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Noonan: Fate of fracking initiatives raise question about need for Raise the Bar
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Oil and gas companies are happy in Colorado right now, following Secretary of State Wayne Williams’s declaration that two anti-fracking initiatives, Nos. 75 and 78, didn’t collect enough signatures to meet the 98,000-plus threshold to get on the ballot. The industry, which had already spent over $15 million to defeat the proposed constitutional amendments, was…
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Blake: On the initiatives, just say ‘no’
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I love the initiative process in theory. Power to the people! In practice, not so much. At least this year. Like a pianist playing scales, I used to warm up for my biennial ballot concerto by quickly flipping the “no” lever on all the judges up for retention. It not only flexed the fingers, it…
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Blake: Bending over backwards for the unaffiliated voter
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The group that would make it even easier for unaffiliated voters to participate in Colorado’s primary elections is circulating two different initiatives – an unusual move. One, currently called No. 98, would open the current primary – held on the last Tuesday in June – to all unaffiliated voters; the other, No. 140, would restore…
