Amy Basset read Merrily Mazza’s testimony before the Lafayette City Council, October 3, 2017 concerning their lack of support for anti-fracking measures
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Mandi Papich testified before the Lafayette City Council, October 3, 2017, concerning their lack of support for anti-fracking efforts
Abandoned mines
Colorado has an estimated 23,000 abandoned mine lands, according to the Colorado Geological Survey. At least 230 of those mines are leaking heavy metals into the headwaters of our state rivers. State officials have estimated that approximately 1,645 miles of waterways have been polluted by mine runoff, including the Arkansas, Animas, Eagle, Big Thompson, Gunnison, South Platte and Uncompahgre rivers. Action for the homeless in Denver Metro
Members of the Metro Denver Community Rights group have been supporting efforts by Denver Homeless Out Loud to pass a statewide Right to Rest Act in the Colorado Legislature. This Act would allow homeless people to exist and survive in public spaces, to sleep in a legally parked car, to share food or eat in public spaces, and have a reasonable expectation of privacy for their personal property in public spaces.… Read the rest
Colorado Preemptions of Local Government: The Need for the Colorado Community Rights Amendment to fight fracking
By Michele Swenson
Following is a list of some legislative and judicial preemptions of local government in Colorado:
State Preemption of Community Broadband
Telecommunications companies, i.e., Qwest and Comcast, lobbied the 2005 Colorado legislature to pass state preemption of municipal broadband, pending success of a restricted voter referendum process.
State Preemption of Local Gun Safety Laws
In 2003, an ALEC-NRA model bill for state retroactive preemption of local gun safety laws (SB-03-25) was signed by Colorado Governor Bill Owens, rendering local gun ordinances unenforceable.… Read the rest