Saturday, December 18, Hear Us Now, Gadsden Society, and others sponsored a panel discussion titled "Colorado Legislature and You."   Jim Pfaff, radio host, was originally scheduled to moderate the panel but had a conflict and David K. Williams, President of the Colorado Libertarian Party, served as moderator [left side of panel].  State Senator Shawn Mitchell (R) [center position] and state Representative Joe Miklosi (D) [on right] discussed how the Colorado legislature functions, process of bills, and how individual citizens can be involved. 

 

This event was scheduled for an hour and a half so the film has been divided into 6 short segments.  Questions were taken from the audience during the last 20-30 minutes and were all very good.  The last question accepted was from Matt Arnold of Clear The Bench Colorado. 

 

I highly recommend watching or listening to the complete discussion. 

 

Part 1 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgXjvaVmlSg

 

Part 2 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os22uLB433s&feature=related

 

Part 3 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zUqG-EWWNo&feature=related

 

Part 4 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3XBk-kjKGQ&feature=related

 

Part 5 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDTctMxNFlE&feature=related

 

Part 6 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVCGtYNfIo&feature=related

 

 

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Rep. Joe Miklosi (D) from District 9; capitol phone 303-866-2910

Senator Shawn Michell (R) from District 23;  capitol phone 303-866-4876

 

 

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The Colorado legislature web page referred to by the panelists is:

http://www.leg.state.co.us/

 

and refer to this handy flow chart for "How a Bill Becomes Colorado Law"

 

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1224913761903&ssbinary=true

 

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Refer to Hear Us Now at:

http://hearus-now.org/

hearus@hearus-now.org

(303) 834-5729

 

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Another group represented in the audience that may be of interest to the young adults (teens) is:

http://www.constitutionalteens.org/

 

contact Nathaniel Marshall, President, at Nathaniel@constitutionalteens.org

 

I have additional contact information should someone need it.

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