Stop complaining and do something. Some background on unions in Colorado. The Colorado General Assembly (legislature) session starts tomorrow 1/8/2025.
Learn how to get involved.
Independence Institute will be holding another of their Citizen's Guide to Civic Involvement on Jan 14th. It's a great way to learn how to get involved in Colorado. I know because I did it myself years ago (when I was first starting out).
I like their phrasing better than anything I could write, so I'll just quote their webpage (linked below):
"Are you ready to stop complaining and do something? We need you to get on the field and off the sideline."
Hear hear. You are needed. Big or small, get involved.
Here are the details in brief (more, along with the link to register, can be found at their webpage below):
NEXT CLASS
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Online class (Zoom link and password will be supplied after registration)
Share the link with anyone you think would be interested.
https://i2i.org/local-gov/#LGT
Some background on unions in Colorado.
One of the themes I am seeing a lot of in the media is that the coming legislative session will have a lot of fighting over unions.
The highly (not just moderately) Progressive wing of the Colorado Democrats--meaning most of them with the exception of Polis and maybe a couple others--is poised to give back to their union paymasters by breaking the existing truce we've had in this state for decades.
Not surprising I suppose: they've been moving to undo so much of how this state has operated since taking power so as to make us more perfect in their eyes, and they've not wasted much time in offering favors to their union friends (including allowing state workers to unionize and greasing the skids for, as an example, electrical workers' unions).
I gathered some resources on unions for you below to help give you some background on the issue in Colorado ahead of the coming (probably) fight and discussion--things I found interesting and/or helpful.
The first link below is an op ed by Jon Caldara about the move to end the truce in Colorado that has made it somewhat unique in its approach to union policy (meaning putting it in the middle on the spectrum of pro-union to right to work).
The second link below is to a great Free State Colorado video discussion on public sector unions in Colorado, how they cost us more in tax dollars and how they funnel money to Democrat political campaigns (thus the "union paymasters" remark above).
Educate yourself on the issue so you can better join the conversation.
The Colorado General Assembly (legislature) session starts tomorrow 1/8/2025.
Per the calendar for the Assembly linked first below, tomorrow is the first day of their 2025 session. If they follow the pattern they've had in the past, the first days will be lots of speeches which won't really mean a whole lot.
I will be watching the issues that are important to me and posting (as well as speaking or writing emails) as I have time, but I'm one man.
Therefore, I want to open the floor to you. If you have a bill you learned about and want to share, please message me.
Also don't figure I'm the sole source of info. One of the really great things lately is how many more conservative and liberty-minded people are getting politically active in this state.
As an example, I point you to Free State Colorado's page (linked second below), and, in particular, his weekly livestreams on Sundays to help you stay abreast of bills and issues with a conservative/liberty focus.
I would also point you to Complete Colorado's news aggregator linked third below (as well as their Page 2 coverage, linked in a tab at the top).
Let's take the momentum from the last election, the feeling that yes it is indeed okay to be and think like a conservative, and use it: get involved, learn, share, speak up.
Working together we can do more than we would have thought earlier.
https://leg.colorado.gov/session-schedule
https://freestatecolorado.com/
https://completecolorado.com/
Related:
The session hasn't started, but I'm already making a watchlist of bills. Sen B Pelton's Ag Building bill is one of them, but I'm also adding the below.
Another gun grab effort by Senator Tom Sullivan.
Do you ever wonder at what point legislators such as Sullivan will consider their work done? When will we have achieved gun control perfection in this state? What will it look like?
If you are concerned about your Second Amendment rights, bookmark Sullivan's page and check for updates. I will post too as I hear.
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/01/03/colorado-legislature-gun-control-tom-sullivan-assault-weapons-ban-strategy/
https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/tom-sullivan