Top business leaders tell congressional delegation to address debt, deficit
By Tim Hoover
The letter is signed by dozens of the top business leaders in Colorado and has a simple message for the state's congressional delegation: Do something.
Calling itself the Colorado Fiscal Leadership Council, a branch of the state-level Fix the Debt campaign, a bipartisan group of more than 50 top business leaders is calling on the state's congressional delegation to address the country's debt crisis, avoiding the looming "fiscal cliff" in the short term, but addressing the longer term problems of the country's $16 trillion debt.
"We're basically trying to tell them that they need to take on the debt and deficit issue as their No. 1 top priority," said Peter Dea, president and CEO of Cirque Resources LP, a co-signer of the letter and co-chairman of the group. "You can't do this with just tax revenues, you can't do this with just spending cuts. This is truly an all-of-the-above package.
"Any member of our delegation would have my support if the package had an all-encompassing solution."
Categories: Budget, Colorado Politics, Economy and Business, Taxes, Uncategorized
County clerks ready to revisit mail ballots, other previously thorny election issues
Signaling a willingness to engage on a number of tricky issues around elections, Colorado's county clerks have sent a letter to state lawmakers asking for cooperation in improving elections.
"We have a very good election system, but it is no longer meeting all the needs of our voters," the Colorado County Clerks Association said in a letter to lawmakers. "We have a window of opportunity this session to address real concerns and make needed updates. We hope that with the pressures and partisanship of a presidential election behind us, we can come together to make improvements in the interests of voters and the people of Colorado, regardless of their party."
Among the issues clerks want to talk about:
Mail ballots: With 74 percent of Colorado voters having cast their ballots by mail in the general election, it's a "clear mandate from the electorate" in favor of this style of voting, the clerks' letter said. "We believe the current system – with local mail ballot elections followed by statewide polling place elections – creates confusion for voters, and we think it is time to give the access they overwhelmingly prefer," the association said in its letter. Moving to greater use of mail ballots will cut costs and eliminate the need for most provision ballots, the clerks argue.
Categories: Colorado Government, Colorado Legislature, Colorado Politics, Elections
News | December 3, 2012, 2:37 pm
Denver Councilman Paul Lopez collects gifts for 'Toyz in the Hood' toy drive
By Jeremy Meyer
Denver Councilman Paul Lopez and the Denver Sheriff's union will host an annual toy drive and holiday party Wednesday, asking people to bring a new, unwrapped toy to help Los Cochinos motorcycle club provide holiday gifts to local children in need.
Denver Councilman Paul Lopez, seen here in a council meeting last year, is co-hosting a toy drive Wednesday and will be working on a food basket giveaway later this month. (Denver Post file photo)
The "Toyz in the Hood" party from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Lookin' Good Restaurant, 66 Sheridan Boulevard, supports the effort by "Los Cochinos," who for the past eight years has brought bikes, scooters and other toys as Christmas presents for needy kids in Denver's Westwood neighborhood.
The event will offer free food for anyone who brings a new toy. The toys will be handed out in e a caravan with Santa in a low-rider being escorted by the motorcycle club going to low-income housing projects, apartments and mobile home parks. Lopez said.
"It's an awesome sight to see," said Lopez, who asks people who can't make the party to drop off toys at his office, 4200 Morrison Road, Unit 7. Those who want to RSVP for the party, contact Jesus Orrantia at jesus.orrantia@denvergov.org.
Also, for six years Lopez has been involved in the annual Sam Sandos Christmas Gift Program, which has been delivering full Christmas meals to low-income families on the west side since 1978.
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Categories: Colorado Politics, Denver City Hall
"Colorado shooting" and "election 2012" — among most searched news topics
[media-credit name="RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post " align="alignnone" width="495″][/media-credit] Chantel Blunk, wife of Jonathan Blunk, waits on the tarmac at Denver International Airport in July as her husband's body is about to be loaded into a plane to fly to Reno for his full military funeral. Blunk, a five-year U.S. Navy veteran, was killed during a July 20 shooting rampage at a movie theater in Aurora — the sixth-most searched news topic on Yahoo! this year.
"Election 2012" was the most searched news topic in 2012 with the theater shooting in Aurora in July coming in at No. 6, according to Yahoo!
Yahoo! this morning released its Year in Review, the annual look back at the top stories and trends of the year based on the daily search habits of millions of people.
Here's a look at the Top 10 politicians searched:
1) Barack Obama
2) Mitt Romney
3) Sarah Palin
4) Ron Paul
5) Hillary Clinton
6) Rick Santorum
7) John Edwards
8) Paul Ryan
9) Elizabeth Warren
10) Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Categories: Colorado Politics, National Politics, White House