Citizen Agenda: An Update For Members Of CoPIRG
Winter 2007
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Top Stories   Emily Rusch
ALLIES FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT —CoPIRG Director Rex Wilmouth (left) meets with Jenny Flanagan, director of Colorado Common Cause (center) and Amendment 41 Campaign Director Elena Nunez (right) to discuss their voter mobilization efforts to pass Amendment 41. The initiative was passed by an overwhelming majority.


 

Victory: Coloradans Pass Amendment 41
Sixty-two percent of voters approved Amendment 41, a CoPIRG-supported initiative that aims to limit special interest control over politics by banning lobbyist gifts, establishing an independent ethics committee, and setting a “cool-off” period before an elected leader can work as a paid lobbyist.

Advocates Stand Up To Assault On Food Safety
Last year, food-borne E. coli outbreaks caused by contaminated spinach heightened the country’s awareness of food safety laws.

 


 

New Voters Project Successful In Its Return

Canadian Rx Drug Importing Allowed

Uninsured Are “Paying The Price” For Prescriptions

 

CoPIRG Interview: Pete Maysmith, Common Cause

   
   

New Year’s Resolutions

 

 

 

CoPIRG Citizen Agenda
winter 2007
Vol. 22, No. 3

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