Tag: government
Rocky Mountain News Dismantles Outrageous Lies Against Amendment 49
The Rocky Mountain News - one of many major Colorado newspapers to endorse Amendment 49, the Ethical Standards initiative - put out a hard-hitting editorial today knocking down the grossly deceptive arguments against the good-government measure. The deceptive arguments are bankrolled by millions of dollars from lobbying groups.
A couple key excerpts:
The foes of 49 [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2008 under In the Media.
Tags: Amendment 49, business organizations, campaign, clean shot, corporations, deception, defense contractors, drug companies, dues collection, endorsements, Ethical Standards, facts, firefighters, government, initiative, level playing field, lobbying, moral of the story, multinational corporations, new burden, newspapers, nurses, police officers, Protect Colorado's Future, public policy, public safety, refuting, Rocky Mountain News, small business, teachers, unfair advantage
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Former Gov. Bill Owens: Amendment 49 Stops Unethical, Wasteful Practice
From former Governor Bill Owens’ opinion piece published in today’s Rocky Mountain News:
Our state and local governments should be focused on the jobs we pay them to do, whether it’s keeping our neighborhoods safe, educating our children or fixing our roads. We shouldn’t expect our governments to provide banking services for unions or any other [...]
Posted: October 11th, 2008 under In the Media.
Tags: Amendment 49, Bill Owens, Denver Post, ethical problems, Ethical Standards, good-government measure, government, government employees, lobbying groups, opinion piece, politicians, Rocky Mountain News
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Rocky Letter Writer: Amendment 49 “seems like the American thing to do”
Another letter to the editor in support of Amendment 49, the Ethical Standards initiative, appeared today, this time in the Rocky Mountain News:
A level political playing field is the American way. As such, Amendment 49 quite simply seems like the American thing to do.
No group deserves a leg up by getting special perks from government, [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2008 under Letters to the Editor.
Tags: Amendment 49, American way, Ethical Standards, fair treatment, government, Lakewood, letter to the editor, level playing field, lobbyists, neutral, officials, politically active organizations, public payroll systems, Rocky Mountain News, Shirley Seitz, special perks
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After Ballot Deal, Rocky Editors Reaffirm Support of Colorado Amendment 49
Yesterday, union leaders agreed to pull their four ballot initiatives (Amendments 53, 55, 56 and 57) before the deadline. In exchange, they got a group of business leaders to spend $3 million attacking three measures - including Amendment 49, the Ethical Standards initiative.
While opponents continue to try to combine all three measures they dislike, [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2008 under In the Media.
Tags: Amendment 49, Amendment 53, Amendment 55, Amendment 56, Amendment 57, ballot initiatives, business leaders, collection agency, Colorado newspapers, commonsense, editors, endorsements, Ethical Standards, free speech, good-government, government, government contractors, labor measures, membership organizations, reform, right-to-work, Rocky Mountain News, union leaders
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Longmont Times-Call Endorses Amendment 49
Today the editors of the Longmont Times-Call formally endorsed Amendment 49, the Ethical Standards Initiative, noting:
The accounting system of the government shouldn’t be used to send money to unions or special interests that use the funds to influence campaigns. Plain and simple.
The list of endorsements for Amendment 49 keeps growing.
Posted: September 29th, 2008 under In the Media.
Tags: accounting system, Amendment 49, endorsement, Ethical Standards initiative, government, Longmont Times-Call, political campaigns, special interests, unions
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Estes Park Radio Host and Columnist Gives Amendment 49 Thumbs Up
As co-host of the Estes Park weekly radio show “Barroom Politics,” Jon Nicholas sat down last week on air with the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara to discuss Amendment 49 on November’s Colorado statewide ballot. In an Estes Park Trail column published today, Nicholas shared his candid assessment:
I plan to vote yes, as I want to [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2008 under In the Media.
Tags: Amendment 49, Barroom Politics, Bill Ritter, charities, collection agent, Colorado, column, common sense, Estes Park, Estes Park Trail, Ethical Standards initiative, government, Independence Institute, Jon Caldara, Jon Nicholas, lobbyists, political contributions, public policy, radio show, Red Cross, special interest group, statewide ballot, union members, United Way
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Letters to the Editor Start Coming in Support of Amendment 49
The first two letters to the editor in support of Amendment 49 have appeared in Colorado newspapers this week:
Colorado Springs Gazette, August 20
With a full ballot this year, there are quite a few proposals that are going to sharply divide people based on party affiliation or worldview. But Amendment 49 isn’t one of them.
This common-sense [...]
Posted: August 22nd, 2008 under Letters to the Editor.
Tags: Amendment 49, bipartisanship, candidates, Colorado, Colorado Springs Gazette, common-sense idea, Democrats, Ethical Standards initiative, freedom, government, government employees, government payroll systems, Greeley Tribune, Hank Brown, independents, Jim Eckersley, Letters to the Editor, lobbyists, Lynda Ryan, municipal governments, political pressure, political special interests, reforms, Republicans, school districts, shadowy, statesmanship, U.S. Senator, unethical
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