Check out this week’s Independent Thinking as local lawyers David Lane and Ryan Call join me to discuss the future of Colorado’s citizen initiative and referendum process, and House Bill 1326, which throws up numerous new roadblocks to the process. That’s tonight at 8:30 pm on KBDI Channel 12, [...]
Frum Numbers USA. The measure wud require EVERY employer in Colorader t' use E-Verify t' make sure they ain't hirin' no illegal aliens.
Be interestin' t' see wut kinda support ol' Tom's ballot initiative gits from Colorader Republicans, but I have hurd (not confirmed)-att the measure has overwhelmin' popular support [...]
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Supporters of an initiative that would legalize marijuana in California say they have collected enough signatures to ensure that it will be on the November 2010 ballot.
The petition drive, which was run by a professional signature-gathering firm, collected [...]
"Someone tried to tell you there is only one Republican candidate for governor," conservative GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes told an audience of mostly supporters.
The Evergreen businessman was referring to his opponent in the Republican primary, Scott McInnis, whom he accused of attempting to decide the [...]
UDPATE: Time for these petition-checkers to sharpen their pencils: the third of three "Dr. Evil" Initiatives, Amendment 61 (previously known as Initiative #21) has qualified for the ballot according to the Secretary of State's office this afternoon.
As the Grand Junction Sentinel reports:
Opponents of two measures that have been' [...]
This week I’m joined by Colorado State Senator Ted Harvey and Kevin Miller of the National Freedom Initiative to discuss the role of social conservatism in American politics and whether people can or should be coerced into virtue through force of government, or if the state should leave us all [...]
“Weatherization!”
Via Hot Air:
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c American Idle www.thedailyshow.com Daily ShowProposition 101 is one [...]
The Colorado Independent reports:
As Colorado wrestles with an already lean state budget growing leaner by the day - one that has forced Gov. Bill Ritter to propose repeated controversial cuts to state services this year - a trio of budget busting anti-tax initiatives is speeding its way to [...]
The Denver Post reported yesterday:
The secretary of state on Friday approved two measures for the 2010 ballot that would slash at least $1 billion annually in state taxes and roll back property taxes statewide.
Critics charge that the proposals would destroy services Coloradans rely on, while supporters believe the [...]
A proposal to create a Denver commission to study visitors from outer space will go before voters this summer after supporters gathered the required signatures to get it on the ballot.
City Clerk and Recorder Stephanie O'Malley sent a letter on Monday to Jeff Peckman, who submitted the signatures,' [...]
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Local UFO “ambassador” Jeff Peckman–he of the failed “Safety Through Peace” ballot initiative from 2003–must be feeling outta this world tonight, after his previously shelved plans to create a Denver “UFO Commission” has been approved for a vote [...]
Democratic leaders secured the last votes needed to move ahead on historic health care reform legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic policy initiative.
In long-awaited speeches, two centrist Democratic senators said they would stand with their party and [...]
Should the federal government legislate issues of virtue? No, according to Kevin Miller of the National Freedom Initiative. Though social conservatives have worked hard to elect representatives reflective of their values, the effort to impose societal values through government has also backfired in many cases. Miller argues his fellow [...]
