Today marked the deadline for initiative campaigns to submit signatures to the Secretary of State for the November general election. Six waited to the last day, but all insist they will have garnered enough valid signatures to make the ballot.
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Follow this topic by RSS8/29: Funding roads without higher taxes
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Colorado can dedicate money to our roads and highways, all without a tax increase. Three state legislators are pushing a citizen’s initiative to do just that. More >
Campaigns submit petitions at the 11th hour
August 4, 2008Rep. Cory Gardner on Amendment 52
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Guest-hosting on Newstalk 1310 KFKA, Face The State's Brad Jones speaks with State Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, about Amendment 52, which would increase state money dedicated to highway maintenance. More >
Unions seek to counter conservative ballot dominance
A Face the State Staff Report
July 30, 2008With an August 4 signature submission deadline looming, four union-backed initiative campaigns maintain that they are one step closer toward seeing their proposals make the November ballot. If successful, the initiatives could provide a dramatic ideological shift to the election, with the only four initiatives certified for the ballot thus far all representing conservative and free market causes.
Lefty Love Palace adds a new tenant
July 29, 2008Looking for a liberal in Denver? Look no further than the Lefty Love Palace.
"The Buzz" on Newstalk 1310 KFKA, 7/14 - The initiative scramble
July 14, 2008Face The State managing editor Brad Jones talks with Newstalk 1310 KFKA's Amy Oliver about the slew of initiative campaigns scrambling for a place on the November ballot.
"King Ritter" on the Amy Oliver Show
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Radio host Amy Oliver, heard on Greeley's Newstalk 1310 KFKA every weekday from 9-11 am, shares a recent FTS humor column with her listeners. More >
FTS Humor: When your goose is cooked
Face The State Humor
July 3, 2008By Andrew Ripemoff
Centuries ago, in a distant land called Colorado, a kind and beloved leader named King Owens ruled the countryside. Life was good in the Kingdom, where off in a small corner of the grounds of the monarchy's vast estate worked a humble man, tending to a lone goose. But this wasn’t an ordinary goose. This was a goose who laid golden eggs - pure gold in fact.
7/3: Bad policy, sugar-coated
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A sugar-coated tax increase is still a...tax increase. More >
The week in Colorado news: Is fried food unpatriotic?
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Face The State's Kate Melvin joins FTS managing editor Brad Jones for a look at the week that was in Colorado news, from oil shale to millionaire candidates to Hickenlooper's "patriotic" diet. More >
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