Initiative #45
Article II of the Constitution of the State of Colorado is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:
Section 32. Right to Health care choice.
Initiative #40 2nd Submission Final
Author: The People of the State of Colorado PDF of full Paper Scribd version of full Paper Article II of the Constitution of the State of Colorado is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read: Section 32. Right to health care choice. (1) ALL PERSONS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE […]
Fraud Related Questions Response
Author: Independence Institute PDF of full Paper Scribd version of full Paper Source – Information received from 45 counties and data from the Child Care Automated Tracking System (CHATS) 1) How many child-care providers have ever been charged with fraud since 2000? Response: Counties have charged 11 providers with Fraud since 2000. 2) How many […]
House Bill 1127: Ending the Use of Student Fees to Collect Money for Activist Organizations
Synopsis: Forcing a person, including a college student, to pay for speech which she does not support is contrary to First Amendment values.
What the bill does: H.B. 1127 would make it illegal for state colleges and universities to impose optional or mandatory student fees that collect money for organizations whose primary purpose is to engage in political or issue advocacy.
Guaranteed College Admissions for Students, Regardless of their Ability to Do the Work
Synopsis: Senate Bill 59 imposes admissions quotas which would force state colleges to accept students who are not ready for the level of work required at the college.
What the Bill Does: The “Automatic Admission Act of 2000” mandates that Colorado State University, the University of Northern Colorado, and the four undergraduate campuses of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, and the Health Science Centers School of Nursing) admit as undergraduate students all graduates of public high schools in Colorado whose grade point average ranks them within the top twenty percent of grade pointaverages earned by persons in their graduating class.
Immunization Bill Would Create Government Medical Dossiers on Everyone, and Would Not Improve Health
Synopsis: This bill would have the state study the administrative costs of purchasing free vaccines for practitioners who agree to provide immunizations at a price controlled by the state.nbsp; It would have the state study the implementation of a reward system for physicians who keep electronic records.nbsp; It would have the state study the operation […]
House Bill 1127: Ending the Use of Student Fees to Collect Money for Activist Organizations
Synopsis: Forcing a person, including a college student, to pay for speech which she does not support is contrary to First Amendment values. What the bill does: H.B. 1127 would make it illegal for state colleges and universities to impose optional or mandatory student fees that collect money for organizations whose primary purpose is to […]
School Vouchers-Short Run Good, Long Run Disaster
The pitiful state of K-12 public education presents one of public policy#39;s cruelest dilemmas. Government schools fail many of those forced to attend. Those harmed the most are typically those who most desperately need the leg up that education provides. Plagued by adult neglect or impoverished circumstances, they have no other resource. More money for […]
Recommended Reading
In a January 4th letter-to-the editor of the Denver Rocky Mountain News, Mr. Joseph E. Cordova of Littleton wrote I am confused as to why people are so devoted to keeping a constitutional right that allows us to own a tool that when used correctly either destroys or damages lifeI honestly believe that if James […]
When Elections Are Not Elections
Teen smoking at record levels said a recent Denver Post headline, lack of tobacco education blamed. After almost a decade of the most concentrated attack on smoking in the last fifty years, the Post treats us to a news article consisting mainly of quotes from a spokesman for the American Heart Association with the nerve […]
Bubble, Bubble, Froth or Trouble
This is the time of year traditionally reserved for contemplating bubbles, preferably those rising from the bottom of a glass of champagne. Early media predictions of a millennial champagne shortage failed to pan out and the champagne market, in yet another miracle of commerce, seems set to provide tiny bubbles to all who want and […]
Political Correctness and Urban Transportation
It has been a while since Political Correctness suffered death by ridicule, and not a moment too soon. Unfortunately, remnants of it still lurk in Denver’s current urban transportation debate: Light rail is PC. Busses are PC. Freeways are not PC.
