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Quietly tucked up there in the "quickhits" was a story that deserves a megaphone. Colorado blogger EMRosa in the Columbia Journalism Review : In the five years since I first became a reporter, I have worked for two established print weeklies, both of which have gone out of business. Most recently, I was working for an award-winning online news site financially supported by a nonprofit organizat...
SquareState - 2:46 p.m.
Doug Bruce is in heaven. The citizens of El Paso County... not so much. From the Gazette , we learn that another round of service cuts will effect El Paso county residents as the Department of Health and Environment tries to save $1.68 Million. Fun things they are cutting: ?Childcare inspections for the county's 400 licensed facilities. In addition, the department will no longer respo...
SquareState - 2:46 p.m. - 4 clicks 
This website was developed for the express purpose of educating the masses about the right to work fallacy and defeating Colorado Amendment 47. We, the founders of TheTruthAbout47.com, believe we accomplished our complete objectives and now need to focus on tackling a new website designed to reveal the weaknesses and explain the truth about the [...]...
The Truth about Colorado's Amendment 47 - 8:44 a.m. - 4 clicks
We were recently contacted by freelance writer Dylan Krider. He's working on a piece for a new online [and offline] publication Denver Insight which bills itself as: Insight is a small part of a larger effort to transform social awareness and activism in Denver from the bottom up. Insight is concerned about how corporate greed, political corruption, the destruction of natural resources, ever-e...
SquareState - 2:45 a.m. - 4 clicks
Congresswoman Diana DeGette has long been indebted to Congressman John Dingell for helping her leapfrog a number of others when he tapped her for the Energy and Commerce committee. She speaks highly of him as she tells the story in her book . Add her loyalty to Dingell (and the fact that the seniority system is now weighted well in her favor) onto her belief that the Chairman was very good at h...
SquareState - Thu 5:00 p.m. - 9 clicks
I started the primary season this year working for John Edwards campaign, once he dropped out, I found a staff position on Mike Collins congressional campaign. Mike was a Colorado democrat vying for the congressional seat in Colorado's 6th district . Mike had to bow out of the race for health reasons just as the campaign was beginning to heat up. Needless to say it left a lot of people rampe...
SquareState - Thu 12:11 p.m. - 11 clicks
After the jump is the list for Colorado political junkies. I can't imagine that these are the assignments that Lois Court and Anne McGihon were craving. Lots of Education experience on Ed., some interesting choices on Biz/Labor, and putting Green and Primavera on Transportation impacts the debate about the North-West Quadrant of 470. Agriculture & Natural Resources: Chair: Kathleen Curry ...
SquareState - Wed 7:06 p.m. - 12 clicks
If you saw this headline, Allard interested in role at CSU like me, you were probably scratching your head. Would he be a good leader for CSU? An effective fund-raiser? A bridge builder? Progress Now is here to remind us how "effective" he was in the Senate: "Allard has been completely ineffective as a Senator and that is the last thing CSU needs in a time of dire fiscal n...
SquareState - Wed 7:06 p.m. - 11 clicks
According to the Rocky Mountain News [h/t ProgressNow's Daily Digest], seven people have applied to be Colorado's next Secretary of State . The applicants: Former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. State Rep. Bernie Buescher. Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon. Rosemary Rodriguez, chairwoman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Gilpin County Clerk Jessica Lovingier. TV show host A...
SquareState - Tue 3:23 p.m. - 12 clicks
Not all the economic bad news is bad... Colorado Springs based Focus on the Family is cutting 1/5th of its work force and four of it's eight publications. Cuts are coming from marketing, human resources and finance. The operation is going to concentrate on the internet, rather than traditional publications. I sure hope all those laid off appreciate that $500K that FoF spent passing pro...
SquareState - Tue 3:23 p.m. - 15 clicks
The author of this blog page recently returned from traveling to find letters in the mailbox from the organization “Colorado Citizens for Right to Work.” The rhetoric contained in each correspondence was typical, but some noteworthy statements require comment today. These statements mirror the language of the National Right to Work Committee (NRWC). Here are two [...]...
The Truth about Colorado's Amendment 47 - Tue 9:02 a.m. - 8 clicks
Colorado has become one of those states, along with NC and VA, I believe, that is on the cutting edge of setting the political direction for the 21st Century America. Up until very recently, Colorado was a largely Republican state. Even today, there are more registered Republicans than Democrats. However, Unaffiliated voters (including yours truly), outnumber both parties. ...
SquareState - Mon 12:24 p.m. - 12 clicks
