Stakeholders Listening to T.V. Complaints
Posted on Monday, May 10th, 2010
Last week, I mentioned that Southwest Colorado trying to get television programming from Denver was like peeling an onion, meaning that for eve[...]
"Life In the Legislature"
House Resolution Reveals Many Issues to T.V. Issue
Posted on Thursday, April 29th, 2010
The House Joint Resolution that I sponsored supporting efforts to make Denver television available to all customers in Southwest Colorado seemed[...]
Bills Moving to the Senate
Posted on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
The week went by quickly with my last two bills making it out of the House Appropriations Committee and then through second and third readings o[...]
Little Need for Debate on Budget
Posted on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
The budget moved through the House this week with much less debate and controversy than in any of the three prior years. In a time of budget s[...]
States Rights & the Federal Health Care Bill
Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010
With the signing of the federal health care bill, the beginning of the week at the state Capitol started with intense reactions from both sides [...]
Politics Makes for Strange Bedfellows
Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010
Politics does indeed make strange bedfellows, but when normally warring factions can set aside their different world views to come up with an ac[...]
Bill Fails to Solve Online-Sales Problem
Posted on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
The legislative session keeps roiling along, with many already weary people commenting that it feels as if we should be at the end of the 120 da[...]
Certified Nurse Aide Bill Dead but Goal Remains
Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2010
One of the harder things for a legislator is to pull one of your own bills, but at times, it’s necessary. Unfortunately, I had to recently k[...]
House Budget Debate Conjures Comparison to Cowboy Ethics
Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2010
Recently, I read a book called, Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn From the Code of the West. That book, as well as this past week as w[...]
This week’s bills on State Pension (PERA) Shortfall and river rafting/property rights conflicts
Posted on Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Judging from the number of calls and emails received, the past week has stirred up lots of interest from people in my district. I’ll summarize[...]