra dollars to give to Planned Parenthood to keep their abortion mill going and propped up a few more programs along the way.
Their plan to deal with the revenue shortfall is to punt it to the governor and the only positive I can see from this session is a bill that requires the governor to inform the Joint budget committee of his actions to keep the budget intact.
This short video clip on X pretty much sums it up.
BTW, I call their tax increases schemes because they clearly violate TABOR. As I said in last week’s Lundberg Report: TABOR specifically says TABOR’s “…preferred interpretation shall reasonably restrain most the growth of government. All provisions are self-executing and severable and supersede conflicting state constitutional, state statutory, charter, or other state or local provisions. Other limits on district revenue, spending, and debt may be weakened only by future voter approval.”
In this most recent special session the legislature ignored these explicit and clear terms in Colorado’s constitution.
3. White House Founders Museum
In preparation for next year’s 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding the White House has established an online founders museum. Please check it out. Currently they have some remarkable digital creations of the founders and it looks like they are planning for even more intriguing historical reenactments. To learn more go to https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250/founders-museum/.
4. Big Brother is Watching
George Orwell had watchers in everyone’s home, but the reality of today is you are being watched on the roads in far too many places. This warrantless collection of personal travel information is called Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions, PlateSmart and other “vendors” who, for local governments, have cameras everywhere on the roads, checking license plates and cataloguing through AI all of our movements on the streets of our towns, cities and far too many highways.
Here is an article that explains the details and how this is a real threat to our Fourth Amendment rights to privacy.
5. Lawsuit Challenges Colorado’s Laws for Big Buildings
For the past few years several laws have been passed to force buildings of at least 50,000 square feet to implement stringent energy standards. With a target date of 2030 these regulations will force some big buildings to literally be abandoned, and will cost way too much for all big building owners. It is ironic that in the light of the governor’s focus on creating more affordable housing many older large apartment buildings are built in such a way that it is economically impossible to meet these strict rules.
This looming catastrophe, created by Colorado’s policy makers, is again being challenged in federal court. This issue does not get much attention in the news, but if it isn’t stopped it will have a devastating impact on the entire state.
6. No Breakfast Club Zoom Call this Monday
In honor of Labor Day and consistent with our normal policy, the Monday Zoom call will not be held on Labor Day, September 1.
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
August 23, 2025
1. Printing PKC Petitions!
2. Special Legislative Session
3. Lifelong Republican Voting Dem?
4. Drill Baby Drill, in Brazil
5. Trump: Free Tina Now
6. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call
1. Printing PKC Petitions!
This week the Title Board denied two challenges to our initiatives, giving us the green light to proceed with printing the petitions and collecting the required signatures to put them on the 2026 election ballot.
We have 180 days to get this done. We are planning a September 5 launch event in the Denver area. I will have the details in my next newsletter. The regional coordinators are standing by to get their boxes of petitions to distribute to those who have already stepped up to lead in this fight. Hundreds of volunteers are already lined up but we need many more.
If you haven’t signed up yet, please do now. Go to ProtectKidsColorado.org and help us out with a contribution as well.
2. Special Legislative Session
The special legislative session is in full swing. They say the state is underwater for this year’s budget by about $1,000,000,000 (with a “B”), give or take a couple hundred million. However, if I understand what is really happening I think the biggest hole in state revenue is because the federal temporary tax cuts were made permanent and apparently Polis and company was counting on those lower tax rates going away, which would also boost the state share of taxable income. Now they are faced with the reality of Congress actually lowering taxes without a limited timeline. Most of the bills still moving forward in the special session are desperate attempts to maintain government funding of the state programs the legislature and governor have cooked up in the past several years.
These bills do very little to balance the budget. Senate bill 001 punts the budget balancing decisions to the governor, which is just kicking the can down the road. All republican-only sponsored bills have been killed. Only two bills still standing are okay, in my opinion, and they are the only bills with any Republican sponsors listed (all are dominated by Democrat sponsors) and neither do much with the budget. HB-1008 deals with an artificial intelligence issue created by SB24-205 and the other (SB-005) defunds the wolf introductions for one year, diverting the money to other purposes.
HB-1004 is rather creative, selling future tax credits for payment in this year – at a probable 25% premium. That means the taxpayer buys future tax credits, for example, a tax credit of $125 for a $100 payment now. Technically it might not violate TABOR, but it sure looks like a gimmick to borrow from future tax year revenues, and according to TABOR multi-year debt requires a vote from the people. Several other bills moving through the system are other TABOR violations. Remember, TABOR specifically says TABOR’s “…preferred interpretation shall reasonably restrain most the growth of government. All provisions are self-executing and severable and supersede conflicting state constitutional, state statutory, charter, or other state or local provisions. Other limits on district revenue, spending, and debt may be weakened only by future voter approval.”
However, finding more money to fill this funding gap is not the real problem. Much of the real problem is created by Colorado’s state sanctuary policies. The extra financial burden that hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens in Colorado puts on our public schools, roads, counties, social services, hospitals, police, jails, prisons, courts, etc. is coming home to roost. Colorado’s governor and his political party have for many years done everything they could to welcome these “newcomers” (their term, not mine). And they have also bent over backwards to slip them into our voting system. Check out these official state programs:
Colorado Office of New Americans
Medicaid Application Requirements (any proof or mention of U.S. citizenship is absent from the page)
Food and Other State Benefits (any proof or mention of U.S. citizenship is absent from the page)
Specific College Campus Voting Competitions
Ballot interpretation for all languages
Colorado continues to sweeten the attraction for “newcomers” by super-charging Colorado’s benefits programs. Several years ago they exploded the budget with Medicaid expansion because the federal government paid for 90% of the expansion costs. More recently the Colorado legislature used one-time federal COVID dollars to ramp up the benefits. Now those dollars are going away and this legislature cannot bring themselves to face this new (and more sustainable) reality.
The governor and his party always blames TABOR for the state’s economic woes and this special session is no different, but they fail to figure out that revenue is not the problem, spending is the problem.
3. Lifelong Republican Voting Dem?
I couldn’t resist including this meme, following the last article…
4. Drill Baby Drill, in Brazil
British Petroleum (BP) finally got the memo. The future is not without Petroleum, it is because of Petroleum. In the past few years BP was trying to be woke with their aspiration to go “beyond petroleum.” But a major find in Brazil seems to have brought them back to reality.
5. Trump: Free Tina Now
Here is what President Trump said this week:
(This picture is a part of Trump’s Truth Social post)
@realDonaldTrump
FREE TINA PETERS, a brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians, including the big Mail-In Ballot supporting the governor of the State. Let Tina Peters out of jail, RIGHT NOW. She did nothing wrong, except catching the Democrats cheat in the Election. She is an old woman, and very sick. If she is not released, I am going to take harsh measures!!!
My comment (KL): stay tuned, this isn’t over.
6. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
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For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
August 19, 2025
Special Report: Griswold’s Fools Gold
I am sending out this special Report early, before the legislative special session convenes because I want to draw your attention to this very significant matter without the distraction of the legislative session.
A case was filed in Federal court that could have far reaching consequences in Colorado’s elections. With very detailed descriptions the complaint alleges that Federal law demands specific accuracy of election results and Colorado’s elections in 2022 and 2024 failed those accuracy requirements many thousands of times over the accuracy rate required by Federal law.
The remedy recommended is simple to describe but will be difficult (yet essential) to accomplish: follow the law for the 2026 election.
This could have far reaching consequences because if the judge administers true justice it will give Colorado citizens a fighting chance to once again have elections with integrity and accuracy. However, I also expect the Colorado Secretary of State to deny the facts presented in this case and continue to insist Colorado has the “gold standard” of election systems.
Now is her chance to prove it. If she does not provide valid evidence for her claims she is, in reality, proving her own deceptions.
Here is a link to the actual complaint filed on August 4, 2025. It is nearly 50 pages long, filled with the specific details of this shocking expose of Colorado’s corrupted voting system. It will take some effort to digest the details, but for anyone interested in the integrity of our elections I recommend you dig into this significant document.
BTW, this case does not directly deal with the all mail ballot system in Colorado, which is another component in Colorado’s failed election system. Taken together, cleaning up the voter registrations and eliminating the all mail ballot system would go long way in making Colorado Colorado again.
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
August 16, 2025
1. Special Legislative Session
2. Colorado Roads
3. Colorado Media Changing?
4. The Bee Weighs in on “Violent Crime”
5. Trump and Putin
6. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call
1. Special Legislative Session
This coming Thursday the legislature will begin their special session. It is being called to address a projected $800 million dollar shortfall for this fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Tight times like this are good opportunities to end expensive programs, but I expect the legislature to kick the can as far down the road as possible. Next week I will report on their “progress.”
2. Colorado Roads
When I first ran for office in 1998 I was asked about my priorities for state government. My first thought was state government needs to insure we have good roads. Basic transportation infrastructure is an absolute need for a healthy economy and prosperous state and the state’s government policy is where a solid plan for good roads start.
Unfortunately the ruling party (governor’s office for several decades and legislature for the past 20 years) has left our roads at the bottom of the priority list. Mark Hillman just published an excellent observation on this problem. I recommend you check it out.
3. Colorado Media Changing?
A major problem in Colorado is the left leaning media that dominates our state and Denver’s TV Channel Nine (9NEWS) has been the leader of this trend. Word on the street is this might be changing as the station may have a new owner. We can only hope.
4. The Bee Weighs in on “Violent Crime”
Violent crime is not a laughing matter, but The Babylon Bee published this satire on the issue that is worth considering. The old saying, figures don’t lie, but liars do figure comes to my mind..
5. Trump and Putin
Trump’s Welcoming committee: Interesting projection of military power.
6. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
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For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
August 9, 2025
1. Special Legislative Session
2. The State of Colorado
3. USDA and Religious Freedom
4. Census Redux
5. PKC initiatives
6. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call
1. Special Legislative Session
Polis finally made it official. After weeks of speculation he called a special session to start on August 21 to address a significant shortfall for this fiscal year’s budget of about a billion dollars. The Democrats are blaming the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Congress passed last month. The Republicans are saying the OBBB has given much needed tax relief and other needed reforms to Medicaid and other programs.
I have been saying for many years that the Colorado legislature has been spending more than can be sustained and now it has come home to roost. Remember, much of this was set up when Colorado expanded Medicaid back when Obama was president. Then one time dollars from the COVID years allowed the legislature dig a deeper financial hole with permanent programs based on those one time dollars.
Here are timely words from Rep. Ken deGraaf and here is what Rep. Brandy Bradley said.
2. The State of Colorado
This week I have come across many links that tell the story of what is happening to Colorado. Rather than cut some out or make this a story far too long I submit the links for your perusal. Please check these out, they are worth considering:
I thought this was satire, but probably not…
Republican preregistrations in Colorado
AG Wiesner and police officers
3. USDA and a Spiritual Awakening
Here is a story from California about what is looking like a significant revival among young adults. It is very encouraging to hear such stories. But here is another story from California that reads like the exact opposite. It is a bill that would pretty much cancel out parental authority. Which story will prevail? My bet is on the revival.
So, what does that have to do with the United States Department of Agriculture? This week USDA Secretary Rollins officially declared the department’s support for religious freedom. Our nation was founded shortly after a Spiritual Awakening in the 1740’s and with that renewed focus on Biblical values the principles] of God-given rights was set as the bedrock idea in our Declaration of Independence.
As we come up to the 250th anniversary of that document and our nation’s founding I see signs of a renewal of our core values starting to bubble up in many places, including the highest levels of government.
4. Census Redux
President Trump is calling for a new census ASAP. His point being that the current practice of counting all people, including illegal aliens for Congressional apportionment has severely skewed the proper representation of US citizens and individual states. When the Constitution was written native indians who were not subject to taxation were excluded from the census. It makes every bit of logical sense that that same principle should be applied today and not count people who are not citizens and are not here with a legal status. Congress should represent its citizens, not people who are here illegally.
5. PKC initiatives
On Wednesday the three initiatives of which Protect Kids Colorado will be collecting signatures for the 2026 ballot were approved by the Title board. We expect to have the petitions ready for distribution by the first of September. The countdown begins for this big push across Colorado!
6. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
One tap mobile
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
August 2, 2025
1. Blockbuster DOE Report on Climate Change
2. Colorado Sues Again, for Planned Parenthood
3. State Ranking for Religious Freedom
4. Video of Election Irregularities Press Conference
5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call
1. Blockbuster DOE Report on Climate Change
The U.S. Department of Energy just released a report on climate change that essentially debunks the climate alarmists’ view that the planet is in grave jeopardy because of anthropogenic CO2 and we must do all we can to stop this, at any cost. It was commissioned by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and is sure to elicit strong reactions. Here are Secretary Wright’s own words, found on page viii of the report:
“I didn’t select these authors because we always agree—far from it. In fact, they may not always agree with each other. But I chose them for their rigor, honesty, and willingness to elevate the debate. I exerted no control over their conclusions. What you’ll read are their words, drawn from the best available data and scientific assessments.”
The report is extensive, containing about 150 pages. It pretty much reflects what I have been saying for the last 30 years. Please download this report and at least read all of Secretary Wright’s comments on page viii and the executive summary on the following page ix.
So far it appears that the media has panned this report, ignoring it for the most part and discounting it as biased and one-sided. If that means they kept away from the mainstream narrative that climate change is an existential threat to life on earth, then they are guilty as charged. Instead they treat the subject as a legitimate issue that needs more discussion, for which this is the opening salvo.
Despite the left’s attempt to ignore this report it could well be a pivot point where public policy will finally be shaped by rational debate, fortified with actual facts and common sense solutions.
2. Colorado Sues Again, for Planned Parenthood
Last week I reported on a suit the Colorado AG joined which is trying to overturn government funding for illegal aliens. This week AG Weiser joined another 20+ states demanding that Planned Parenthood’s hundreds of millions in government funding not be cut from the Federal government’s spending for the coming fiscal year. Here is the story. The funding cut will only be for one year (so far), but it amounts to about a half a billion dollars that the government gives every year to the nation’s biggest abortion mill. This suit doesn’t surprise me, defending abortion in every way imaginable has been a key principle for the Democrat majority for many years.
3. State Ranking for Religious Freedom
Colorado is 34th in the rankings for religious freedom. In this report, from First Liberty Institute all 50 states are rated over a broad spectrum of factors related to religious freedom. In keeping with Colorado’s current policies on abortion that is highlighted in the second article in this report, Colorado is listed as one of only four states with a zero rating for any limitations on abortions (Colorado has no limits on abortions, has allowed late term abortions for any reason for decades, encourages abortions in state policies and demands the taxpayer foot the bill). Religious freedom is a cornerstone of our enumerated rights and Colorado has a long way to go in securing those rights for the citizens of Colorado. Here is a story giving more of the details on this deep dive into religious freedom in the United States.
Another factor relative to this subject is a revival of posting the Ten Commandments in school rooms. Several states are working on or have already passed laws that will bring back these fundamental values to public school rooms. The issue, which is also being battled in the courts, probably is headed to the Supreme Court to decide if the Ten Commandments can once again be incorporated into the education policies of public schools.
4. Video of Election Irregularities Press Conference
Back in May I reported on a press conference I moderated at the Capitol on the cast vote record CVR for the 2020 election in Arapahoe County. Recently I became aware of a video of that event. The essence of that press conference is contained in a published report that can be found here. However, watching the actual event can be very instructive. It can be viewed here. BTW, the press conference starts at 5 minutes and 13 seconds into the video.
5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
One tap mobile
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
July 26, 2025
1. Lee v. Poudre at SCOTUS
2. Colorado Sues to Allow Benefits for Illegal Aliens
3. Colorado’s Infrastructure Gets a C- Grade
4. Commissioner Calls for Replacing Ranchers With Wolves
5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call
1. Lee v. Poudre at SCOTUS
The lawsuit filed against the Poudre School District to stop the school district from continuing their transgender policies is now officially on the docket for the United States Supreme Court. This does not yet mean that they will hear the case, but they have it on their list to consider for the next court session. They are expected to make that determination in the next several weeks.
The question presented to the court is:
“Whether a school district may discard the presumption that fit parents act in the best interests of their children and arrogate to itself the right to direct the care, custody, and control of their children.”
This petition to the court can be found here.
2. Colorado Sues to Allow Benefits for Illegal Aliens
Colorado has joined about 20 other states in going to court to try to overturn the Medicaid restrictions for illegal aliens in the Bid Beautiful Bill (BBB).
For years I heard denials that illegal aliens were a big part of these government programs. Now the Democrats are crying big crocodile tears because the BBB is specifically saying no illegal aliens in these programs is jeopardizing programs like Head Start. If you look it up on an online search engine there are plenty of seemingly authoritative sources that confirm that illegal aliens are blocked from most government aid. I even found a video clip of the U.S. House minority leader insisting as much in a hearing (the video has since been taken down). The overall impression of his speech was that illegal aliens simply do not get government aid.
But now about 20 states, including Colorado, are suing the federal government to allow benefits to illegal aliens. Hmmm… It looks to me like their lawsuit proves the point and proves their duplicity. In my legislative experiences I have run across several examples of government benefits handed out to illegal aliens that add up to tens of billions of dollars going to the illegal populations in our country. Now 20 states seem to be confirming it and insisting in court that it should continue. Colorado’s attorney general, who is now running of governor, is a part of this bandwagon.
3. Colorado’s Infrastructure Gets a C- Grade
I have long contended that the Colorado state government has had it’s priorities upside down for many decades. The Federal government has many responsibilities not appropriate for individual states, and the same is true for local governments. State government should focus on state wide concerns and stay out of the way for local and national government roles.
The tendency of government is to always increase, and as government grows, liberty diminishes.
For Colorado state government and the party that has been in power for the past twenty years, that growth is quite evident with more programs, higher taxes (including billions for fees) and more power, our liberty has certainly diminished.
What I consider to be much of the core purpose of state government has been largely ignored. Maintaining a healthy infrastructure has been a low priority and the C- grade from this recent report underscores that dismal reality.
We are in desperate need of a governor and a legislature that understands good principles of limited government and knows how to stick with the real priorities for state government.
4. Commissioner Calls for Replacing Ranchers With Wolves
A Parks and Wildlife commissioner has called for forcibly taking over Colorado ranches to accommodate the wolves that have been introduced in Colorado. Listen to his statement here.
I have a better idea. Get rid of the wolves. And get rid of any commissioners that think these wolves somehow have more rights than the citizens of Colorado. And while we are at it, get rid of a governor that let this all happen in the first place.
5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
One tap mobile
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
July 19, 2025
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Update
2. Should Musk Look at Article V?
3. The NEA’s Woke DEI and the ADL
4. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Update
In July of 2023 the Colorado GOP filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of Colorado’s open primary system. The wheels of justice turn slowly, but since all of the preliminary steps have been taken we expect a court decision at this first level of the federal system sometime later this year.
I am including this update now as there is also a scheduled “opt out” vote for the September GOP state central committee meeting and I want it to be clearly understood that the “opt out” vote is not a part of this lawsuit in federal court.
The “opt out” vote is an effort to comply with the current statutory requirements within the open primary laws. The lawsuit is to seek a declaration from the court that the open primary law violates the Constitution and should be declared invalid.
For more information on the lawsuit click here.
2. Should Musk Look at Article V?
Recently Elon Musk has said he is trying to start a new political party. I had those thoughts as well, …about 35 years ago. Today I realize that to try to start another political party is to give the upper hand to the opposite side. I hope Elon will figure this out before he does great damage to the conservative ideals that are sweeping our land today.
If he truly wants to stop the spending in Congress he should get behind the Article V movement, as can be read in this article.
3. The NEA’s Woke DEI and the ADL
Last week, in the parental rights article I gave a link to the resolutions passed at the National Education Association’s annual meeting. This week the Anti Defamation League and hundreds of other related organizations reacted to the resolution expressing anti-semitism ideas. Here is what they are saying.
4. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
One tap mobile
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
July 12, 2025
1. Colorado Election Integrity Summit
2. Parental Rights
3. Special Legislative Session
4. IRS to Churches: No More Enforcing of the Johnson Amendment
5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call
1. Colorado Election Integrity Summit
On Tuesday, July 15 at 6:30 PM in Arapahoe County (specific location will be given to those who register for the event) a summit will be held looking into election integrity in Colorado. All are welcome to attend, but due to concerns about the possibility of disrupters coming to the event advance registration is required, and the location is not being widely publicised. Dr. Douglas Frank will be the keynote speaker, along with several other election integrity experts.
Here is some of what the organizers of the event are saying: “Our speakers will uncover the background on what is happening in the Arapahoe County revisions as well as other Cast Vote Record anomalies in the state.”
This should be a significant milestone in the election integrity discussions here in Colorado. I recommend attending if you can. I will be out of state but plan on viewing it online.
Register here to attend in person or watch online.
And, while on the subject of election integrity, here is another article on this important subject.
2. Parental Rights
The rights of parents to direct the raising of their children continues to be a hot topic in the news. Colorado Politics recently published this in depth story.
And the National Education Association (NEA) held their annual meeting on the 4th of July weekend again. They are in the habit of meeting on this most patriotic holiday to promote their most unpatriotic notions in the form of resolutions that specify their hard-left policies. Here are pictures of many of those resolutions. These measures are against Trump, school choice, parental authority and a variety of other DEI notions.
These stories make the case for the initiatives that Protect Kids Colorado are working on this year. Please be a part of the team to bring these issues to Colorado voters.
3. Special Legislative Session
It is becoming quite obvious that the Colorado legislature will hold a special session very soon.
Earlier this week I was under the impression that the governor had issued his call for a special session. That was not correct, but the budget woes of a state that has been spending beyond their means for many years are coming home to roost (I fought many of their reckless policies in the Senate 10+ years ago).
It will be interesting to see if any of the legislative leadership will own up to the reality of their own spending habits, or will they just blame Trump for cutting off the federal funds pipeline and blame the citizens for not giving them all the blank checks they have asked for?
Now is the time to thank Douglas Bruce and all of the other patriots who gave us the Tax Payers’ Bill of Rights (TABOR) 30+ years ago!
Click here for more information.
4. IRS to Churches: No More Enforcing of the Johnson Amendment
In 1954 then Texas Senator Johnson (LBJ) sponsored an amendment to prohibit any non-profit organization from endorsing any candidate for public office. The story told is he did it as retribution to some churches in Texas that opposed him in his senate race. Unfortunately that policy has remained in effect for the last 71 years.
Finally, under the supervision of the Trump administration the IRS has modified their official policy by publicly stating that churches should not be restricted when discussing and endorsing candidates while communicating with their own members. This does not eliminate the policy, but it does take the perceived pressure off of churches.
I qualify this with the term perceived because the IRS has not been enforcing this policy on churches for some time. However, they have and I assume will continue to enforce the Johnson Amendment on all other section 501 non-profit organizations.
I am giving you the back story, not to diminish the significance of this story, but to reinforce the main point that pastors and churches can engage in political, First Amendment protected communications. Far too many church leaders have been silenced by the threat of the Johnson Amendment.
My speculation is the IRS has known for many years that this policy would never hold up to a challenge in any court that would honestly look at the First Amendment. Not only are citizens guaranteed the the right to speak freely, citizens, and therefore their churches are protected by the first clause: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;” Politics and theology are intertwined at many junctions. It is impossible to honestly separate them.
For published stories on this policy change click here and here.
5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
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For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
July 5, 2025
1. BBB is Now Law
2. Colorado’s Leadership?
3. Elections Must Have Integrity
4. Trans Ideology on the Ropes
5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call
1. BBB is Now Law
After weeks of deliberation Congress finally delivered to the President the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which he signed with great fanfare on the 249th anniversary of Independence Day. This is the capstone to his initial agenda to make America great again. It is not perfect (I never saw a bill that was) but it certainly heads the nation into a new direction, upward and optimistic.
Of course the opposition paints a very different picture, calling it the big bad ugly bill, but that is to be expected as it puts a political dagger into the left’s long-term agenda of big government controlling virtually every aspect of our lives. There is much more work to be done, but I sense a renewed hope for the basic principles of liberty expressed so concisely in the Declaration of Independence 249 years ago.
2. Colorado’s Leadership?
Speaking of more work needed, here, here, and here are reminders that in Colorado, if we are to see freedom reign in our state, we have a lot of work ahead of us. Polis is on his way out (in another year) but Colorado’s lurch to the left may get even worse if we don’t turn it around in the next election. More on this in the next two stories…
3. Elections Must Have Integrity
The first line in the battle we face is concerning our elections. The legislature and governor have made elections in Colorado a playground for bad actors, robbing honest citizens of the assurance that they actually did chose their “elected” leaders. Here and here are just a couple of examples that I saw this week of how games can be played with elections. In Colorado, with all-mail balloting, automatic voter registration, massive vote centers replacing precinct voting and troubling electronic voting systems, the “gold standard” looks to be nothing more than fools gold. This is a priority for President Trump, I trust he will not leave Colorado out of his strategy.
4. Trans Ideology on the Ropes
And finally, while the left has fully embraced the transgender ideology we are seeing more and more stories showing the American people are not buying it. Here and here are some recent developments that show a little bit of how wrong the left has been and for many continues to be with this issue.
Protect Kids Colorado (PKC) is leading the charge against this corruption of our children with three citizen initiatives for the 2026 election. If we are successful in putting these on the ballot it will change the conversation for the 2026 election in Colorado. Please join this team of concerned citizens!
5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday
Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.
Here is the link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1
Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057
One tap mobile
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).
Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513
