Thursday, February 23, 2012

URGENT: Hard choices and Colorado’s budget: make your voice heard this Saturday!

As you know, the state of Colorado is facing a major budget crisis in the coming fiscal year. Difficult choices must be made to protect--or sacrifice--essential services we all take for granted every day. Tomorrow, Saturday March 19th, many Colorado state representatives and senators will fan out across the state to hear from constituents, and understand your concerns and ideas ahead of budget debates at the Capitol later this month.

If at all possible, please take time to attend a budget "listening tour" meeting tomorrow in your area. Here's a list of meetings around the state.

Greeley
Who: Rep. Jim Riesberg
When: 9-10:30am
Where: Evans City Council Chambers, 1100 37th Street Evans, CO 80620

Longmont
Who: Reps. Deb Gardner and Matt Jones, Sen. President Brandon Shaffer
When: 10:30am-12pm
Where: Longmont Library, 350 Kimbark St. Longmont, CO 80501

Boulder
Who: Reps. Claire Levy and Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
When: 1-2:30pm
Where: Boulder City Council Chambers, 1777 Broadway St. Boulder, CO 80302

Aurora
Who: Reps. Su Ryden, Rhonda Fields, Nancy Todd, and Sen. Suzanne Williams
When: 10-11:30am
Where: Community College of Aurora, 16000 E Center Tech Pkwy Aurora, CO
80011 Building - Fine Arts, Room F 100

Denver
Who: Reps. Jeanne Labuda, Mark Ferrandino, Daniel Kagan, Joe Miklosi and
Sens. Linda Newell and Irene Aguilar
When: 10am-12pm
Where: VFW Hall #9644, 2680 W. Hampden Ave, Englewood, CO 80110

Denver
Who: Reps. Lois Court, Beth McCann, Angela Williams and Sens. Joyce Foster
and Pat Steadman
When: 1-2:30pm
Where: Eisenhower Chapel, 293 Roslyn St., Denver, CO 80230

Lakewood/Golden
Who: Reps. Max Tyler, Andy Kerr, Sue Schafer and Sens. Cheri Jahn and Evie
Hudak
When: 9-10:30am
Where: Golden City Hall, 911 10th St, Golden, CO 80401

Adams County
Who: Reps. Ed Casso, John Soper and Sen. Mary Hodge
When: 10-11:30am
Where: Commerce City Council Chambers, 7887 East 60th Ave, Commerce City,
CO 80266

Colorado Springs/Southern Colorado
Who: Rep. Pete Lee, House Dem. Leader Sal Pace and Sen. Angela Giron and
Sen. Majority Leader John Morse
When: 1-2:30pm
Where: Penrose Library Carnegie Reading Room, 20 North Cascade Ave,
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Fort Collins
Who: Reps. John Kefalas, Randy Fischer and Sen. Bob Bacon
When: 11-12:30pm
Where: Coloradoan Room, 1300 Riverside Ave, Ft Collins 80524

Eagle County
Who: Reps. Millie Hamner and Roger Wilson
When: 10-11:30am
Where: Eagle County Room, 590 Broadway, Eagle, CO 80631

Western Slope
Who: Reps. Millie Hamner and Roger Wilson
When: 1-2:30pm
Where: Garfield County Administration Building, 108 8th St., Ste. 100,
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

I hope you can make it to the meeting nearest you. In these tough times, and with hard fiscal choices about to be made that will affect every Colorado citizen, it's more important than ever your voice be heard. Thanks for doing your part to protect the things that matter most.