Posted on 19 January 2010. Tags: Bob Bacon, Bob Ledger, Bruce Whitehead, Colorado Municipal League, Doug Lyon, Durango City Council, Durango City Manager, Ellen Roberts, Fort Lewis College, Home Rule, Karen Middleton, Ron LeBlanc, Sam Mamet, Sherri Dugdale, TABOR, Taxpayer's Bill of Rights
Sam Mamet, executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, said about half of the 800 or so bills that will be proposed this year in Denver will affect the authority of municipalities in some way.
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Posted in Featured Stories, Municipal
Posted on 01 January 2010. Tags: Al White, Alexander Mugatu, Angela Giron, Betty Boyd, Bill Cadman, Bob Bacon, Bob Rankin, Brandon Shaffer, Bruce Whitehead, Cheri Jahn, Chris Romer, Dave Ruchman, Ellen Roberts, Evie Hudak, Gail Schwartz, Greg Brophy, Jerry Frangas, JOEL JUDD, John Morse, John Odom, Joyce Foster, KEITH KING, Ken Storck, Kent Lambert, KEVIN GRANTHAM, KEVIN LUNDBERG, Linda Newell, LOIS TOCHTROP, Lucia Guzman, Mark Scheffel, Mary Hodge, Matt Heimreich, Mike Johnston, MIKE KOPP, Morgan Carroll, Nancy Spence, Pat Steadman, Rollie Heath, Scott Renfroe, SD-01, SD-02, SD-03, SD-04, SD-05, SD-06, SD-07, SD-08, SD-09, SD-10, SD-11, SD-12, SD-13, SD-14, SD-15, SD-16, SD-17, SD-18, SD-19, SD-20, SD-21, SD-22, SD-23, SD-24, SD-25, SD-26, SD-27, SD-28, SD-29, SD-30, SD-31, SD-32, SD-33, SD-34, SD-35, SHAWN MITCHELL, Steve King, Suzanne Williams, Ted Harvey, Tom McDowell, TORSTEN ECKSTEIN, Wayne Wolf
Colorado Democrats need to win only eight of 19 open seats in 2010 to retain control of the state Senate, a State Bill Colorado analysis shows.
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Posted in Elections, Featured Stories
Posted on 27 November 2009. Tags: Angelo’s Pizza Parlor, Bent’s Fort Best Western, Bob Bacon, Brandon Shaffer, Chez Duvall Restaurant, Chris Romer, CO WINS, Colorado Corn, Colorado State University, Country Steak-Out, Department of Corrections, Doug Melcher, First Farm Bank, Gail Schwartz, Huerfano County Commission, JBS Swift Plant, John Morse, Kay Norton, Ken Kester, Lance Bolton, Lenz Farm, North Colorado Medical Center, Northern Junior College, Otero County Commission, Renewables for Schools, Rick Sutton, Sterling Correctional Facility, Swift & Co., Tony Frank, University of Northern Colorado, Wray High School, Yuma County Commission
Senate President Brandon Shaffer and Senate Majority Leader John Morse will travel to northeast and southeast Colorado next week to listen to Coloradans and discuss their main priorities for the 2010 legislative session. FULL TRIP SCHEDULE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Posted in Featured Stories, Legislative
Posted on 19 November 2009. Tags: Bob Bacon, Colorado State University, Front Range Community College, Jim Butzek, Joe Blake, John Kefalas, Kris Binard, Randy Fischer, Referendum C, Tony Frank
Colorado taxpayers next year might be asked to vote on a plan providing additional funding for the state’s public colleges and universities, but one of the men leading that effort says he’s still unsure what the proposal will look like.
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