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GOP DA takes on Salazar in CD3 for ‘confiscating destiny’s bounty’

By | 05.19.09 | 8:41 am

Running on what will clearly be a “throw-the-bums-out” platform, Republican District Attorney Martin Beeson late Sunday officially announced his 2010 candidacy for the Western Slope’s 3rd Congressional District currently held by Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo.

Farmworker Bill Clears First Hurdle in House

By | 03.19.08 | 9:45 am

It ran into stiff opposition from immigrant and worker rights groups, but on a vote of 7-4, the House state affairs committee approved a bill meant to expedite the process of getting temporary agricultural workers to Colorado farms.