Here's an article from today's Denver Post detailing Governor Owens visit with transportation officials yesterday [September 22, 2005, "Owens: Crowded roads need Referendums C, D"].
Susan Barnes-Gelt thinks that the Denver Public Schools' ProComp is a good plan and it deserves support from voters on November 1st [Denver Post, September 22, 2005, "With ProComp plan, DPS has grown up"]. She writes, "ProComp is this nation's most innovative teacher-compensation system, designed in concert by the teachers' union and the school administration. It rewards teachers for professional accomplishments - knowledge and new skills applied in the classroom and student growth measured by 'longitudinal' testing, which means individual students are tracked as they pass through the school system. It also creates market incentives for the best teachers to work in low-performing classrooms with kids who may not speak English or who may come from difficult or impoverished homes."
From today's Denver Post, "The Denver Classroom Teachers Association gave at-large school board candidate Jill Conrad $20,000 on Wednesday. The union, which endorsed candidates Monday, gave Conrad the money at a fundraiser at the Uptown Tavern. Conrad, a consultant and doctoral student, is running against three others - Brad Buchanan, Andy Karsian and Dave Lewis - for the school board seat."
State Representative Joe Stengel opened a can of worms by suggesting that Colorado Lottery funds be used to help the state budget, according to the Rocky Mountain News [September 22, 2005, "Legislator's 'cuts' take fire"]. From the article, "A lawmaker's suggestion that Colorado redirect lottery money from open space and shut down a state department (Local Affairs) raised hackles Wednesday. The wrath crossed party lines and included environmentalists and health care providers."
Mike Littwin weighs in on Referendum C in his column in today's Rocky [September 22, 2005, "Littwin: Ref C debate about government's role, if any"]. He writes, "But Ref C is really about government - and whether we actually need one. And the spectacular governmental failure, on all levels, during Hurricane Katrina provides the answer. The problem is, it provides more than one answer. It either shows that government doesn't work, so why trust any government with an extra $3.7 billion or so? Or that government could work - but only if you make a sufficient investment. Didn't someone cheap out on the levees? On Nov. 1, you take the Katrina test."
The Piglet Report is back with the title Wasteful Spending by Colorado Government.
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
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