Posts Tagged ‘State Legislature’

Our neighbors to the north in Wyoming severely limit the amount of time their state legislature is in session.  Here in Colorado, we take a different approach allowing our paid representatives extra time in session to consider such worthy things as creating an official state amphibian. Yup, you read that right.  House Bill 1147, an [...]

In a late night session, the Colorado House Education Committee voted 7 – 6 in favor of a measure that reforms teacher tenure and holds teachers accountable for their performance.  In a not-so-surprising vote, Representative Judy Solano voted against the measure.  As is, after a teacher achieves tenure, it is virtually impossible to fire or [...]

The progressive tax policies of Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and the Democrat-led state legislature have now forced a loss of income on hundreds if not thousands of Coloradoans.  Their choice to push for collection of sales tax on out of state sales has caused Amazon.com to shut down its affiliate program for all Colorado residents.  [...]

When the state legislature went into session last month we warned you to hold on to your wallets.  The writing was on the wall even then that rather than make real budget cuts, the Democrat controlled legislature would start hitting taxpayers in the pocketbook.  That unfortunately has come to fruition. Thornton’s elected representatives were unanimous [...]

As the legislative session starts to wind down, our state legislators are in a frenzy trying to wrap up the ridiculous state budget and churning out all sorts of asinine measures.  Among the highlights: Colorado House approves measure to eliminate death penalty- Reasoning that it is cheaper to keep a prisoner in prison for life, [...]

The so-called ‘Tuition Equity’ bill which would have granted in-state tuition to illegal immigrants was defeated in the Colorado State Senate today.  As we wrote about last week, this bill would have required taxpayers to subsidize the education of illegal immigrants, something which is intolerable.  Five Democrats joined with Republicans to send the measure to [...]

The Colorado State Legislature yesterday approved a measure renaming portions of South Santa Fe Drive / State Highway 85 “Navy SEAL Danny Phillip Dietz, Jr., Memorial Highway.”  The roadway which goes from I-25 south to C-470 will forever memorialize one of Colorado’s fallen heroes.  However, what about other Coloradoans who have given their lives in [...]

What the heck is going on downtown at the Colorado State Capitol these days?  It seems as if our state legislators are absolutely out of control with all sorts of crazy things happening.  First up, we had the School Finance Transparency Act.  This bill was an important measure that would have provided voters and residents important [...]

Ah yes, the Colorado state legislature is in session and you would expect them to be working on truly high priority items.  But, rather than spending time on things like the messed up state budget and our woeful education system, our legislators prefer to spend their time on measures that mean nothing or are simply outrageous.  Two examples [...]

As originally reported by Sean Paige at LocalLibertyOnline.com, Governor Ritter had some interesting comments in his State of the State address today.  As Mr. Paige points out, the governor and state legislature continue to blame all of the state’s ills on TABOR.  To quote Governor Ritter: “There is also an opportunity here – a chance [...]