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Eric Bergman to join Polis adminisration
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Eric Bergman, who has served as policy director for Colorado Counties, Inc. since 2010, is leaving the organization at the end of the legislative session to become director of the division of local government at the Department of Local Affairs. It’s a return to an agency with whom he has worked closely over the past…
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Senate is poised to tackle collective bargaining bill that applies only to counties
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Collective bargaining for county workers, one of the biggest bills introduced in the last two weeks of the session that won party-line approvals in committees, is now ready for the full Senate’s consideration. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle expect an intense debate on Senate Bill 230, which would allow county workers to form…
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Prop 110 will fund needed infrastructure — and keep Colorado competitive
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A safe and accessible transportation system is critical to our way of life in Colorado. And yet our transportation infrastructure is literally crumbling around us. According to a recent study, 70 percent of the roads in Colorado are rated “poor or mediocre,” and over 500 bridges around the state are rated as “structurally deficient.” State…
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Colorado Counties Inc. takes positions on ballot measures
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Colorado’s counties have spoken, and there are questions, taxes and bureaucracy on the Nov. 6 ballot local leaders don’t like. The state association Colorado Counties Inc. supports a proposed statewide sales tax increase for transportation, which would carve out a 20 percent share for counties (and another 20 percent for municipalities). Proposition 110, called Let’s…
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Some of Colorado’s rural county clerks have clocked a whole lot of years
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Out in Colorado’s vast rural reaches, finding a replacement for an experienced and knowledgeable county clerk ain’t easy. Unlike in the state’s metro areas, where there always seems to be a steady supply of upward-bound office seekers, there just aren’t that many people to begin with in farm and ranch communities in sparsely populated counties…
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Fix It Colorado won’t go to the ballot for road funding this year
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Tony Milo told Colorado Counties Inc. Tuesday that Fix It Colorado won’t ask voters in November to pony up more money for transportation. The group will look to 2018, instead, as voters get a fuller grasp of the funding jam the state is stuck in. “We think we’re at a turning point where Coloradans are…
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Proposed contribution limits for Colorado county candidates hardly a shoo-in
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For all the tight controls on campaign contributions to candidates for state office — no individual donor can give more than $1,150 to someone running for governor, and it’s lower for legislative contenders — the state imposes no restraints at all on a candidate for the Baca County Commission. Or for Larimer County treasurer. Or clerk and…
