protect colorado
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Oil & gas measures fail signature test, appeal considered
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It’s official, the fight against fracking has reached a dead-end in this 2016 election year in news perhaps not surprising to Colorado Democrat Gov. John Hickenlooper. The governor this week predicted the demise of two ballot initiatives that would have sought to limit hydraulic fracturing operations in the state. Turns out he was right. Neither of…
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Protect Colorado running strong campaign against fractivist initiatives
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Among the persistent vexations in Colorado politics is the lingering and recurrent threat of ballot initiatives. These campaigns are often conceived by special interest groups to upend the balance of power in one area of law or another. Ask many who work in politics, and they will tell you ballot proposals often pose unintended consequences…
