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Friday, 12 October 2007 |
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Commentary in the Denver Post By Shawn Mitchell Gov. Bill Ritter's public face is genial, moderate, pro-jobs and pro-growth. His hidden agenda is a different matter. He's rolling out the red carpet for labor unions to set up shop and get cozy in Colorado. Citizen requests to view public documents have uncovered a scheme that the governor has tried to keep quiet: Ritter wants to grant the local AFL-CIO affiliate collective bargaining power over state employees. It's a terrible idea for Colorado. It raises costs and labor tension in a state that already treats its employees very well. It's unnecessary, because if there were any problem, Gov. Ritter could order his managers to treat employees better right now, without empowering cumbersome, adversarial labor unions. In addition, it would suck millions of dollars away from hardworking employees and into union coffers, where Gov. Ritter knows big money will cycle back into Democratic campaigns and causes. Pushing unions on the state workplace is a destructive political payoff that breaks Ritter's touted Colorado promise. |
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
Pair eye bill for rate-freeze repeal on Nov. '08 ballot By April M. Washington, Rocky Mountain News Colorado voters would get a chance to override a law that has the effect of increasing property taxes for public schools under a bill being drafted by two Republican lawmakers. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, and Sen. Mike Kopp, R-Littleton, plan to introduce legislation next session that would refer the question to repeal the new law to the November 2008 ballot....Read the full story at: http://www.rockymountainnews.com |
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Monday, 10 September 2007 |
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At least 17 proposals are in the works for '08, eliciting criticism from the right and possible limits from Gov. Ritter. By Jennifer Brown
Denver Post Staff Writer Pitches for new and increased taxes are stacking up, setting off criticism from fiscal conservatives and a vow from the governor's office to limit the number of proposals presented to voters in 2008. Among the plans discussed so far: A statewide bond issue to build new schools for the poorest districts. A "junk-food tax" to fund health care for Colorado children. A new sales tax to help people with developmental disabilities. The list goes on. |
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Monday, 10 September 2007 |
Union's play for state employees highlights divideBy Chris Barge, Rocky Mountain News ...Colorado state employees earn about 25 percent more than their counterparts in neighboring states, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, and their average salary of $51,753 ranks ninth in the nation, 9 percent higher than the national average for state employees. So why is Gov. Bill Ritter's office hosting a working group on "partnership legislation" that unions hope will include collective bargaining?... ...Follow the money, as they say, and the answer also points to the fact that unions pay big bucks to get Democrats elected.... Read Full Story: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/ |
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Friday, 07 September 2007 |
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Grand Junction Daily Sentinel editorial Gven our own regional chauvinism, we would have much preferred that the Colorado River cutthroat trout — a native of the Western Slope — had been designated by the Colorado Legislature as the state's "official" fish rather than the endangered greenback cutthroat. After all, what does greenback imply about Colorado? Other than perhaps an unseemly obsession by some on the dollar bill, not a whole lot. |
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