President-elect Barack Obama’s new media campaign revolutionized the use of the Web as a political tool, and now local lawmakers are following suit as a growing number create accounts with social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
The Capitol Rumor Mill is always churning out gossip, so we try our best to ask people if something is true before printing it.
Lucky for us, the information age has made it exceedingly easy to get ahold of people, including state lawmakers. Most of them have Facebook accounts or MySpace pages, while others don’t hesitate to give out their personal cell phone number or e-mail addresses.
But Rep. Anne McGihon, D-Denver, has none of the above.
I told you recently about Terrance Carroll, the next speaker of the Colorado House. He’s busy getting to work – but will he bring change, or just more of the same?
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At a recent speech before a business group in Denver, state House speaker-elect Terrance Carroll outlined his agenda for the coming legislative session. Carroll has promised positive change, but are his decisions thus far just more of the same?
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Attorney Lee Mickus with the Colorado Civil Justice League responds to state House speaker-designee Terrance Carroll's assertion there will be no "significant" changes to the legal system in 2009.
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By Krista Kafer
Writing from a special place in Hell where I rent a small office, I’d like to congratulate state Rep. Mike Merrifield on his reappointment to chair the House Education Committee.
Rep. Terrance Carroll, D-Denver, slated to takeover as Speaker of the House in January and a strong advocate of parental rights in education, has appointed well-known charter school adversary Rep. Mike Merrifield, D-Manitou Springs, to continue his tenure at the helm of the House Education Committee.
Rep. Terrance Carroll, D-Denver, slated to serve as the next Speaker of the House starting in January, addressed a breakfast meeting this morning, where he focused on providing a permanent transportation fix, but offered few specifics on his agenda relating to tort reform issues.
Are businesses in for a rude awakening in the next legislative session?
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