Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Amendment 31? Colorado Confidential: "Every day at the light rail stop at Auraria campus in downtown Denver, Chloe Johnson encounters a handful of petitioners gathering signatures. 'Would you like to end all discrimination in Colorado?' she is asked. She certainly does. A month ago she signed the petition, and subsequently was shocked to learn that the measure is designed to obliterate all affirmative action programs in the state. Johnson, 18, is a political science major at the University of Colorado at Denver. She is also interning with state Rep. Morgan Carroll, a Democrat from Aurora. When Johnson discovered the petition that she signed is not what she was sold, she decided to petition the Secretary of State to have her name removed from the petition pushing the proposed Amendment 31. In addition to being misled, Johnson maintains she was flat-out lied to by the petitioner." Category: Denver November 2008 Election 6:02:11 PM

Initiative 57 Denver Business Journal: "A state board gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a proposed November ballot initiative that would hold top executives accountable for corporate fraud. Backers can go ahead and begin collecting the 76,000 signatures needed to get the measure on the ballot, the state Initiative Title Setting Review Board decided. An initial draft of proposed initiative No. 57, 'Criminal and Civil Liability of Businesses and Individuals for Business Activities,' indicates that it would make heads of companies personally liable if they commit fraud, and guilty of a crime if they don't report fraud occurring at their companies." Category: Denver November 2008 Election 5:42:15 PM

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