Author: By Thomas E. Cronin and Robert D. Loevy, Special to The Gazette
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In Colorado, all county assemblies are not created equal
The precinct caucuses are in the rearview mirror as Colorado proceeds to its Democratic and Republican county assemblies. In El Paso County (county seat: Colorado Springs), the Republican county assembly is on Saturday March 24 and the Democratic on Saturday March 31. Most of the media attention at the county assemblies will be on statewide…
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Blame pie to go around, including big slice for governor, in Colorado transportation failure
The Colorado General Assembly just ended a reasonably good 120-day legislative session, but the legislators and the governor “kicked the can” down the highway on one major challenge. A major state highway financing bill failed to pass. At the start of the session in January, there was considerable agreement that something had to be done…
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New powers and old problems as 2017 state legislature opens
The Colorado General Assembly, which begins its 2017 session Wednesday, will again be a divided branch (a Senate with 18 Republicans and 17 Democrats and a House with 37 Democrats and 28 Republicans). Overall, however, the legislature has been somewhat strengthened by a recent constitutional amendment making it more difficult to initiate citizen votes on…