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 [...]
Legislative 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 moreLegislative (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 moreRep Curry proposes state rainy-day fund
News Story:
Curry proposes state ‘rainy day fund’ using mineral severance tax revenue: Glenwood Springs Post Independent 3/23/10
News Story: Groundwater bill heading to Ritter
Legislative Update (3/6/2010)
Ballot Access Bill (HB1271) passed the House 58-7 this past week and is now going to be heard in the Senate. Six republicans and one democrat, Rep. Ed Vigil, voted against the bill. Hopefully the Senate will also be in favor of allowing a more reasonable time period for unaffiliated candidates to gain access to [...]
Read moreNews story: Legislators eye surface water diversion penalties
News story: “Legislators eye surface water diversion penalties” Fort Morgan Times 1/29/2010
Read moreProposed bill prevents layoff of ‘ditch riders’
News Story: Proposed bill prevents layoffs of ‘ditch riders’ The Durango Herald 1/27/2010?
Read moreOther Legislation
I am the House sponsor for two Senate bills, one paving the way to make industrial hemp a legal agricultural commodity, and the other providing for more certainty for well users in the Yuma County area.
I am also running a bill providing alternative funding for essential employees of the Division of Water Resources that are [...]
