Tag: Al White
Lawmakers at odds on competing oil and gas severance tax amendments
State lawmakers and energy experts are hotly debating a pair of dueling oil and gas severance tax questions on the Nov. 4 ballot, with even some Republicans divided on Amendment 52, which is being touted by conservatives as an alternative to Gov. Bill Ritter’s Amendment 58 tax hike.
Senate race sparks Western Slope energy debates
In many ways, the race for state Senate District 8 in Northwest Colorado is emblematic of the intense conflict between the state’s resurgent mining and energy industries and the long-dominant tourism and outdoor recreation economy that boomed after the last mining bust.
The petroleum pledge: Western Skies backers sign onto ‘energy action plan’
Rep. Frank McNulty is one of a trio of GOP state lawmakers thought to be behind the Western Skies Coalition — a Virginia corporation raising oil and gas money to target key state senate races.
In an interview with Colorado Independent, McNulty (R-Highlands Ranch) declined to discuss the group's funding sources Tuesday, but he did acknowledge signing its “Energy Leadership Action Plan” pledge.
Colorado ballot chock-full this year
With the longest ballot in the country this year, Colorado voters will face a dizzying list of 18 questions come November. But impassioned, signature-gathering citizens aren't the only ones to blame for packing the mondo ballot. Four of the questions were placed on the ballot by the state legislature. Called referenda, this year's items deal with state government rules and procedures. And, in a grand twist, one of them makes it harder for citizens to amend the state's constitution via the initiative process.
Sources say Penry behind Western Skies’ bid for Colorado GOP Senate...
The Western Skies Coalition, a conservative Virginia corporation with an office in Littleton, is allegedly being used by state Sen. Josh Penry (R-Fruita) to raise funds from oil and gas companies in a bid target several key Colorado state Senate races and win back a Republican majority in 2010, according to several sources.
Senate 8 Race Headed Into Extra Innings
The northwest State Senate 8 race may have primaries in both the Republican and Democratic Parties. As of today, Rep. Al White (R-57) will...
Hush, Hush & On the QT: Political Debate Goes Astray
The invite in the mail to area Republicans in Eagle and Garfield Counties read "The Young Republicans debate Eagle County Democrats." Later, a correction...
Hush, Hush & On the QT: Race Revs Up in SD8
We are more than a year away from the 2008 election and the State Senate 8th race in northwest Colorado is already grabbing the...