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? Ruggiero and Griffin: Working families deserve concrete solutions, not just campaign soundbites
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Finally, some good news about working families in this country: in 2015, lower and middle income workers saw real income gains, and the median income gain was 5.2 percent. It confirms what most of us know: working families are what is leading us out of the recession. They are the bedrock of the recovery. When…
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? Letter: Voters should reject Propositions 107 and 108
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Editor: As Republican campaigners we are faced with ballots unsecured overnight by Democrat clerks; people casting votes in adjacent districts just before polls close; large numbers of provisional ballots cast by people who haven’t moved; van-loads of people arriving at a polling place with only one able to speak English and all giving the same address; harvesting ballots from apartment house lobbies; same…
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? Noonan: Both parties chastened by voters registering Unaffiliated en masse
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Voter registration trends for Colorado’s major political parties are getting worse by the month. The “totals” look bad and the “younger voters” numbers are terrible. Here are the facts: Sept. 1 registered voter numbers for Democrats: 1,166, 819; for Republicans: 1,147,424; and for Unaffiliateds: 1,337,145. Oct. 1 registered voter numbers for Democrats: 1,177,863; for Republicans: 1,154,370; for Unaffiliateds:…
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Myers: Support Amendment 72 to keep kids from smoking and save lives
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Colorado voters have an exceptional opportunity in November to improve the state’s health and economy by approving Amendment 72 to increase the state tobacco tax by $1.75 per pack. This critical action will prevent children from smoking, prompt smokers to quit and generate much-needed revenue for worthy causes including cancer research and veterans’ services. In…
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? Grantham: Amendment 72 would further hamstring Colorado’s budget
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Amendment 72 promises to further tangle Colorado’s budget. As a member of the Colorado Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, I can assure you that this is the last thing we need. Earlier this year, legislators struggled to balance Colorado’s complicated budget, as is required each year by law, while also providing services that our communities need.…
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Zitti: A forced minimum wage increase is risky business
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When outside sources insert their agenda into other people’s business the results are often devastating. Among issues to be voted on this Nov. 8 is a minimum wage increase that will put the fate of many business owners and low-skilled job seekers in jeopardy. Put yourself in the shoes of a business owner. Your employees and the…
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Gorman: Amendment 72 is constitutionally guaranteed revenue for state bureaucracies
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Amendment 72 supporters claim that raising tobacco taxes will reduce smoking. That’s a smokescreen. What the amendment really does is create a constitutionally mandated stream of revenue for two state health bureaucracies that seek to shake off the shackles of legislative budgetary oversight. Under Amendment 72, the state tax on a pack of cigarettes will…
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Patch Adams promotes ColoradoCare amendment
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Internationally prominent physician, activist – and clown – Dr. Patch Adams said he wants to see huge corporate health insurance companies go out of business, and believes the ColoradoCare statewide health care program before Colorado voters next month is a step in that direction. Adams spoke Wednesday, Oct. 12, at a Denver news conference to highlight…
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Letter: Vote no on Amendment 71
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Editor: Television ads and robocalls have Mayor Wellington Webb asking voters to vote yes on Amendment 71. I don’t understand why citizens would vote against their own interests! A yes vote on Amendment 71 would amend the state constitution in a way that makes it much more difficult for the citizens of Colorado to address important issues. Two-thirds of…
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Shannon: Stand up to fears, half-truths on ColoradoCare
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Can the business community count on Congress to fix our ridiculously complex and expensive health insurance system if we give it more time? Is there a viable alternative coming from the American Medical Association or the Chamber of Commerce? No. Major social change always starts at the grassroots level. That is why the states must…
