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State Senate candidate Vivian Smotherman has been busted for blowing campaign funds on a beauty consultant to do hair and makeup, signaling to voters how careless she’s likely to spend their tax dollars if elected. Smotherman is the Democrat running for the district 6 seat in southwest Colorado that includes Alamosa against incumbent Republican state Sen. Cleave Simpson. According to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, Smotherman is a bisexual transgender woman and would be the first transgender woman elected to Colorado’s state Senate. That’s if District 6 voters find Smotherman to be fiscally responsible.

A Wayne County Commissioner on Tuesday unveiled a plan for new limits, taxes, mental screening and background checks on the sale of ammunition. District 6 Commissioner Reggie “Reg” Davis, a radio host who entered politics after his brother was fatally shot, announced the multi-pronged proposal at a press conference held at his family’s mausoleum space. In addition to calling on more controls nationally, the measure would mandate local regulations that would include a mental illness and background check certified by law enforcement prior to each bullet sale — with police handling the transfer. “We’re up against some state and federal...