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Lunchtime Links: Colorado’s non-mysterious ‘Mr X’ and other bad actors

These links are for those yet to read about "Mr X" the non-mystery man behind the three tax-slashing ballot initiatives meant to starve Colorado...

McInnis steps up, says he doesn’t support state anti-tax initiatives

Long silent on the subject of three Colorado tax-slashing ballot initiatives, Republican candidate for governor Scott McInnis reportedly told attendees at the state's Contractors Association convention at the beginning of the month that in fact he did not support the initiatives, which have been popular with Tea Party activists in the state. McInnis agreed with Gov. Bill Ritter, Denver mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper and other lawmakers, including GOP legislative leaders, that the initiatives would destroy the state government's ability to function.

Doug Bruce disclosure violations no threat to petitions, so far

Colorado Springs Gazette writer Eileen Welsome reported yesterday that non-resident professional petition circulators worked in Colorado last year to land three tax-slashing initiatives on...

Oregon votes for taxes while Colorado stares again down the barrel...

The biggest Colorado political news today comes from Oregon, where voters looking to shore up the state's declining public schools and social programs bucked...

GOP leaders on anti-tax initiatives: Serves Ritter right

The Colorado Independent yesterday noted Gov. Bill Ritter's strong language during his State of the State address on the three tax-slashing initiatives headed to...

Ritter challenges McInnis to take stance on anti-tax initiatives

Gov. Bill Ritter last week decried a trio of anti-tax initiatives heading for the Colorado ballot next year and challenged his Republican opponents to recognize the threat the initiatives pose to the state and come out strongly against them.

McInnis mulls dramatic anti-tax ballot initiatives

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 2010 ballot. The dramatic nature of the initiatives, which plainly seek to shrink state government, and their timing, coming as they do amid an historic budget crisis, has sparked high media interest and political buzz.

News Nuggets, 17 August 2009: Trespass with Bruce; waltz with Delay

Dug up fresh, daily. WHY DOES COSTCO HATE DOUG BRUCE? He didn't kick anyone as far as we know. But there are hours left in...

Speaker Carroll targets initiative petition process for reform

House Speaker Terrance Carroll, D-Denver, introduced legislation on Tuesday designed to address abuses that plagued the ballot initiative process in Colorado last election season. Co-sponsored in the House by Lois Court, D-Denver, and in the Senate by Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, the bill aims narrowly to address the petitioning process, where signatures in support of initiatives are gathered, and particularly "concerns raised regarding the use of paid petition circulators," according to a House Democratic Party press release.

Doug Bruce for Vice President!

Let's move Rep. Bruce along to his rightful place in the political pantheon.In the brief period during which the Colorado state House has been...
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