kelly sloan
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IN RESPONSE | Colorado must invest more in quality child care
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Although Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (“EPIC”) agrees with Kelly Sloan that creating child care savings accounts could help families afford quality child care, that mechanism cannot serve, contrary to Sloan’s assertion, as an alternative to increasing direct public investment in child care (“SLOAN | Time has come for child-care savings accounts in Colorado,”…
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FEEDBACK | Assist in funding child care, yes — but not with tax credits
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While I agree families who are trying to afford the rapidly-increasing cost of child care in Colorado need additional help, I disagree with Kelly Sloan’s suggested policy solution (“Time has come for child-care savings accounts in Colorado,” Aug. 6). Though he seems to oppose public support for struggling Colorado families, he contradicts himself by proposing…
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Sloan: From Paris talks to ISIS and fracking bans, energy dominates politics
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It seems fitting, as most Coloradans shiver under the first major winter storm of the season, to talk energy policy. A lot has been going on along that front. The Paris climate talks have just wrapped up, and the best thing to say about them is that they accomplished precisely nothing despite exuberant self-congratulation among…
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Legislative battle could be brewing over SCFD renewal
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A legislative battle might be brewing over the scheduled renewal of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, slated for the ballot next November. The SCFD Board of Directors late last month approved a plan that will be introduced to the General Assembly in January, including a readjustment to the funding formula providing for a modest…
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Wheat Ridge issue committee faces campaign finance scrutiny
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A Wheat Ridge issue committee formed to support Initiative 300 in the city may have broken the state of Colorado’s campaign finance laws, and is having their activities questioned by the Wheat Ridge City Attorney while raising concern from the mayor and raising eyebrows among citizens alike. Citizens for an Inclusive Wheat Ridge circulated a…
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Sloan: The Trojan sage grouse
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Looking at the Department of the Interior’s decision not to list the greater sage grouse as endangered, one is initially tempted to celebrate, knowing the ruinous consequences that such listings have on local economies. But a closer look at the land-management plan that accompanies the decision brings to mind the story of the Trojan Horse,…
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Axiom Strategies: Inside powerhouse lobbying firm
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As the staff of Denver-based powerhouse lobbying firm Axiom Strategies sits down around a conference table in their second-floor office just a stone’s throw away from the State Capitol, one of the first things that’s obvious is the gender discrepancy — all but one of the firm’s team members is female. Owner and President Micki…
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Axiom Strategies: Inside powerhouse lobbying firm
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As the staff of Denver-based powerhouse lobbying firm Axiom Strategies sits down around a conference table in their second-floor office just a stone’s throw away from the State Capitol, one of the first things that’s obvious is the gender discrepancy — all but one of the firm’s team members is female. Owner and President Micki…
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Sloan: Bennet defends Iran vote at Club 20 meeting
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GRAND JUNCTION — Twice a year, western Colorado becomes, for a moment, the focal point of the state’s political class. Club 20, an advocacy organization representing interests on the Western Slope, had its fall meeting in Grand Junction on Saturday, drawing politicians, lobbyists and the civic-minded from across the state. While most of the meeting…
