According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, discussions are in the early stages, and so don’t expect the big ole Starbucks welcome at Helen Hunts Falls anytime super soon. But California-based Active Network is going to “examine its options” and report back to city leaders this week.

The money would ostensibly go back into the general fund, which has been hurting mightily due to low returns on sales taxes.

In October the city council made $23 million in cuts, including eliminating 90 jobs, as well as thousands of hours from public bus routes, parks and recreation, the Fire Department and from road overlay work. Now, an addition $5 million is on the chopping block. The city’s total budget is $357.5 million.

Back in the 1990s, School District 11 leaders claimed they were being innovative with the concept of selling ads on the side of school buses, and using ads during classroom exercises. But many sociologists, cite the intrusion of corporate branding on educational curricula and the subliminal sales pitch given to millions of American children on a daily basis.

The assertion is actually a reference to last year’s Senate Bill 200, which expands the definition of discrimination to include sexual orientation. At the time, you’ll remember that Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family went bonkers over the bill, claiming that transgendered people would be able to go into bathrooms and molest children. But criminalizing the Bible? How on earth did Focus miss that angle?

Actually, The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission’s reference to the so-called criminalization of the Bible is not the first time that assertion has surfaced.

But first, the claim from the Top 10 list: In between others like “Bill Maher Gratuitously Attacks Pope,” “Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin Is Attacked,” and “Radical Homosexuals Assault Prop 8 Marriage Supporters in California,” is the Colorado SB 200 assertion, coming in at No. 4:

SB200, a Colorado state bill recently signed into law, criminalizes the Bible. Section 8 of the bill entitled “Publishing of discriminative matter forbidden” makes publishing the Bible illegal because it contains anti-homosexual passages. This is part of a larger effort to criminalize the expression of certain opinions and beliefs.

This is what James Dobson, founder of Focus, had to say about Senate Bill 200 when it was passed:

“Who would have believed that the Colorado state legislature and its governor would have made it fully legal for men to enter and use women’s restrooms and locker-room facilities without notice or explanation?” Dobson asked.

“Henceforth, every woman and little girl will have to fear that a predator, bisexual, cross-dresser or even a homosexual or heterosexual male might walk in and relieve himself in their presence.”

Um, lots of people didn’t believe that was the case. As numerous Colorado lawmakers noted , it is AGAINST THE LAW to assault or molest women, little girls, as well as little boys and men. What SB 200 does is prohibit people from discriminating against people based on their sexual orientations.

But Colorado state Rep. Kevin Lundberg, a conservative Republican from Berthoud, did in fact glom on to the so-called Bible implications last year, citing Section 8 of the bill that forbids the publishing of discriminative matter. Apparently, Lundberg’s translation puts the Bible in that category.

In July, Lundberg told the conservative World News Daily that it’s “clear” the Bible could be targeted by those using the vague definitions in the law.

“If you’re going to be distributing Scriptures, there are clear passages that someone of a homosexual orientation could easily find offensive,” he said.

After all, it was less than a century ago that the Ku Klux Klan dominated much of Colorado politics, even claiming then-Gov. Clarence Morley a member. But it would be wrong, as has been suggested in some news reports, to claim that the only targets of the Klan of the early-to-mid 1920s in Colorado were people of color. Rather, as historians have detailed, the primary motivation of the Klan in Colorado was to promote “100 percent Americanism” — and that meant also targeting Jews and Roman Catholic immigrants.

Colorado journalist Ed Quillen is just one historian to detail the rise and fall of the Klan in Colorado politics in an extensive report that appeared in the May 22, 2003 Colorado Springs Independent.

From Quillen’s report:

After the general election of 1924, the governor, Clarence Morley, was a Klansman, taking his orders from Dr. John Galen Locke, the Grand Dragon of the Colorado Realm. Benjamin Stapleton, the mayor of Denver, consulted the Klan when making appointments. U.S. Senator Rice Means was elected with open Klan support. The state House of Representatives had a Klan majority.

Klansmen marched and burned crosses in small towns throughout the state, from Great Plains through the mountains to the Western Slope. A city council, or the mayor’s office, or the police and sheriff’s departments, or the county government — many fell under the Klan’s control.

Numerous cities and towns were infiltrated by Klan activities, Quillen noted, including Denver, Pueblo, Grand Junction and Canon City. “Only one major city escaped,” he noted, and that city was Colorado Springs.

“Then as now, El Paso County was a GOP stronghold,” Quillen reported, “but the party leadership actively opposed the KKK, and the Invisible Empire never gained power at the base of Pikes Peak.”

The Colorado Klan of the 1920s had its racist and anti-Semitic elements, but in Colorado its primary targets were recent Roman Catholic immigrants, especially Italians. They made and drank wine, thereby violating Prohibition and showing disrespect for law and order. They also sent their children to parochial schools, thereby demonstrating that they weren’t rearing their children to be mainstream Americans who went to public schools.

In his book, “A Colorado History,” historian Marshall Sprague noted that Klansmen mainly agitated against immigrants, and encouraged Denverites to only patronize the stores of “real” Americans — and avoid going to restaurants bearing “foreign names, like Pagliacci or Benito or Ciancio or Wong or Torino.”

Once in control of the statehouse, KKK-controlled legislators introduced proposals such as firing all Catholics and Jews on the University of Colorado faculty, and outlawing the use of sacramental wine (which was still allowed under Prohibition). They also pushed to abolish state-sanctioned boards and commissions, and replace them with Klan members.

But that’s not to say violence against blacks did not also occur. Quillen cites author Robert Alan Goldberg, who wrote a definitive book “Hooded Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Colorado,” detailing several examples of Klan terror, all of which occurred in Denver.

In 1922, a black janitor named Ward Gash got a letter from the Denver Klan that charged him with “intimate relations with white women.” He was told to leave town, and “Nigger, do not look lightly upon this. Your hide is worth less to us than it is to you.” He turned it over to the district attorney, and left town.

About that same time, Dr. Clarence Holmes, president of the Denver NAACP chapter, started a drive to integrate Denver’s theaters. The Klan burned a cross in front of his office and sent a threatening note, but he persisted.

In the 1920s, Denver blacks attempted to integrate some neighborhoods, and several houses were bombed. But no one was injured. No one was arrested, either, so it was hard to know whether the bombings were from the Klan, or just bigotry in general.

Ultimately, Colorado lawmakers, led by Sen. Billy Adams of Alamosa, managed to prevent the Klan’s legislative agenda (such as repealing Colorado’s civil rights laws) from passing, and the political climate turned against the Klan. Indeed, both Morley and Locke, the Grand Dragon of the KKK, ultimately ended up in jail.

In the end, most of the Klan-sponsored legislative proposals were defeated. “Just two Klan-endorsed bills became state law: one requiring schools to fly the American flag and the other making ownership or operation of (an alcohol) still a felony,” wrote Goldberg.

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From Loveland to Fort Collins, Colorado Springs to Steamboat Springs, and Grand Junction, Pueblo and Alamosa to boot, Ritter and Bennet will be arriving on horseback and in motorized vehicles, gripping and grinning their way across the state.

By most accounts the choice of Bennet, superintendent of Denver Public Schools, to replace Sen. Ken Salazar, was a bit of a stunner. He’ll have to make fast tracks, given the fact that he — along with Ritter — faces election just 20 months from now. And Bennet, unlike Ritter, has never run for anything, not even dog catcher.

“I’m shocked, just like everybody else,” Democratic state Rep. Michael Merrifield told the Colorado Springs Independent this week. “I’m not sure why the governor picked him.”

“Who is this guy? I haven’t a clue,” Gilbert Ortiz, Sr., a businessman and a member of the Pueblo Area Labor Council, told the Pueblo Chieftain. “I’ve been active in state politics for 30 years and I’ve never heard of him. I would have thought the governor would have picked someone Democrats were used to working with.”

The Rocky Mountain News, however, pointed out that Ritter, a former Denver district attorney, overcame his own challenges in not being well known outside Colorado’s capital city.

“Not only is Ritter a good person to take along because he has the contacts and the visibility out there, but also because Bennet is his choice . . . he (Ritter) is the best person to introduce him,” pollster Floyd Ciruli told the Rocky.

The Ritter/Bennet tour — likely the first of many — starts today, Friday, with public appearances daily in cities across Colorado through Tuesday. Here’s the schedule:

Friday, Jan. 9: Denver, Loveland and Fort Collins ??
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1:30 to 2:30 p.m.– Gov. Ritter and Michael Bennet will host a community gathering at the Loveland Museum, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland. ? ?
4:15 to 5:45 p.m. – Gov. Ritter and Michael Bennet will host a community gathering at the Aztlan Community Center, Eagle Room, 112 Willow St., Fort Collins.??

Saturday, Jan. 10: Glendale and Colorado Springs ??

Noon to 1 p.m.– Gov. Ritter and Michael Bennet will host a community gathering at Colorado Springs Library/Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs.?
2 to 3 p.m. – Gov. Ritter and Michael Bennet will meet with the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, local businesses and others to discuss the economy and state and federal recovery efforts. Location: Colorado Springs Conservatory and Galileo Math & Science School, 1600 N. Union Blvd., Colorado Springs.? ?

Monday, Jan. 12: Steamboat Springs and Grand Junction??

8 to 9:30 a.m.– Gov. Ritter and Michael Bennet will host a community gathering and pancake breakfast at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort, 2200 Village Inn Court, Steamboat Springs.? ?
3:45 to 5:15 p.m.– Gov. Ritter and Michael Bennet will meet with community members and students at Mesa State College, Science Center, Room SL 100, 1100 North Ave., Grand Junction. ? ?

Tuesday, Jan. 13: Pueblo and Alamosa??

8 to 9:30 a.m.– Gov. Ritter and Michael Bennet will host a community gathering and pancake breakfast at the Pueblo Union Depot, 132 West B St., Pueblo. 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. — Gov. Ritter and Michael Bennet will dedicate the Colorado State University-Pueblo’s new solar park with Black Hills Energy and BP Solar. From I-25 South, take Exit 101.Turn left onto Colorado 47 East. Take Bonforte Boulevard exit, then turn left (North) onto Bonforte Boulevard. Turn right on Bartley Boulevard, stay on Bartley Boulevard as it bends around to the North.??
2 to 3:30 p.m. – Gov. Ritter and Michael Bennet will host a community gathering, discussing the economy and local, state and federal recovery efforts. Location: Alamosa Family Recreation Center, 2222 Old Sanford Road, Alamosa.

“I’ve made each of the senators’ offices aware of my interest,” Thiebaut, a Democrat, told the Chieftain, referring to Democratic U.S. Sens. Ken Salazar and Mark Udall.

Other possible nominees for Colorado U.S. attorney in Barack Obama’s presidential administration include University of Colorado Regent Michael Carrigan, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, current Assistant U.S. Attorney Jaime Pena and Stephanie Villafuerte, deputy chief of staff to Gov. Bill Ritter.

Thiebaut, who lives in Pueblo, previously expressed interest in taking a “serious look” at running in a 3rd Congressional District special election if U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Manassa, had been appointed the U.S. secretary of agriculture, an appointment that did not materialize.

Thiebaut served in the Colorado House and Senate from 1993 to 2002 and was elected the DA in Pueblo two years later. He has been particularly aggressive battling Colorado Springs, 40 miles north of Pueblo, over massive sewage spills that have flowed down Fountain Creek through Pueblo.

In a recent case, Thiebaut’s office filed criminal libel charges against a 51-year-old man for allegedly doctoring online photos of someone, in effect sticking that person’s head on the body of someone or something else.

On Nov. 14, 2002, then-Colorado Rep. Scott McInnis, a Republican, delivered a tribute honoring the Democrat Thiebaut for his service — including noting that Thiebaut has 15 children.

Here is the tribute, which was entered into the Congressional Record:

Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to a man that has selflessly devoted his time and energies towards the betterment of the state of Colorado. A member of the Colorado State Legislature, the hard work and dedication of William Thiebaut, Jr., known as Bill, is a testament to the Western pride and character of my state and its citizens. Bill is now leaving the Colorado State Legislature after serving since 1993, and I can think of no better way to celebrate Bill’s retirement than to honor his many achievements before this body of congress, and this nation.

Educated in Canon City and now living in Pueblo, Bill has not only experienced the best the state has to offer but also has been inspired to give back to the state and its people. He has served in both the House and the Senate as both an appointee and an elected official. During his time in the Colorado General Assembly he has served on countless committees and dedicated countless hours to improving the lives of Coloradoans. Most notably he has diligently served as the Senate Majority Leader and has selflessly given his time to the Legislative Councils Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment, the Criminal Justice Commission, the Governor’s Job Training Coordination Council, the Federal Budget Task Force, and the Task Force on Worker’s Compensation Premium Rate Increases. In addition he has worked on the issues of election reform, worker’s rights, and children’s rights.

When Bill is not working in the General Assembly he is serving in his other roles as loving husband and devoted father of an amazing fifteen children.

Mr. Speaker, its clear that Bill Thiebaut is a man of dedication and commitment to his state and its citizens. He has achieved many things in his distinguished tenure in the Colorado General Assembly, and I am honored to be able to bring his hard work and dedication to the attention of this body of congress. It is my privilege to be able to express to him, and to this country, my gratitude for all that he has done for our wonderful state, and I wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

Eid, a Republican who is currently the U.S. attorney from Colorado, announced he is planning to resign from the office on Jan. 19, the day before Democrat Barack Obama is sworn in as president.

According to the Post, Eid plans to rejoin the private firm Greenberg Traurig, where he worked from 2003 to 2006, and also run for attorney general in 2010.

AG Suthers, who could run for a second term in 2010, hasn’t formally announced his plans, though he did recently express some glee over the possibility of running against U.S. Senate appointee Michael Bennet.

“The governor said his No. 1 criteria was to find someone who represented all of Colorado,” Suthers told the Rocky Mountain News in a Jan. 3 news story. “I don’t think Bennet fits the bill at all. He’s very Denver.”

As for Colorado’s next U.S. attorney — other than the likely nominee’s being a Democrat, it’s currently unclear who is at the head of the line. As the Colorado Independent has reported, Sen. Ken Salazar will likely recommend the state’s next top federal prosecutor before he leaves office to head up the Department of the Interior.

This week Don Quick, who just won a second term as the 17th Judicial District attorney in Adams and Broomfield counties, said he plans to stay put. Denver attorney Willie Shepherd, who is active in Democratic Party politics and numerous civic and philanthropic boards, also said he’s not in the running.

Other possible nominees include University of Colorado Regent Michael Carrigan, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, current Assistant U.S. Attorney Jaime Pena and Stephanie Villafuerte, deputy chief of staff to Gov. Bill Ritter.

Over the past decade, three of the top cases prosecuted by the U.S. attorney’s office in Colorado include those of former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio, convicted of insider trading; Terry Barton, the U.S. Forest Service worker who started the largest wildfire in Colorado history; and three Roman Catholic nuns, convicted of malicious destruction of property for spreading their own blood on a nuclear missile silo in Weld County.

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And so, on the opening day of the regular session of Colorado’s 67th General Assembly, here’s a toast to the memory of Henning — with the hopes that our lawmakers will live up to his so-very-quotable standards. Or, as Dan Quayle might say, “It’s a question of whether we’re going forward into the future, or past to the back.”

Henning, for those who have come along later, was a longtime observer of Colorado’s Legislature in action — before the advent Internet and House TV. He collected quotes he heard and quotes that were passed along to him by pals who knew his proclivity for recording the utterances of politicians and pundits.

Henning died unexpectedly of a heart attack on May 28, 1997, when he was 67. But not before his collection of quotes, “Wit and Wisdom of Politics,” was published by Golden-based Fulcrum Publishing in 1996.

The book contains some of the greatest quotes around — on subjects ranging from political apathy to zeal and everything in between — from orators throughout history, from Herb Caen to H.L Mencken, from Morris Udall to Margaret Thatcher, from Ma Ferguson to Hunter S. Thompson.

And while he was alive, Henning had no problem quote-feeding off others. As he once paraphrased Will Rogers, “I never met a quotation book I didn’t like.” Which likely means Henning would have happily approved of my dusting off some of his great quotes from “Wit and Wisdom of Politics,” and sharing them here.

One gut-buster is his section on “Legislators in Action” — many of them priceless quotes from Colorado’s past esteemed politicians. As Henning pointed out, some of the best quotes come when lawmakers are engaged in the process of lawmaking — which, as we know thanks to yet another famously quoted analogy, is often like watching sausages being made.

“Legislators often find themselves operating in a daffy world of malaprops, misstatements and mixed metaphors, where words don’t quite come out as intended,” Henning wrote.

Henning provided a wealth of examples, though he opted not to identify the speakers in that particular section of his book. However, by reading his list, we can without doubt assign one of the famous utterances to former Colorado Springs state Sen. MaryAnne Tebedo, who once claimed, “I don’t know whether we need a bill on teen pregnancy because statistics show teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25.”

Alas, Henning was exceedingly discreet about other public utterances made in chambers and committees. And so, if you, dear reader, can match the malaprops to its rightful owner, please do so in the comments section below. Here are a few of the more masterful phrases, uttered from the hallowed floors of Colorado’s House of Representatives and Senate over the years:

“It’s time to grab the bull by the tail and look it in the eye.”

“You’ve got to stop milking that dead horse.”

“I rise to be heard because I can’t stand sitting down.”

“There are too many noses under the camel’s tent.”

“My colleague is listening with a forked ear.”

“Before I give you the benefits of my remarks, I’d like to know what we’re talking about.”

“When I started talking I was for the bill, but the longer I talk the more I know I’m against it.”

“I can’t believe we’re going to let a majority of the people decide what’s best for their state.”

“I think we need to debate the issues of mental disturbances and that sort of thing. I can give some insight on that.”

“I’m in favor of any kind of activity between two condescending adults.”

“If it weren’t for the Rural Electric Associations we farmers would still be watching television by candlelight.”

“We’re going to consider a bill on low-flow toilets. You’ll certainly want to sit in on that one.”

“We’re not up for election this year, so it seems we could do what’s right.”

“This is a good health care bill. Take it from someone who survived a terminal heart attack.”

“People who live in glass houses shouldn’t bowl.”

The Rocky Mountain News reports that Quick decided not to pursue the top federal attorney job in Colorado for several reasons, including an ongoing investigation into the August 2007 murder of his chief deputy, Sean May, and because several prosecutors from his office have recently taken judgeships.

Eric Holder, Obama’s selection for attorney general, has been very supportive of the types of programs that have inspired Quick, who previously worked for Department of Interior nominee Sen. Ken Salazar when Salazar was Colorado’s attorney general, including three years as Salazar’s chief deputy.

Quick was re-elected to a second term in November. However, in a mid-December interview with the Colorado Independent, Quick said, “It’s difficult, timing-wise, but that part is very intriguing to me — the possibility of taking such a position under the leadership of Eric Holder. At this point, I can say I’m taking a look at it.”

However, this week Quick told Salazar, “This is where I need to be right now” — remaining as the chief prosecutor of the 17th Judicial District in Adams and Broomfield counties, according to the Rocky.

Shepherd also reportedly removed himself from the running. Former state Rep. Bernie Buescher, who had expressed interest in the job, is also out, because he was appointed Colorado’s new secretary of state.

Other possible nominees include University of Colorado Regent Michael Carrigan, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, current Assistant U.S. Attorney Jaime Pena and Stephanie Villafuerte, deputy chief of staff to Gov. Bill Ritter.

The current U.S. attorney in Colorado is Republican Troy Eid. Eid followed John Suthers, who was elected attorney general of Colorado in 2006.

Headlined “Allard, Tancredo ride off into the political sunset,” the lead-off of the story itself, by Anne Mulkern, could have been more punchy had the reporter acknowledged the sheer irony: Here is Tancredo, who ran a single-issue anti-immigrant platform for president (read: close the southern U.S. border) citing his favorite movie, “Brave River” — oh wait, that would be “Rio Bravo.”

Anyway, in Tancredo’s favorite movie with a Spanish name, Ricky Nelson and John Wayne fight a battle against the bad guys. “To draw their opponents out,” Mulkern writes, “Nelson fires a shot and says: ‘That ought to start something.’ It does, with the gunfight resuming.”

So, just as in the movie, during his time in Congress Tancredo reportedly fired metaphorical shots, making provocative statements about immigration and apparently making it the issue of the century.

Meanwhile Allard, well, Allard was Allard, the guy TIME magazine once termed the “Invisible Man.” Now he will go serve on some boards or maybe become the chancellor at Colorado State University.

The anonymous comments posted at the end really made the story worth reading, however. Here are
some samplings:

From “Eggs Ackley”: I have no idea what planet Tancredo is living on, but neither McCain (nor Palin) brought up the illegal immigration in the campaign. Total non-issue. If anything he was generally seen as a blowhard.

Wasn’t he also one of the GOP morons who raised his hand when asked if they didn’t believe in evolution? These were the scary people of 2000-2008, RIP.

From “g.r.r.”: Hearing Allard and Tancredo gripe about the deficit has to be the biggest joke going. BOTH of these guys never saw a deficit that they did not like unless it was by dems. When it came from their fellow pubs, they loved it and said NOTHING. They voted right along with their party, lockstep into putting us into deficit and where we are today.

Hopefully, CSU is not foolish enough to hire a do nothing senator as its president…

From “Thomas”: Good riddance to two grumpy, arrogant, self-centered, elitists.

From “John D” (Complete with extensive charts attached): It’s going to take a while to repair the damage of GW’s cartel. These folks that call themselves “conservatives” need to rethink their “platform”. Also, btw, “trickle down” economics does not work! They did a great job of alienating the rest of the world, and bankrupting the US (and much of the World).

Just wait until the full extent of the lies about how the Iraqi War got started finally becomes mainstream knowledge.
– US Casualties: 4,200+
– Wounded US: 30,600+
– Overall : 4,500+
– Civilians: 100,000+

From “globalizer”: So Colorado has rid themselves of 3 dullard representatives (Apparently a reference to Marilyn Musgrave)! And Minnesota is about to do the same to one of their reactionaries. Life is good, or at least headed in the correct direction….though a tad on the chilly side.

Though the formal schedule has yet to be announced, the session usually kicks off with plenty of pomp and circumstance, with the excitement of new members being sworn in, leaders taking their places, and the governor being invited into the hallowed chambers of the House of Representatives to give a morning speech. The 120-day legislative session ends on Wednesday, May 6.

Bets haven’t been brisk this year that any media professionals will be kicked by any lawmakers on opening day — unless of course Douglas Bruce decides to show up for nudges and grins.

While we’re waiting for the big day to begin, let’s now move onto January’s social calendar so far, which is posted on the legislative Web site. Since these are public events involving public officials, anyone can show up to see and be seen — though it would be hard to imagine many of the hoi polloi appearing at, say, the Brown Palace or the University Club to chat with their representatives about the horrors of just losing their jobs and the complexities of home foreclosure.

Anyway, here’s the social calendar for January so far:

Thursday, Jan. 8
Colorado Counties, Inc.
CCI
5:00-7:00 p.m.
800 Grant Street, Suite 500, Denver

Friday, Jan. 16
University of Colorado
CU Advocacy Day at the Capitol
7:30 AM – 2:30 PM

Wednesday, Jan. 21
Lunch
Colorado Cattleman’s Association
Colorado Cattleman’s Legislative Lunch
12 noon
Scottish Rite Masonic Building
13th and Grant St.

Thursday Jan. 22
Reception
Colorado Hospital Association
CHA Legislative Reception
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
University Club
1673 Sherman Street

Monday Jan. 26

Senator Kopp and Representative Gerou
Lockheed Martin Tour
2:00 PM

Reception
Tourism Industry Association of Colorado
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Denver Athletic Club
1325 Glenarm Place

Tuesday, Jan 27
Reception
Colorado Women’s Bar, the Alliance of Professional Women and The Women’s Lobby of Colorado
An Evening With Our New Colorado Legislators
5:30 PM – 7:30 pm
Wynkoop Brewery, Mercantile Room
18th and Wynkoop St.

Wednesday, Jan. 28
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Legislative Day
9:00 AM – 12 noon
First Baptist Church, Basement, 14th and Grant, Denver

Thursday, Jan. 29
Colorado Airport Operators Association (CAOA)
CAOA Legislative Reception
5:30PM-8:00PM
Brown Palace Hotel, Onyx Room
321 17th St., Denver

Friday, Jan. 30
Lunch
Mental Health America of Colorado
Legislative Education Day
10 AM – 2 PM
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy