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ICYMI: Ezzard comes home, CO middle of the road on taxes, first end-of-life patient dies

Mar 21, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

? Here’s a whatever-happened-to update: If you remember Martha Ezzard from her time as a Colorado legislator, you should probably check out the story in the Denver Business Journal. A couple of decades ago, Ezzard and her husband, Dr. John Ezzard, moved to Georgia to run an Ezzard family farm. They turned it into a…
? Colorado’s doctor-assisted suicide risks legal dispute if voters approve

Nov 4, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

Popular opinion surveys show Colorado is likely to be propelled into an uncertain area of law next week when voters decide whether to allow doctor-assisted suicides for terminally ill persons. Sixty-five percent of Denver-area registered voters surveyed in a Ciruli Associates poll in September said they would vote for the legalized suicides. Twenty-five percent opposed…
Legislators not surprised aid in dying on ballot

Aug 17, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

In February 2016, state Rep. Lois Court, a sponsor of legislation that would have allowed terminally ill Coloradans to obtain a prescription drug to bring about their deaths, told her fellow lawmakers, “Make no mistake, the voice of the people of this state will be held. You will hear from your constituents one way or the other.” She…

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