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Cable providers rot: A.G. releases 2009 list of Top Ten Consumer Complaints
Colorado consumers mostly complained about scam rebate offers and malfunctioning satellite and cable television in 2009, according to the Office of the Attorney General. On Monday, the A.G. brought out its report of the top ten most-complained-against businesses to…
Massey pot bill hearing explores reality of current dispensary business
DENVER– A House Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill that seeks to regulate the burgeoning number of Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries Thursday featured strong praise and strong critiques of the proposed law from inside and outside the Old Senate Chamber here. The hearing amounted to a formal exploration of the state’s path-breaking pot industry, where existing law and the intent of voters were weighed in light of frank descriptions of how businesses are actually operating on the ground.
State lawmakers seek to bolster consumer protections against collection agencies
DENVER– The House passed legislation Monday meant to tighten guidelines on debt collection agency practices, offering Colorado debtors an added measure of protection from unscrupulous and illegal collection tactics at a time when more Americans are defaulting on credit card debt than ever before.
Colorado pot bills still listening to music, not coming down for dinner
The two controversial high-profile medical marijuana bills introduced this session keep being pushed down into the works of the legislative process. A bill seeking to regulate dispensaries hasn’t made it out of committee and a Senate bill seeking to…
McKinley’s baffling animal rights bill succumbs to protest campaign
DENVER– A complex bill apparently intended to strengthen animal protections in Colorado inspired contradictory interpretations and sparked a storm of protest this week. Sponsored by self-proclaimed cowboy and animal lover, Walsh Democratic Representative Wes McKinley, the bill sought mostly to set up new animal control rules and stiffen requirements for animal control personnel. Although detractors agreed with many of the bill’s provisions, they said in remaking some of the rules, particularly those concerning impounding homeless dogs, the bill would end up in steep and unnecessary increases in euthanasia. A push to amend the bill failed. HB 1124 (pdf) was put down on a second reading in the House Friday afternoon.
DEA to burn Bartko’s bud
What happened to the 224 luscious weed plants that Highlands Ranch pot farmer Chris Bartkowicz lavished money and attention on and that landed him in a federal clink? Local police are required to keep confiscated plants until if and when…
Credit card reform may push more Americans into payday loan hell
The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act, dubbed simply the “Credit Card Bill of Rights,” was backed by the President and was written to protect consumers from abuses that have come to define the credit card industry. The Act went into effect Monday. Unless you have a perfect credit score, however, the law might not do anything to help you borrow extra cash at a fair rate anytime soon.
Feds: There’s no medical marijuana except our medical marijuana
Brian Vicente, executive director of Sensible Colorado, a medical marijuana advocacy group, has said the federal charges filed against Highlands Ranch resident pot grower Chris Bartkowicz takes the whole medical marijuana defense off the table. Bartkowicz is screwed,…
Special Colorado license plate would dole out love and money to shelter pets
Shelter pet guardians and animal lovers may be one step closer to showing pound puppies the love when a bill to establish an “Adopt a Shelter Pet” license plate goes before the House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday.…
As Obama makes case for Bennet; pot advocates make case against DEA
DENVER– One year and a day after signing his $787 billion federal stimulus bill into law with U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (and a host of other major Democratic players) by his side at the Museum of Nature and Science here,…
