Author: Ron Bain
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Colorado Water Plan all about West Slope water diversion
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GRAND JUNCTION — James Eklund, director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, told Club 20 in late March that the “seven points of consensus” thus far approved as a preliminary step in finalizing the Colorado Water Plan requested by Gov. John Hickenlooper represent a “new paradigm” in Front Range and Western Slope relations regarding water,…
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Club 20: AG defends Colorado’s legal pot regulations
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GRAND JUNCTION — Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is vigorously, if reluctantly, defending Colorado’s legislation regulating marijuana against a lawsuit filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma, stating to Club 20 that a recent indictment of 32 people pretending to be medical marijuana growers shows that Colorado is striving to prevent illegally grown pot from entering other…
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West Slope lawmakers talk TABOR, water at Club 20
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GRAND JUNCTION — A panel of seven Western Slope legislators — six Republicans and one Democrat — discussed diverse issues they’re working on in the state legislature at the Club 20 annual meeting on March 28, focusing on water, energy, the economy, TABOR and federal lands. Sen. Randy Baumgardner, R-Hot Sulphur Springs, said he and…
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Two Grand Junction city council races in full swing
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GRAND JUNCTION – There are two contested races in this year’s Grand Junction City Council election, which concludes April 7; ballots were mailed on March 16. Running for a four-year term are Dennis J. Simpson, a certified public accountant who describes himself as “a fiscal conservative and lifetime Republican,” and Chris Kennedy, a telecommunications executive…
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Club 20 appoints new executive director
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Club 20 was founded in 1953 to enable Western Slope cities, counties and businesses to speak with one voice to the state legislature in Denver. Today, the venerable 62-year-old lobbying organization is being led by one of its youngest executive directors, a former aide to U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-CD 3, named Christian Reece. Reece…
