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Compiled by STATE BILL COLORADO
WITH HIS CAMPAIGN STOP in the Denver suburb of Aurora on Thursday, President Barack Obama courted a voting bloc that is key to determining who wins the presidential contest in the swing state of Colorado. The Post’s Bartels called Obama’s speech “hushed and rushed.”
WHO ATTENDED: The president spoke to a crowd of about 400 invited guests, a mix of active-duty troops and energy students, businesspeople and VIPs such as former Gov. Bill Ritter. About 200 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines sat opposite the TV cameras under a blue sign bearing Obama’s new slogan from the State of the Union, “An America built to last.”
SPOTTED, BESIDES RITTER: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Lt. Governor Joe Garcia, State Senator Morgan Carroll, recent Denver mayoral candidate James Mejia and Secretary of the Air Force, Michael Donley,
WHAT OBAMA WANTS: 10 gigawatts.
CRITICIZED OBAMA VISIT: Ramirez, Szabo.
DOES THE CANNED POLITICAL MUSIC SEEM WAY TOO LOUD in this Denver Post video?
GETTING NATIONAL EXPOSURE: “Super” Mario Carrera.
GETTING NATIONAL EXPOSURE, PART II: Colorado’s marijuana-legalization initiative.
TWEAKS PINNACOL PRIVATIZATION: John Hickenlooper.
LIKES IMMIGRANT TUITION BILL: The Denver Post.
LESS THIRSTY? The state is slowly trying to wean itself from tapping into funds once designated for water projects, Colorado lawmakers told the Colorado Water Congress Thursday.
MOVING ON: Cottage foods. Home kitchens. Immigrant tuition.
THE NO. 1 LEGISLATIVE-MARKETING TOOL IS THE 2012 GOLD BOOK. Order some in bulk and give them to your current and prospective clients. They will remember that you thought so highly of them.
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TODAY’S CALENDARS. House. Senate.
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YESTERDAY’S BILL ROUNDUP, FROM STATE BILL COLORADO
* 1 introduced bills
* Zero signed bills
* 11 new fiscal notes
* 2 resolutions passed on third reading
IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, PROMOTING COLORADO’S BRAND OF ‘INNOVATION, COLLABORATION AND GOOD GOVERNMENT:’ John Hickenlooper, who nevertheless phoned home to talk to reporters about his Pinnacol plan.
GET OUT OF DENVER, BABY, GO: There’s nothing on the social calendar.
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