http://backboneamerica.net Rallying citizens to shoulder personal responsibility and restore consitutional government. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/27/bho-retreats-further-on-detainee-issue/ http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/27/bho-retreats-further-on-detainee-issue/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:59:13 +0000 Captain Arapahoe http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/27/bho-retreats-further-on-detainee-issue/ http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/27/bho-retreats-further-on-detainee-issue/feed/ 0 http://backboneamerica.net/2008/05/28/why-the-statehouse-matters/ http://backboneamerica.net/2008/05/28/why-the-statehouse-matters/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 00:20:19 +0000 John Andrews http://backboneamerica.net/2008/05/28/why-the-statehouse-matters/ http://backboneamerica.net/2008/05/28/why-the-statehouse-matters/feed/ 0 http://backboneamerica.net/2006/04/02/legislators-need-reminding-on-pera-disclosure/ http://backboneamerica.net/2006/04/02/legislators-need-reminding-on-pera-disclosure/#comments Sun, 02 Apr 2006 22:07:42 +0000 John Andrews http://backboneamerica.net/?p=206 Who's replied, who hasn't, listed below Colorado legislators preparing to vote on bills to close a yawning $13 billion deficit in PERA, the state pension system, owe the public a frank declaration of what financial stake, if any, each state Senator or Representative personally holds in PERA. Out of 100 members in the legislature, 80 have yet to provide such disclosure. Claremont Institute wrote each member personally on Feb. 21, asking for a yes or no on PERA membership and, if yes, the year of joining and the amount of additional service credits purchased. The list below gives a fully tally of written replies received as of the requested deadline, Mar. 3, along with several oral replies provided since then. ]]> http://backboneamerica.net/2006/04/02/legislators-need-reminding-on-pera-disclosure/feed/ 1 http://backboneamerica.net/2006/03/14/to-avoid-pera-conflict-of-interest-legislators-should-disclose-and-divest/ http://backboneamerica.net/2006/03/14/to-avoid-pera-conflict-of-interest-legislators-should-disclose-and-divest/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:05:48 +0000 John Andrews http://backboneamerica.net/2006/03/14/to-avoid-pera-conflict-of-interest-legislators-should-disclose-and-divest/ http://backboneamerica.net/2006/03/14/to-avoid-pera-conflict-of-interest-legislators-should-disclose-and-divest/feed/ 2 http://backboneamerica.net/2005/08/18/colorado-medicaid-reform-expands-patient-power/ http://backboneamerica.net/2005/08/18/colorado-medicaid-reform-expands-patient-power/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:25:58 +0000 John Andrews http://backboneamerica.net/?p=35 Wall Street Journal, Aug. 18) My new favorite CD is "Don't Let It Stop You," by local mother-daughter singers Linda and Jessica Storey and their band, the Alleluia Blues. "Hold onto your dreams, though mountains fall," sings Linda. "Don't ever give up the will to survive." The song was written after Sept. 11. But it also evokes the life story of this 51-year-old rocker, who has battled multiple sclerosis for almost 30 years. She didn't let that stop her from building a marriage, raising two children, founding Musicians Against MS--and recently, helping to pilot a revolutionary approach to Medicaid in Colorado. ]]> http://backboneamerica.net/2005/08/18/colorado-medicaid-reform-expands-patient-power/feed/ 1 http://backboneamerica.net/2005/07/15/dont-raise-taxes-gop-leaders-urge/ http://backboneamerica.net/2005/07/15/dont-raise-taxes-gop-leaders-urge/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:00:17 +0000 John Andrews http://backboneamerica.net/?p=18 http://backboneamerica.net/2005/07/15/dont-raise-taxes-gop-leaders-urge/feed/ 0