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Illegal Anti-49 Electioneering Yields New Complaint
Illegal Anti-49 Electioneering Yields New Complaint
Well-Heeled Issue Committee’s Attacks Overstep Legal Bounds
ENGLEWOOD, CO – A leading proponent of a good-government initiative on this November’s ballot has filed a complaint against a group registered to oppose a different amendment.
Jon Caldara today submitted a formal complaint with the Colorado Secretary of State against the issue committee Coloradans [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Press Releases.
Tags: accountant, Amendment 47, Amendment 49, Amendment 54, banker, Boulder Daily Camera, collection agent, Coloradans for Middle Class Relief, Colorado Secretary of State, Colorado Springs Gazette, Complaint, deception, Denver Post, electioneering, endorsements, Ethical Standards, flyers, good-government, government collection services, Grand Junction Sentinel, issue committee, Jon Caldara, lobby, Longmont Times-Call, Loveland Reporter-Herald, political organizations, Protect Colorado's Future, public services, Pueblo Chieftain, Reginald Perry, Rocky Mountain News, special interests, tax dollars, unethical, Wall Street Journal
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Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance Explains Support for Amendment 49
Sandra Hagen Solin, writing as the issues manager for the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance (NCLA), explains in today’s Fort Collins Coloradoan why her organization backs Amendment 49, the Ethical Standards initiative:
Amendment 49 prevents state and local governments from bundling money from public employees’ paychecks and delivering the funds to special interests, like unions. The NCLA [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2008 under In the Media.
Tags: Amendment 49, Bill Owens, Bill Ritter, bookkeeping services, bundling, business organizations, civic organizations, civil servants' time, collection services, Colorado, counties, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, endorsements, Ethical Standards, Executive Order, Fort Collins Coloradoan, higher ethical standards, nonessential task, Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance, public employees, Sandra Hagen Solin, special interests, taxpayer dollars, unethical, unions
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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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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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