Legislative Update 6/1/2010
I can’t believe it is June already! This note is titled “legislative update” but in reality all of the members of the state house have transitioned to campaign mode. So, this is really a legislative and campaign update.
As a candidate for office I spend a lot of time talking to voters on [...]
Colorado Independent: “Summer of River Confilct”
Boating bill swamped by controversy, may lead to summer of river conflict: Colorado Independent 5/13/2010
Read moreLegislative Update (5/2/2010)
Remember the update I wrote a few weeks ago saying what a good week it had been in terms of the issues I was pursuing on behalf of House District 61? Well, this past week was very different. In this update I try to summarize the general and the specific, but it is a [...]
Read moreRafting measure shows signs of life
Legislative Update (4/24/2010)
This past week just flew by. The House dealt with a number of issues including medical marijuana, teacher reform, my rafting bill, establishing a fund for the severely developmentally disabled, higher education funding, and much more. Most everyone’s time was spent in committee working on new bills that have been recently introduced, and [...]
Read moreUpdate regarding HB1188, the Commercial Rafting bill (4/7/2010)
I am posting this statement to offer you my perspective on articles that the Associated Press and the Denver Post ran today regarding the floating dispute on the Taylor River.
The articles concerned the status of private negotiations that have been taking place between a landowner on the Taylor River in Gunnison and two outfitters that [...]
Legislative (and personal) Update (4/2/2010)
Today is Good Friday and the legislature was given the day off so that we could all go home and spend time with our families. I am very grateful to have this extra day. We are calving at home and my husband has his hands full with all of the pregnant mothers and new babies. [...]
Read moreRafting Bill News Stories (updated 4/8/10)
Here are links to recent news coverage of rafting bill:
In This Political Battle, a River Runs Through It: Wall Street Journal 4/8/2010
A record 24 Colorado ballot issues filed on rafting amid lawmaker inaction: Denver Post 3/27/2010
Both sides float initiatives over rafting issue: The Durango Herald 3/27/2010
Both sides of ‘right to float’ file ballot language: Aspen [...]
Float bill clears Senate Judiciary Committee
News Stories:
Senators reflate house rafting bill The Durango Herald 3/16/2010
Panel clears measure on rafters’ right to float The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction) 3/16/2010
Major political players train sights on Curry rafting-rights bill
News Story: Major political players train sights on Curry rafting-rights bill. Colorado Independent 3/10/2010
“According to one political observer, Secretary of State Bernie Buescher is working on rules that would require the companies or individuals behind a lobbying effort to be disclosed on the SOS website, not just the law firms or lobbyists they hire.”
