Rural CO women: want to make a difference and don't know where to start? Learn how. If you have a value, show it. CO Dems actually DO mess with TABOR.
Attention rural Colorado women (especially women on or near the Eastern Plains):
Get involved! Your voice matters and needs to be added to the conversation.
If you have wondered how, want ideas to help go from what you are doing now to doing more, or want to network and spend time with people similarly situated to yourself, I've got just the thing.
Colorado Women’s Alliance is offering a seminar specifically geared to rural women. Details are in the flyer I got in an email (see the screenshot) and/or at the link below.
Note: if you're on the Plains, Yuma will be the inagural seminar, but I emailed the group and asked. They will be offering seminars in other parts of the state.
If you don't live near the Plains but are interested, email the Womens Alliance at
info@coloradowomensalliance.org
and ask for details on meetings in your area.
Make your voice heard. You do have something important to contribute, and this is an actual, tangible thing you can do to help rural Colorado.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colorado-women-learn-how-to-grow-your-community-influence-tickets-628773778297
It’s okay to state your values out loud.
I am not sure of the intent of the bill mentioned in the article below. Is it (because there are no legal ways to compel a hospital or group to violate their religious beliefs) about shaming a hospital that has values different than yours? Is it protecting consumers so they know ahead of time what they'll get or not get?
Regardless of the intent, I don't know that I see an issue here, save for the cost that might be associated with whatever the declaration is.
If you have a value, own it. I think efforts to downplay what you believe or hide it end up dinging your credibility and how others would perceive your sincerity. I say this even if what you believe is not something others agree with. If you're honest people at least can't say that, with you, they don't know what they're getting.
I also think that there is value in patients knowing ahead of time what they're getting. As the article states, mergers in the hospital business have created a landscape where people may not necessarily know that they're attending a hospital that is now affiliated with a Catholic order. If they want something that conflicts, it's best for everyone to know upfront rather than fuss.
In other words, if this bill doesn't make an undue burden or costs on the hospitals, I don't see a problem (even if, as I suspect, part of the intent here is shaming or calling out).
https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/03/colorado-hospitals-tubes-tied-transgender-health-public/
Remember yesterday? When I posted an article talking about how Assembly Democrats were not going to meddle in how TABOR refunds were to be distributed?
I.e. that they would let them come out according to the traditional rule whereby your refund is proportional to your tax bill?
Yeah, turns out I spoke too soon. At the literal last minute (meaning the very last minute to have a bill legally clear the Assembly--it takes a minimum of 3 days) the Democrats introduced a bill to give a flat-rate refund.
So, if you paid little to no taxes you'll get the same refund as those who paid the most. This one had to move quick in order to make it by midnight tonight and so caught me unawares.
As of my last check, Monday morning, it had passed the Senate.
**Two last bits of important context:
This bill will only kick in if Polis' Property Tax "relief" bill (Proposition HH) passes a vote of the people.
The House Dems have been voting to severely limit debate on even non-gun-control bills this last couple of days to squeeze this all in.
Details in the article below.
https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/06/tabor-refunds-checks-change-2023-colorado/