A citizen hero

by Amy Oliver | 7:00 pm, June 17, 2010

Natalie Menten is a hero (heroine to be accurate) to COST.  Her hobby is to make government accountable to the citizens it serves. On her Web site you will find numerous databases on government employees’ salaries, government credit card spending and fees.
She recently added Jeffco School District salaries. This is important information to have when [...]

Colorado’s Future’s ginned-up ‘remarkable consensus’

by Amy Oliver | 3:01 pm, April 29, 2010

Colorado’s Future, a group that wants to make the citizens’ initiative process more difficult, provided testimony yesterday on its manufactured “consensus” in support of SJR10-003, a measure that if approved by voters will curb Coloradans’ ability to amend the constitution.
At a hearing in the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee meeting, Brenda Morrison of [...]

Defend Colorado from Obama Care!

by Amy Oliver | 8:41 am, January 19, 2010

Hell No! We Won’t Go…to Obama Care.  Make Colorado a “sanctuary state” for free choice in health care. 
Jon Caldara, my boss at the Independence Institute, is calling for an amendment to the Colorado constitution that would opt our state out of the onerous health insurance mandates being forced upon us by the federal government.   Check [...]

Boulder government: getting fat on taxpayers’ dime?

by Amy Oliver | 1:32 pm, August 9, 2009

Boulder city government has an expanding waistline. The Daily Camera reports that “Boulder taxpayers shelled out more than $230,100 for government food last year, representing a 13 percent increase over 2007 and 19 percent over 2006 food expenses.”
The paper offered further explanation:
The costs are for a wide range of snacks and meals for employees, officials and [...]

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