Yesterday (Monday, March 6) Senate Republicans held a full caucus to discuss their overall agenda for the remainder of the legislative session. Did they discuss solving real problems in the State of Colorado, well not really.

They railed on Ref. C, lamenting that "D" didn't pass and now the Democrats have too much control over "C dollars." Did they pledge to make sure that those monies would be used to ensure that Health Care, Education, and Transportation budgets would be shored up? No.

What they did do was talk about how they wanted no funding for any new programs, any, in any department, no matter what its' purpose. The only things the caucus was interested in giving money to were business programs, programs that Republicans themselves had slashed while they were in power.

The caucus came to the cunclusion that not an extra penny should go to highways in the state, and even suggested budgeting down to safegaurd against high budget estimates. However, Senator Dave Owen calmed the room when he assured them that despite their own hesitation to properly fund transportation in Colorado, it was okay because "deep down in their hearts (Democrats) don't wanna give ANY money to transportation."

Well, not to worry Senator Owen, Democrats are working to fund transportation issues, not to mention Health Care and Education, which were eerily ignored in the caucus.