rssWard Connerly’s Anti-Affirmative Action Machine
By Cara Degette |
03.10.08 | 2:42 pm
Just who is Ward Connerly and why does he want to change Colorado’s Constitution?
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Amendment 31: Fighting Misleading Petitioners Isn’t Easy
By Cara Degette |
02.21.08 | 11:14 am
Tracy Sear’s interactions with two Amendment 31 petition circulators occurred on Feb. 8 and Feb. 9. “The first time I was coming out of the Target store in Glendale. There was a young man with clipboard and I overheard him…
‘Basically, They Lied To Me’
By Cara Degette |
02.20.08 | 2:38 pm
Every day at the light rail stop at Auraria campus in downtown Denver, Chloe Johnson encounters a handful of petitioners gathering signatures. “Would you like to end all discrimination in Colorado?” she is asked. She certainly does. A…
31 Versus 61: Flip Sides Of The Discrimination Coin
By Cara Degette |
02.19.08 | 9:29 am
Amendment 31, meet Amendment 61 – otherwise known as Colorado civil rights activists’ answer to California millionaire Ward Connerly’s efforts to outlaw affirmative action programs in Colorado.
Amendment 31: Civil Rights Or Civil Wrongs?
By Cara Degette |
02.18.08 | 9:16 am
The paid petition circulators are already out in force. Standing with their clipboards in front of King Soopers and Safeway and Target stores, they are asking people questions like, “Do you want to ban discrimination in Colorado?” and, “Do you…
