Author: Kent Lambert
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Budget Committee also tackles reform role
The average Coloradan, if asked about it, might correctly presume that the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) plays some key part in budget work at the Statehouse. But in addition to its traditional budget-writing work, the JBC these days is also assuming a larger role in safeguarding tax dollars and reforming state government, bringing a higher…
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GUEST COLUMN: An honest picture of a retirement system in dire need of reform
People often criticize government’s approach to tackling tough problems as “kicking the can down the road.” Many Colorado officials are doing worse than that when it comes to the state pension system — they won’t even acknowledge there is a problem! As a member of the Joint Budget Committee, I have a front row view…
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RNC Blog: Delegates eagerly await Palin
The Republican National Convention began Monday in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Four delegates from El Paso County, state Rep. Kent Lambert, County Clerk and Recorder Bob Balink, County Commissioner Wayne Williams and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers will be reporting on it in dispatches to The Gazette throughout the four-day convention. Rep. Kent Lambert While our first…
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RNC: Rep. Kent Lambert Reporting Tuesday from Republican Convention
The Republican National Convention began Monday in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Four delegates from El Paso County, state Rep. Kent Lambert, County Clerk and Recorder Bob Balink, County Commissioner Wayne Williams and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers will be reporting on it in dispatches to The Gazette throughout the four-day convention.______________ Part of the fun of attending…