Citizen Auditors can win cash prizes

by Amy Oliver | 7:42 am, July 16, 2010

Become a Citizen Auditor and win $2500! Mothers Against Debt, the Independence Institute, Liberty on the Rocks and Americans for Prosperity are sponsoring Citizen Auditor training throughout Colorado.
Become a citizen auditor and win cash!
The Independence Institute will conduct classes to teach concerned citizens how to use the state’s Transparency Online Project (TOP) web site, our [...]

Citizens make a difference in Lewis-Palmer School District

by Amy Oliver | 5:46 pm, June 18, 2010

If you don’t think local activists asking a few a questions can make a difference, then visit a new watch-dog Web site that is keeping an eye on the Lewis-Palmer School District in Monument. Lewis-Palmer Direction 38 explains its mission:
This site aims to provide another source of information for the public to access.  As citizens of [...]

Taxpayers blamed for state cash crunch

by Amy Oliver | 6:09 pm, June 17, 2010

The state cannot pay its bills and taxpayers get blamed. And no one asks where did the more than $18 billion in taxpayer dollars go.
The Denver Post reports:
Temporarily short on money, Colorado has declared a fiscal emergency and delayed payments to doctors and clinics taking care of the state’s neediest patients.
The usual suspects are providing [...]

Sun shining on Greeley

by Amy Oliver | 6:51 pm, December 21, 2009

Taxpayers in Greeley will be happy to know that the city has placed online a wealth of information. On the city’s new transparency page visitors will find everything from the employee pay schedule to financial reports including the check registry.   The city even included a link with information on where to direct an open records request.
COST thanks [...]

RNC Surrogate Training Program Say It Loud Comes to Denver

by Live Free | 4:26 pm, November 22, 2009

I received an invitation and attended the new Republican National Committee (RNC) outreach program Say It Loud in Denver this past Friday, the 4th time it’s been presented to the general public around the country.
The new GOP surrogate training program is organized into roughly three components: New Media Surrogate, Traditional Media Surrogate, and Panelist and [...]

Progressives Spinning Facts for Health Care Reform

by Live Free | 8:26 pm, October 26, 2009

They’re at it again.
Today’s Huffington Post continues down the road of “lies and distortions” the freedom and liberty minded folks are typically the ones blazing the trail on.  Author and Co-Director of the Campaign for America’s Future Roger Hickey cites the recent Washington Post article “New Life for the Public Option” in stating support for [...]

Ask local candidates about transparency

by Amy Oliver | 3:24 pm, October 19, 2009

My friend and colleague Ben DeGrow, blogger extraordinaire at Mount Virtus, asked his city council candidates about their stance on transparency at the local level.  According to Ben, two agreed to allow their answers to be posted on his blog and those two candidates seem very supportive of opening the books to taxpayers.   After reviewing [...]

Greeley’s 3A: a teachable moment?

by Amy Oliver | 5:42 pm, October 12, 2009

There is no guarantee that voters will reward a transparent government by approving a tax increase.  But it sure is easier for any government to make its case for more money when it has shown taxpayers the respect they deserve by providing detailed financial transparency.  With detailed, online financial transparency, government demonstrates that it wants to be a [...]

Hate Crime Bill Hidden in 2010 National Defense Authorization Act

by Live Free | 11:59 am, October 11, 2009

I received an email today from Representative Diana DeGette touting new federal hate crimes legislation included in the National Defense Authorization Act that was just passed by the House of Representatives.  The conference committee that negotiated the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act decided to slip this unrelated piece of legislation [...]

Headline: Taxpayers don’t need more transparency

by Amy Oliver | 4:11 pm, October 5, 2009

Greeley Tribune publisher Bart Smith criticized taxpayers who demand more transparency in the face of 3A, a massive property tax increase for Greeley Evans School District 6.  In an opinion editorial urging a yes vote, Smith reveals his own naive understanding of transparency in Colorado. 
Others who say they want more transparency show their lack of knowledge of how [...]

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