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Miscellaneous State Issues Eminent Domain: Eminent Domain is the power of a government to take private property for public use; the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution and articles in many state constitutions allow this practice provided that just compensation is made. I believe Eminent Domain should not be used to force property owners to sell their property for private use such as the Super Slab project. Fire Protection and First Responders: Colorado has vast areas for our first responders to service. Communications is an issue. Technology is available to reduce time to respond to an emergencies. We need to equip firefighters and all first responders with GPS “never lost” type devices. This will result in faster service. This program will save lives. Sub-prime Lending and Foreclosure Crisis: Many working men and women have suffered greatly during the recent sub-prime lending and foreclosure crisis. Cities in Colorado are amongst some of the hardest hit in the nation. I will support programs to help families save their homes where citizens were the victims of unfair or dishonest loan practices. I will support sanctions for lenders who prey on these citizens. I will also support programs to help home owners move from variable rate loans where their monthly payments have now grow beyond their ability to pay to fixed rate loans. Finally, I will support programs to keep home owners in houses during foreclosure. Minimum Wage: Colorado Minimum wage is in line with federal minimum wage laws. The State has a COLA increase to automatically adjust minimum wage. I believe the Federal Minimum Wage should be tied to Cost-of-Living Index where the minimum wage would be adjusted annually based on that index. Transportation: Transportation infrastructure is vital to the life of Colorado and our ability to grow. Our infrastructure today is inadequate and must be improved as soon as possible. Our overall capacity is too low. We are building for current or worse yesterday’s level of demand when we should be building for expected future demand. Projects completed today are insufficient. We need to be bolder in our thinking. I will support expanding our transportation infrastructure including FasTracks. Please click the link below to share your thoughts about this issue. Click here to send comments about issue - War in Iraq. |
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