Tag: special interest groups
Campaign Finance Complaint Filed Against Amendment 49 Opponents
October 22, 2008
Complaint: Amendment 49 Opponents Break Law
Issue Committees Illegally Transferred Campaign Resources
ENGLEWOOD, CO – Supporters of a good-government initiative on this November’s ballot say a citizen’s complaint against amendment opponents highlights the need for reform.
Today, Colorado Springs resident and former school board candidate Reginald Perry filed a formal complaint against the issue committee Protect [...]
Posted: October 23rd, 2008 under Press Releases.
Tags: accountant, Amendment 49, banker, Bill Owens, Boulder Daily Camera, business groups, campaign finance law, civic groups, collection agent, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Education Association, Colorado Springs Gazette, Complaint, Denver Post, endorsements, ethical government, Ethical Standards, funnel, good-government, Grand Junction Sentinel, Hank Brown, illegall, in-kind contributions, issue committees, Jon Caldara, lobbyists, Longmont Times-Call, Loveland Reporter-Herald, opponents, paychecks, politicians, Protect Colorado's Future, Pueblo Chieftain, Reginald Perry, Rocky Mountain News, school board candidate, School District 11, special interest groups, Teachers for Excellence in Education, teaches union, transfer
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State Representative Cory Gardner Explains His Support for Amendment 49
In the Brush News-Tribune, state representative Cory Gardner explains his support for Amendment 49, the Ethical Standards initiative:
Amendment 49: Prohibits government from deducting union dues from state employee’s paychecks. This is also known as Paycheck Protection. I will vote YES. Government shouldn’t be the bank for any special interest.
Of course, Amendment 49 applies to state [...]
Posted: October 15th, 2008 under In the Media.
Tags: Amendment 49, Brush News-Tribune, Cory Gardner, Ethical Standards, local government, special interest, special interest groups, state government, state representative, union dues
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Caldara Offers to Withdraw Initiative: Awaiting Gov. Bill Ritter’s Response
From a press release sent out to explain a deal Amendment 49 proponent Jon Caldara issued today in a letter to Gov. Bill Ritter:
DENVER–Amendment 49’s leading proponent has formally offered to remove the initiative from the ballot if Colorado’s governor will work to stop the unionization of state government.
Jon Caldara today submitted a letter to [...]
Posted: September 22nd, 2008 under Press Releases.
Tags: Amendment 49, bag man, Bill Ritter, Colorado, Denver Post, editorial, Ethical Standards initiative, Executive Order, Governor, holster, Jon Caldara, proponent, repeal, special interest groups, state government, unionization, unions
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Business Support for Amendment 49 Continues to Grow with Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Endorsement
Denver Metro Chamber endorses Amendment 49
Despite Political Blackmail Attempt, Support for Ethical Standards Strong Among Colorado’s Business Community
ENGLEWOOD, CO – Amid an orchestrated attempt to blackmail business leaders into funding opposition to measures on this fall’s statewide ballot, a leading voice in Colorado’s business community instead has endorsed a proposal to clean up government payroll [...]
Posted: September 22nd, 2008 under Press Releases.
Tags: Amendment 49, anti-business initiatives, Arapahoe County, Association of Builders and Contractors, bundling money, business community, business leaders, coercion, Colorado Contractors Association, Colorado Farm Bureau, Colorado Health Care Association, Colorado Homebuilders Association, Colorado Realtors Association Issue Committee, Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, commonsense reform, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Douglas County, El Paso County, endorsement, Ethical Standards initiative, Jefferson County, Jon Caldara, Kate Horle, labor leaders, Larimer County, lobbyists, Mesa County, National Federation of Independent Business, Political Blackmail, political leaders, public employees, Southeast Business Partnership, special interest groups, underhanded activity, Weld County
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Farm Bureau Lines Up Behind Amendment 49
Farm Bureau Lines Up Behind Amendment 49
Colorado Farmers, Ranchers Support “Ethical Standards”
ENGLEWOOD, CO – The self-styled “voice of agriculture in Colorado” has announced its public support of a statewide ballot initiative to clean up government payroll systems.
The Colorado Farm Bureau has issued an endorsement of Amendment 49, also known as the “Ethical Standards” Initiative, noting [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2008 under Press Releases.
Tags: Alan Foutz, collection agent, Colorado Farm Bureau, common-sense reform, endorsement, Ethical Standards initiative, Ethical Standards Now, government payroll systems, special interest groups, unethical, voluntary association
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Pueblo Chieftain Op-Ed Puts Human Face on Need for Amendment 49
The primary benefit of Amendment 49 is clean government: State and local government can no longer collect and bundle money for political special interest groups and lobbyists. But as this opinion article in Sunday’s Pueblo Chieftain points out, it also can protect some government employees from forced dues arrangements:
The deadline for this year is Saturday, [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2008 under In the Media.
Tags: Amendment 49, Becky Robertson, clean government, dues equivalency, Ethical Standards initiative, forced dues arrangements, government employees, lobbyists, membership dues, opinion article, Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo teachers union, school librarian, special interest groups
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Greeley Writer: Amendment 49 Reforms Working in 12 Colorado Counties
A letter writer in today’s Greeley Tribune colorfully makes a case for Amendment 49:
Why are many Colorado governments acting as banker and collections for special interest groups? Why? Who cares!
It’s not the business of government. It’s a recipe for corruption.
Governments collect money through their payroll systems, bundle it up, and hand it off to nefarious [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Letters to the Editor.
Tags: Amendment 49, Arapahoe County, banker, collections agent, Colorado governments, corruption, Delta County, Douglas County, El Paso County, Elbert County, Ethical Standard, Greeley, Greeley Tribune, Jefferson County, Kit Carson County, Larimer County, letter, Mesa County, Montrose County, patchwork of laws, Paul Branum, payroll systems, politicians, special interest groups, taxpayers, Teller County, Weld County
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