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Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged John Suthers

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New ‘moderate’ state GOP Chair Ryan Call hosts red meat dinner with Santorum

By | 04.08.11 | 1:49 pm

In the heated race for Colorado Republican Party chair last month, GOP legal counsel Ryan Call won in an unexpectedly lopsided first-round vote. High-profile party figures like Attorney General John Suthers and state Senator Shawn Mitchell said they endorsed Call because he was the kind of down-the-middle conservative the party needed to attract moderate and independent voters. On Wednesday, Call hosted his first major Party function, no middle-of-the-road affair.

Committee shelves bill to allow juvenile parole

By | 03.30.11 | 2:21 pm

A bill that would have retroactively allowed those sentenced as juveniles to life in prison to be eligible for parole after 40 years was killed on concerns of constitutionality and victim’s rights.

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Payday loan providers help introduce bipartisan bill to House

By | 03.26.11 | 2:50 pm

The battle over payday loan fees will strain partisan loyalties at the Legislature again this year as new legislation was introduced Friday in the House.

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Colorado school bullying bill passes out of committee; Bennet championing cause in DC

By | 03.09.11 | 4:05 pm

After hours of emotional testimony at the capitol Wednesday, the Colorado House Education Committee Wednesday voted 9 to 4 in favor of school-bullying prevention House Bill 1254 (pdf). The bill would revise anti-bullying guidelines and establish a board within the state Department of Education to revise rules of conduct and reporting and to raise money to pay for anti-bullying research and programs.

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Saguache County election fraud case goes to a grand jury

By | 03.01.11 | 1:10 pm

A major dispute over a flawed election in south-central Colorado is
going to a state grand jury. Subpoenas are being passed out in Saguache County, where many are convinced November’s election was dirty.

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Ballots, lies and videotape – in Saguache County

By | 02.27.11 | 6:43 am

In Saguache County, the results of last November’s election are still being questioned, as wrongdoing is alleged and official complaints pile up.

Suthers responds to criticism of support for Defense of Marriage Act

By | 02.14.11 | 10:02 am

Republican Colorado Attorney General John Suthers Saturday explained to critics again why, on behalf of the citizens of the state, he joined a Massachusetts gay marriage case. Progressive groups have accused Suthers of overreaching in support of an anti-gay politics agenda and have ridiculed his explanations for the move as waffling and unconvincing. Attorney General’s office spokesman Mike Saccone told the Colorado Independent there’s nothing inconsistent about Suther’s position and that Suthers penned an op-ed for the Denver Post in response to criticism.

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SOS Scott Gessler will not moonlight

By | 02.01.11 | 4:23 pm

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced today that he will not moonlight for his old law firm–or for any law firm.

Health care law overturned in Florida

By | 01.31.11 | 5:03 pm

A federal judge in Florida today ruled that federal health care reform passed by congress last year is unconstitutional. Specifically, he ruled that individuals cannot be forced to buy health insurance, which would be mandated in 2014.

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Secretary of State Gessler’s plan to moonlight as private attorney sounds ethics alarms

By | 01.21.11 | 3:16 pm

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler is no stranger to political controversy. He has represented a long line of conservative advocacy and attack groups and in that role has become the public face of partisan causes. Indeed, his name and the law firm he founded virtually stand for a branch of Colorado politics that seeks to limit government restrictions on and oversight of campaign financing. He has done battle repeatedly with laws the secretary of state is charged to enforce and now he is secretary of state. His election victory put government watchdog groups on high alert. News coming today, a little more than a week since he was sworn into office, that Gessler plans to keep working part-time as an attorney for his former firm even while serving as secretary of state has set conflict-of-interest alarm bells ringing in watchdog offices.

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