Constitution

SCR 10-003: Changing the Citizen Initiative Process
to Amend the Constitution

Rich Jones
Director of Policy and Research, The Bell Policy Center
April 28, 2010

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today.

SCR 10-001: Concerning Creating
a Constitutional Revision Commission

Rich Jones
Director of policy and research, The Bell Policy Center
April 28, 2010

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today.

Bell analysts summarize Gov. Ritter????????s budget requests for 2008-09; Statehouse Republicans: Use natural gas revenues to fund higher education; Political Journal: Diverse fiscal and constitutional reform efforts moving forward; ProgressNowAction hosts 2nd annual Roots Camp

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary expressing the need for Colorado to get its groove back. The ability to amend the state constitution is a right of the people since Colorado's founding, but now it's being used so much, it threatens to undermine representative government.

Articles: Legislative Round-up: Attempts at TABOR Reform Fail in 2003 Session, TABOR and the Legislative Process, Bell Policy Center Releases Major Study on Impact of Ten Years of TABOR, Spreading the Word on TABOR, Treasurer???s Advisory Group on Constitutional Amendments

Articles: Bell Files Proposal to Amend TABOR, State Revenue Estimates Hold Steady, Legislative Interim Committee Reports on Constitutional Amendments, Bell Scheduling TABOR Briefings