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	<title>Backbone America &#187; Ballot issues</title>
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		<title>California needs leadership, not evasions</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/05/04/california-needs-leadership-not-evasions/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/05/04/california-needs-leadership-not-evasions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 22:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typically in the wake of disasters there is a mess to clean up. California’s interminable budget crisis qualifies as an ongoing disaster. On the maxim that those who make messes should clean them up, the politicians in Sacramento have no business following up their failure to exercise budgetary discipline by throwing the alleged solution into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bell Policy Center in denial</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/12/14/bell-policy-center-in-denial/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/12/14/bell-policy-center-in-denial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008 aftermath]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Restoring fiscal sanity to state government&#8221; was the hook for donations to The Bell Policy Center in a solicitation I received from them last week via US mail. That slogan was printed on the envelope and highlighted again in Bell&#8217;s letter cosigned by former Colorado Supreme Court justice Jean Dubofsky and my onetime state Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign continues against Prop 8</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/10/the-continuing-campaign-against-proposition-8/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/10/the-continuing-campaign-against-proposition-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Californians joined Arizonians and Floridians last week in approving a constitutional amendment affirming that &#8220;only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized.&#8221; However, the vote in its favor in this state was only 52.3 to 47.7 percent, or a margin of slightly more than a half million votes out of nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coloradans leaned right on ballot issues</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/05/coloradans-leaned-right-on-ballot-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/05/coloradans-leaned-right-on-ballot-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Sharf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the Colorado losses by Schaffer and McCain are disappointing, we fared better on a number of statewide ballot issues. Amendments 47 and 49 went down to defeat at the hands of union-extorted money. But Amendment 54 squeaked by 52-48, and it may well be the most efficacious of the three, limiting certain campaign contributions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bush factor looms large</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/28/the-george-w-bush-factor-looms-large/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/28/the-george-w-bush-factor-looms-large/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaigns & Candidates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The campaign to elect the 44th President of the United States has been dominated by the administration of the 43rd, George W. Bush, as Sen. Barack Obama speaks as if he’s running against him and Sen. John McCain spares no effort to distinguish himself from Bush. This is not surprising, considering that most public opinion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lies only prove worth of 47 &amp; 49</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/24/lies-only-prove-worth-of-47-49/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/24/lies-only-prove-worth-of-47-49/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Hillman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians and campaigns are masters of &#8220;spin&#8221; – selectively presenting facts in a way that leads the target audience to believe what the spin doctors want them to believe. Like it or not, spin is unavoidable because everyone has a unique perspective, formed by their own experiences and beliefs. But there&#8217;s spin, and then there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Initiatives do taxpayers few favors</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/21/initiatives-do-taxpayers-few-favors/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/21/initiatives-do-taxpayers-few-favors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Hillman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular belief, the citizen initiative process is not inherently &#8211; or even incidentally &#8211; conservative. Like government, the initiative is merely a reflection of the attitudes and principles of the people. Today, the people are not conservative &#8211; skeptical, irascible or cynical, perhaps, but not conservative. This year&#8217;s ballot issues in Colorado remind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottom line: No on 59</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/21/bottom-line-no-on-59/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Column</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes & TABOR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Source: StrikeABetterBalance.com) Amendment 59 isn&#8217;t about education funding, it&#8217;s an attack on TABOR. The biggest tax increase in Colorado history is likely to result. Voters need to know this. Organizations that want more taxes are outspending taxpayer advocates by 200-to-1. The only hope is getting the word out through you. Please let your friends, family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schools money-hungry &amp; thin-skinned</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/16/schools-money-hungry-thin-skinned/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/16/schools-money-hungry-thin-skinned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Column</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor: Conservative gadfly Tom Graham of Arvada scored a media coup with his satirical &#8220;why vote yes&#8221; entry in the Jefferson County election mailer giving arguments for and against a nearly $1 billion education proposal. The kerfuffle was big news in the Denver Post this week, and the Rocky did a similar story. Here is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defeat Amendment 59 or lose TABOR</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/16/defeat-amendment-59-or-lose-tabor/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/16/defeat-amendment-59-or-lose-tabor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Column</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes & TABOR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Source: National Taxpayers Union) Colorado voters made history in 1992 when they enacted TABOR, the Taxpayer&#8217;s Bill of Rights, the strongest set of taxpayer protections in the country. In guaranteeing refunds of overcollection of taxes, mandating spending restrictions, and giving Coloradans the ability to vote on all tax increases, TABOR has been instrumental in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No on 3A &amp; 3B, Creek &amp; Jeffco</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/14/no-on-3a-3b-creek-jeffco/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/14/no-on-3a-3b-creek-jeffco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Number Cruncher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes & TABOR]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/14/no-on-3a-3b-creek-jeffco/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor: Suppose the education lobby asked to put a tollbooth at your front door where they would charge you 50 cents every day except Sunday, just to leave home. You&#8217;d want to know that before saying yes or no, wouldn&#8217;t you? Well, that&#8217;s the tariff on an average homeowner in Cherry Creek Schools if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to Ballot Issue Rundown</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/07/listen-to-ballot-issue-rundown/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/07/listen-to-ballot-issue-rundown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen LeCrone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s audio for the full hour of &#8220;Under the Dome: Ballot Issue Voter Guide,&#8221; our election special that aired 10/6 , on 710 KNUS with John Andrews as host along with me and Joshua Sharf chiming in. To listen to the program, click the link below: click here Andrews, Sharf, LeCrone]]></description>
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		<title>Business chumps fund their opponents</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/05/business-chumps-fund-their-opponents/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/10/05/business-chumps-fund-their-opponents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Hillman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaigns & Candidates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado&#8217;s so-called &#8220;business leaders&#8221; just don&#8217;t get it but, oh boy, are they about to. Shrewd in making deals in their own respective realms, the power brokers who agreed to pay labor union bosses $3 million in exchange for withdrawing four job-killing ballot initiatives have been played for suckers. Politics is a different ballgame. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flat no on Ref O</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/09/16/flat-no-on-referendum-o/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/09/16/flat-no-on-referendum-o/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Sharf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaigns & Candidates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Without question Colorado&#8217;s constitution has suffered from various inconsistent amendments. The primary argument in favor of the so-called SAFE Amendment is that we need some solution to the traffic jam of Amendment 23, TABOR, and the Gallagher Amendment. That&#8217;s Exhibit A, although it&#8217;s hard to actually find an Exhibit B. Now, the Democrats, with considerable [...]]]></description>
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