tom norton
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TOM NORTON | Build infrastructure for people, goods, information — and water
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COMMENTARY: This is part of our series of contributed essays, “Imagine a Great Colorado.” See below for more. I’ve been thinking about Colorado’s future. What will make Colorado a great place to live, raise a family and prosper? Many ideas immediately come to mind. I’ve seen many ideas tried through legislative action and government programs. These…
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Denver chamber-led coalition will seek sales tax for roads
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A Denver-led coalition hopes to ask voters in November for a 0.62 percent statewide sales tax to pay for transportation. Members of the coalition made the decision in a closed-door meeting at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Friday morning. Now the groups supporting the tax must collect 98,492 signatures from registered voters statewide by Aug.…
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INSIGHTS: Proposed transportation tax hike pondered in a chamber of secrets
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In November, Colorado voters could be asked to approve as much as a penny-per-dollar sales tax to support transportation. Taxpayers will have to trust that the debate that led to the request was thoughtful and the tax hike is, indeed, necessary, before the ad campaign begins. They will need to believe this tax hike was…
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Greeley’s Mayor Tom Norton is outgoing in more ways than one
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Thanks to the Greeley Tribune’s Tyler Silvy for his solid profile of veteran Colorado politico Tom Norton, who is stepping down after four terms as Greeley mayor – and decades of high-profile public service. The Republican Norton, now 77, has been sort of a marathon man on Colorado’s political scene, having served as Senate president…
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Political veteran Dick Wadhams outlines ‘redprint’ for Republican victory in Colorado elections
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Dick Wadhams, who chaired the state Republican Party for two terms and had a hand in electing the statewide officials who set the tone for the Colorado GOP across three decades, has a message for the party: Republicans have never had it easy in Colorado. “This has always been a competitive state; this has never…
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YESTERYEAR: Colorado GOP performs autopsy on self, Legislature talks regulatory reform
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Twenty Years Ago this week in the Colorado Statesman … Too much sun in the Legislature? “Five hits and you’re out,” was the name of the game sponsored by Rep. Vickie Angler (R-Littleton) and Sen. Bill Schroeder (R-Morrison), which also went by its other more legislative moniker – HB 1159. The new law outlined in Colorado…
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You can stop blaming Greeley for agricultural odors — we’re cleaning up our image
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Many people still think Greeley is a small town with a large cattle population. That is old information and incorrect on both counts. This year Greeley’s population reached 98,000, and not one is of the bovine variety. That doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate cattle or the fact that we have many people in our city…
