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 on 07 December 2009. Tags: Bbva Compass, Bob Burnham, Business Research Division, Carol Hedges, CB Richard Ellis, City And County Of Denver, Claude Pumilia, Colorado Business Economic Outlook, Colorado Economy, Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute, Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado Legislative Council, Colorado Municipal League, CU, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Gary Horvath, Governor's Energy Office, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hanley Wood Market Intelligence, Jay Peterson, Jeff Lyng, Jim Bolt, Jim Burnell, John Lymberopoulos, Jon Weisiger, Kelly Brough, Leeds School of Business, Natalie Mullis, Nathaniel Karp, Richard Wobbekind, Sam Mamet, Tom Thibodeau, Ty Ritchie, University of Colorado, Vince Matthews, Wood Mackenzie
The state will lose about 3,200 jobs in 2010, compared with the 100,000 jobs lost in 2009, the university forecasts.
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Posted on 30 November 2009. Tags: Colorado Ag Council Legislative Reception, Colorado Airport Operators Association, Colorado Association of Wheat Growers, Colorado Bankers Association, Colorado Cattleman's Association, Colorado Community Health Network, Colorado Health Care Association, Colorado Hospital Association, Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Nonprofit Association, Colorado Nurses Association, Colorado Restaurant Assocation, Colorado Rural Electric Association, Colorado Ski Country USA, Junior League of Denver, Mental Health America of Colorado, Snow Show, Snowsports Industries America, TIAC, Visit Denver
The legislative session is still more than a month away, but that hasn’t stopped 18 groups from planning legislative lunches, dinners and receptions beginning Jan. 13 and continuing through the end of March.
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Posted on 26 November 2009. Tags: 2010 General Assembly, 2010 Legislature, Alaska, Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, California, Colorado Cities, Colorado General assembly, Colorado Legislature, Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Springs, Craig, David Ogden, Eric Holder, Fountain, Greeley, Hawaii, Jim Billings, Maine, Maryland, Medical Marijuana, Michigan, Montana, Montrose, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pueblo, Pueblo City Council, Pueblo County, Rhode Island, Tom Sexton, Vera Ortegon, Vermont, Washington
For Colorado cities, dealing with the issue of medical marijuana in 2009 is a lot like being offered that first joint back in the 1960s – do you join the party or just pass it on?
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