Under The Gold Dome: One Day, Four Enduring Phrases
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Under The Gold Dome: Just Give Me The Ordinary Treatment
Editor’s Note: If you haven’t already, give yourself the gift of getting Under The Gold Dome in your mailbox daily. It’s free. Subscribe here. Compiled by STATE BILL COLORADO KEEPING THE EYE ON THE BALL: 37 bills up today. NOTHING HAS BEEN ORDINARY ABOUT THE LAURA BRADFORD NON-ARREST — especially not Tuesday’s Denver police press [...]
Under The Gold Dome: Is This The End Of Happy Hour?
Meanwhile, Mark Ferrandino half-defends legislative immunity.
Under The Gold Dome: Media Fill In Missing Gaps Of Bradford’s Non-Arrest
Meanwhile, Hickenlooper checks in live from Davos, Switzerland.
Under The Gold Dome: Now, Who Runs The Show When The President’s In Town?
Obama will talk about clean energy, but probably not about Solyndra.
Under The Gold Dome: Hanging With The One-Tenth Of The One Percent
Meanwhile, legislators grill E-470 administrators.
Under The Gold Dome: OK, We Hear You, Some Of The Time
Did you know that archived legislative audio can be heard earlier by some folks?
Under The Gold Dome: The Gold Books Are Here!
17 January 2012
Meanwhile, the Pueblo Chieftain examines why state ignores executive order requiring the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade to tell how the state has benefited from tax incentives handed out to businesses.
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Under The Gold Dome: Governor Uses Political Capital, But Will GOP Cash It?
13 January 2012
Kevin Priola, R-Henderson, who had vocalized his support for civil unions last year, joined Democrats to cheer Hickenlooper’s stance, The Pueblo Chieftain reported. Sen. Kevin Grantham, R-Canon City, was an opponent of civil unions last year, and the governor’s endorsement of the idea did not change his mind.
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Under The Gold Dome: They’re Back, And We’re Back
12 January 2012
According to one scribe, Wednesday's first day was conducted with the decorum of two boxers touching gloves and pledging a clean fight before setting about the business of pummeling one another for 120 days."
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Whispers
31 December 2011
Look for this new feature beginning Feb. 15, 2011.
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Bills to trim Colorado business tax advance
12 March 2011
Two bills designed in different ways to reduce Colorado’s business personal property tax won the approval of their initial legislative committees Thursday.
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At halfway point, Colorado Legislature’s ‘jobs session’ has produced few jobs bills
12 March 2011
The Colorado legislative session that was supposed to be all about jobs and the economy reaches its halfway point today with few bills dealing with jobs and the economy having made much progress.
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7th Judicial District To Get New Judgeship
12 March 2011
Montrose’s 7th Judicial District will get a new judgeship as a result of legislation signed today by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.
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E-Cigarette age limit gets OK in Colorado Senate
12 March 2011
An age limit for electronic cigarettes has won initial approval in the Colorado Senate.
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PERA board change passes Second reading in Hous
12 March 2011
Tempers ran high on the floor of the Colorado House today as members discussed reducing the number of PERA board members selected by employees and replacing them with governor appointees.
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Anti-bullying bill gets go-ahead
12 March 2011
A panel of lawmakers Wednesday approved a proposal to force schools, teachers and the state to take bullying more seriously after hearing from a number of witnesses who testified about the devastating, and sometimes deadly, consequences of not doing so.
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CERTAIN WORDS AND PHRASES inevitably come to define legislative sessions. On Wednesday at Colorado’s General Assembly, we got four in one day.
* “You’re toast,” as in “I’m frustrated and disappointed in the speaker of the House when last Friday on the phone, when we were discussing this, he said, ‘You’re toast.’” These were the fighting words, allegedly spoken by McNulty, that have GOP Rep. Laura Bradford mulling a House-leadership-altering change in political parties. McNulty confirmed the comment but remembers it a little differently: “It is quite possible that I said that if she’s not honest about what happened, and she doesn’t show remorse for what happened, that she would be toast.”
* “Legislative function,” as in “Someone should open a bar and call it ‘Legislative Function.’” This anonymous quote, originally reported by The Post’s Lynn Bartels, took a wry swipe at Bradford’s claim, or non-claim as it turns out, of legislative immunity. The assembly has made it through the last three days with its sense of humor intact.
* “Windshield time,” as in “My thinking is that four hours of windshield time away from this chaos, away from this building, away from this city will help me clarify what I’m going to do.” Bradford intended it as “down time” or “away time.” Bradford’s specific reference is to her four-hour Friday commute back to the Western Slope town of Collbran. In the business world, windshield time is one of the hidden expenses of operating remote sites, as in “‘Windshield time’ is all the unproductive time that your technicians spend in the car traveling to and from remote sites.”
* “Beautiful parallel park,” as in “I did a beautiful parallel park.” Bradford, quoted today by Bartels, reportedly said this in her defense to allegations that she drove while drunk. Maybe it’s so, but practitioners of the art of PR may counsel against touting your driving prowess after consuming three glasses of wine.
MIKE LITTWIN’S TAKE: The Denver cops have now twice let Bradford off the hook.
THIS IS NO TIME TO GET DISTRACTED: 47 bills are up for consideration today. Check out State Bill Colorado’s quick-look calendar here.
REPORTERS DO THEIR BEST WORK WHEN THEY FOCUS ON PEOPLE, NOT PROCESS. Witness Lynn Bartels’”Colorado Rep. Bradford’s rock-star welcome fizzled” in today’s Post.
RISKS MORE HEADACHES WITH FEDS? Hemp bill.
PHOTOGRAPHY ISN’T Patrick Malone’s strong suit.
EVEN IF BRADFORD WINS IN THE ETHICS COMMITTEE, doesn’t she lose in November?
UP TODAY: School trans-fat ban.
MOVING ON: Student count date.
HAT IN: Ray Watts, HD-47.
PICKS UP TANCREDO ENDORSEMENT: Rick Santorum.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS unveiled proposals to put stricter limits on tax credits that can be taken under the state’s enterprise-zone programs, a move that comes after high-profile criticism of the tax incentives.
WHAT HAPPENS IN DAVOS DOESN’T STAY THERE, APPARENTLY: Hickenlooper took advantage of a chance meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to lobby for federal involvement at the Fort Lyon Correctional Facility.
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THE[NEWS]SEEN is all over this year’s “Barrister’s Ball.”
TODAY’S CALENDARS. House. Senate.
SUBSCRIBERS: Your Virtual Bill Box is here. Your Personal Calendar is here.
YESTERDAY’S BILL ROUNDUP, FROM STATE BILL COLORADO
* Bill action as of 7:15 p.m. Wednesday.
* Subscribers: All of Wednesday’s bill action
HICKENLOOPER PUBLIC EVENTS
11 a.m. – remarks at the Share in the Care Colorado’s unveiling of the scrim on the dome. Location: West Steps, State Capitol, Denver.
5:30 p.m. – participating in Strings of Hope, a tribute to Noel Cunningham. Location: Main Stage, Buell Theater, Performing Arts Center, 1050 13th St., Denver.
TODAY’S SOCIAL CALENDAR:
* Colorado Behavorial Healthcare Council Day at the Capitol, 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Colorado State Capitol, 200 East Colfax, Denver 80203, Contact : Selisa Robinson 303-832-7594 x 10 srobinson@cbhc.org
* Reception, Colorado Association of Realtors, 5:00-7:00 p.m., History Colorado Center 1200 Broadway Denver 80203, Contact : Stephanie Fransen 303-785-7118
AND NOW THIS FROM THE RENEGADE LUNCH LADY: Colorado’s best-known school nutritionist says the complete trans-fat ban is do-able.
HE SAID IT: “This is going to be mayhem. Picture an Allstate commercial.” — GOP candidate Owen Hill on the prospect of three GOP primaries this fall.
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