Dan Maes, the Republican candidate for governor who isn't good enough for Tom Tancredo [2] and triggered headlines around the world after alleging the United Nations is behind an international bicycling conspiracy [3], is now taking on state employees. Maes says he's prepared to lay off as many as 4,000 Colorado employees (including 2,000, "just like that") if elected and would force a slowdown of the federal government over drilling for gas and oil, writes BusinessWeek [4], prompting his opponent, Scott McInnis, to question Maes' competence. "He gets a lot of mileage out of that line, but the reality of it is, he does not write the constitution," McInnis scoffs. A union representing 31,000 state employees has blasted Maes' suggestion. But they may not have to expend too much energy on the issue. As The Denver Post [5] reports, Maes' plan might be illegal under state rules. Meanwhile, Face the State [6] is questioning certain dealings by Hickenlooper, the lone Democrat running for governor, who allegedly "conserves land...and keeps the change."