Vail Daily
One of the most contentious bills of the legislative session ”” a proposal to settle a decades-long dispute between rafters and landowners ”” sank in a conference committee Tuesday. The six-lawmaker panel deadlocked when members couldn’t settle on rules regarding how, when or whether river enthusiasts should be able to float through private property.
Political fundraising in Colorado had an end-of-2008 rush, then slowed dramatically as 2009 brought a voter-approved ban on contributions from certain government contractors and their kin. A comparison of the first quarters of 2009 and 2005 ”” the most recent similar cycle ”” shows a decline in fundraising by anywhere from a fifth to two- thirds since the ban took effect.