While Amendment 47, a proposed ballot initiative designed to prohibit unions from forcing workers to join a union or pay union dues would protect only Colorado workers, the measure's opponents are relying heavily on out-of-state dollars to fund their campaign, with 76 percent of all funding coming from unions outside Colorado.
Despite fears by Democrat legislators that the citizen initiative process had run amok, so far only three initiatives have been approved for the November statewide ballot.
The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has voted to oppose Amendment 47, a proposed right-to-work constitutional amendment set to appear on this November's ballot that would ask voters to protect workers from being forced to join unions or pay union dues.
By Andrew Ripemoff
Then she sat me down and laid down the law. "Andrew, my son. TABOR is now in effect." And I asked her what TABOR meant, and she said, "It means the next time you go to the store, you can only buy the essentials. We’re on a budget, so no more wasteful spending."
In the aftermath of a poll demonstrating extremely weak public support for a proposed tax increase being pushed by Gov. Bill Ritter, the initiative's backers are now facing additional obstacles to seeing their initiative become law.
Candidate for U.S. Senate, Mark Udall, touts his experience in the U.S. House, but missed votes on 11 key defense bills this year. Face The State cartoonist Milton puts out an APB.