June
RTD: FasTracks – The New Light Rail Extension to the Lucent Station
in Highlands Ranch And More
RTD Director, District H |
Got to know RTD Director, Kent Bagley.
There is an extension of the Light Rail from the Mineral Station into Highland Ranch with two new stations planned.
You’ll want to find out about the plan for heavy rail from Union Station to DIA.
Find out from Kent what the projections are for finishing FasTracks on time by 2017. What about the cost?
Kent has lots to let you know about. Denver Union Station being developed into a regional transportation hub, 31 new Park-n-rides, six new transit corridors, and much, much more. |
MAY MEETUP WAS CANCELLED
Immigration & Border Securtity and the Employee Free Choice Act
MAY MEETUP CANCELLED
Unfortunately our speaker for the May Meetup, Ephraim Cruz, a Senior Patrol Agent with the United States Border Patrol for 91/2 years has been transferred back East as a reprehensive with SEIU (the Service Employees International Union and will not be able to be with us.
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Ephraim Cruz served as a Senior Patrol Agent with the United States Border Patrol for 91/2 years ending in November of 2007. Mr. Cruz will share his experiences as a Border Patrol Agent as well as his views on immigration and border security. Mr. Cruz has been politically involved in Arizona and is currently in Colorado working with SEIU Service Employees International Union and will give us information concerning the Employee Free Choice Act.
COLORADO IS NOW 50th IN THE NATION IN FUNDING HIGHER EDUCATION
That’s Dead Last behind Mississippi, Alabama, etc.
Come hear and speak with University of Colorado Regent Monisha Merchant
Regent Merchant is a Colorado native, has electrical engineering and political science degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master’s of business administration at Yale University, with a focus on public-sector and nonprofit management, and at MIT received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
SD11 Senator John Morse Sponsor of SB228 “the 6% Solution Bill" we also, learned about the Senate Bill 228 “the 6% Solution” that would once again let our elected representatives allocate how taxpayer dollars are spent and stop the “ratcheting down” effect on our state budget.
LDM offers a regular meeting place for local
community group members to socialize, get to know one another, become
informed, network, and mobilize without the formalities of County Party
meetings. We keep our members Informed by bringing great speakers and
candidates to our Meetups. For Directions please use the links below:
The County Government website. State: Organizational Links:
TABOR. At the mention of it, or even viewing the word, our eyes glaze over and our brains turn to mush. Tabor, an acronym for Tax Payer Bill of Rights, is a constitutional amendment that requires Colorado to balance its budget. But it does soooo much more. There are 6 provisions in Tabor. We had a a wonderful intamate group and were able to have great Q and A with our speakers to find out about and understand these details.
Join Senator John Morse (sponsor of SB228 “the 6% Solution Bill) along with our own SD26 Senator Linda Newell and HD38 Representative Joe Rice for TABOR for Dummies.
DID YOU KNOW THAT 60% OF HEALTHCARE COST
ARE ALREADY PAID WITH YOU TAX DOLLARS?
Senior Policy Analyst for Health Care, Cody Belzley,
from Governor Ritter’s Office, was at the Meetup to explain about an
exciting hospital provider fee proposal that would result in matching
funds from the federal government to the state of Colorado for health
care.
Leslie Glustrom is quite expert on: Comanche 3, Coal supplies,
ALL dockets at the PUC (Public Utilities Commission), How to quickly
reduce carbon, and Colorado's wind and solar potential.
Nancy LaPlaza will talk about natural gas and why we may not have as
much as we'd think. We MUST plan ahead for future with less natural
gas! Why LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) won't "save" us, and the problems
we that accompany it such as the fact that it is very expensive and
dangerous to ship. Nancy will speak to "externalities" like health
effects, coal combustion wastes, mercury, acid rain, and water use;
Clean Energy Action is supporting bills in the legislature for more
disclosure on electric/gas bills (amount of money spent on fuel costs
v. efficiency v. renewables fee) - hearing on externalities (there are
many great experts and lots of scientific data)
A special Town Hall
Meeting, specifically to discuss the bills where the discussion was
about what was expected during the up coming legislature session.
State Representative
Joe discussed and answered questions about all 18 of the Amendments and
Initiatives on the 2008 ballot. It was very informative and helped to
educate us on all the ins and outs and impacts of the initiatives
before we cast our votes. The Debate Watching Party of the last
Presidential Debate. The evening was fun and informative.
Littleton Dems Meetup motto: Informing, Networking, Mobilizing.
· MapQuest
· Google Map
Visit the HD38 website of which Littleton is a part.
Contact us.
Local:
Visit the City of Littleton website.
Or the Littleton City Government website.
Look at the School Board website.
Or the School Districts in the County.
Or the Local School District website.
Here is the Library website.
County Party website.
The Arapahoe County Clerk website.
Joe RICE HD38 Representative.
Linda NEWELL SD26 candidate.
The State Democratic Party website.
Look up your own voter registration status on the Secretary of State website.
Use the Precinct Finder to locate a map of your own precinct.
Links to Alternative News:
Look at op-ed news
Or look at truthout.org
The White House Project .