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The 2021 Obama Gala Saturday, April 24, 2021 @ 5:00PM MT |
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With less than three weeks to go until the 2021 Obama Gala, we are so excited to welcome DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren as the newest exciting additions to our star-studded speaker line-up for the fourth annual Obama Gala!
Have you secured your spot for the 2021 virtual Obama Gala on Saturday, April 24, 2021? Click the button below to buy your ticket today! |
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Senator Michael Bennet has a message for you! Will you buy your tickets to the Obama Gala today and secure your spot so you can hear from him and his fellow Senate colleagues? Click here or the screen capture above to hear from Senator Bennet, or click the button below to buy your tickets today! |
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Have you secured your spot for the 2021 virtual Obama Gala on Saturday, April 24, 2021? Click the button below to buy your ticket today! |
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GET VACCINATED, COLORADO! |
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Photo Credit: Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post |
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Colorado, if you haven't heard the news, all Coloradans 16 and older are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine!
If you haven't been vaccinated yet, you can click here to find an appointment. All COVID-19 vaccines are free, and you do not need insurance. All you need to do is show up! |
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The American Rescue Plan How is it helping folks? |
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Local governments will reap millions of dollars from American Rescue Plan Aspen Times
Governments in the Roaring Fork Valley are projected to reap big windfalls from the American Rescue Plan Act, according to information provided by U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Democrat from Colorado.
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill provides $350 billion in emergency funding for state and local governments. Neguse, who voted for the relief package, posted on his website the estimates of how much every county and municipality in Colorado will receive.
In the upper Roaring Fork Valley, Pitkin County will receive an estimated $3 million. Eagle and Garfield counties, with much larger populations, will reap substantially more. Eagle County will get an estimated $11 million. Garfield County is in line for $12 million.
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Remember -- Colorado Republicans like Lauren Boebert, Ken Buck, and Doug Lamborn all voted 'No' to helping struggling Colorado families.
Meanwhile, all of Colorado's Democratic members of the Congressional delegation voted 'Yes'!
But how does the American Rescue Plan specifically help Coloradans, you ask? Click the link to find out! |
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2021 Spring Election Results |
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Thank you to all those who voted in your local elections yesterday! We're proud to announce some VERY exciting results!
Here are the Democrats who were elected/re-elected in the 2021 spring elections:
City of Durango (La Plata County) -- Democrats retain the majority on the council!
City of Glenwood Springs (Garfield County) -- Democrats retain the majority on the council!
City of Colorado Springs (El Paso County) -- Democrats FLIP a seat!
City of Fort Collins (Larimer County) -- Dems elect a Dem Mayor for the first time since 1982.
City of Grand Junction (Mesa County) -- Dems defeat the Boebert slate, Grand Junction lifts the ban on cannabis sales within the city limits!
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BILLS TO WATCH IN #COLEG |
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College Admission Use Of National Test Score (HB21-1067) Dem Sponsors: Reps. Tony Exum & Cathy Kipp, and Sens. Janet Buckner & Tammy Story
Safe Storage Of Firearms (HB21-1106) Dem Sponsors: Reps. Monica Duran & Kyle Mullica, and Sens. Jeff Bridges and Chris Hansen
Create Outdoor Recreation Industry Office (HB21-1223) Dem Sponsors: Reps. Barbara McLachlan and Sen. Tammy Story
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Opportunities with the Colorado Dems |
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Join our Talent Bank! |
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There is a Volunteer Opportunity for Everyone!
We need your help with voter registration, phone banking, postcard writing, administrative projects, data entry, photography, video editing. Whether you have five minutes or five hours, every little bit helps!
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SAVE THE DATE: Work for the Wave Webinars Coming! |
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Saturday, April 10:
Monday, April 12:
Monday, April 19:
Monday, May 3:
Monday, May 17:
Saturday, May 29, and Sunday, May 30:
Are you interested in taking part in any of these trainings? For questions/to RSVP, email Tyler McDermott at [email protected]! |
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CDP Initiative News! |
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Please join the Rural Initiative of the Colorado Democratic Party for our kick-off meeting. We’ll be talking about our objectives and actions for the next cycle, forming committees and getting engaged to work our priority items.
WHEN: Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 2:00 PM MT
For more info email Rural Initiative Secretary Mary Dodd at [email protected]. |
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What: AAPI Town Hall Hosted by Congressman Jason Crow & the AAPI Initiative of Colorado Dems When: Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 4:00 PM MDT Who: Host: Congressman Jason Crow Moderators: Howard Chou, Co-Founder/Chair, AAPI Initiative of CO Democrats and Susmita Saha, Vice Chair of the AAPI Initiative of CO Democrats Panelist: Colorado State Rep. Iman Jodeh (HD41)
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The Stonewall Democrats of Colorado will host their first membership meeting of the 2021-2022 term on April 15th at 6:30PM.
The meeting will introduce the new officer team, discuss Denver Pride2021, learn about LGBTQIA+ history with a special guest, and learn some basics about Stonewall and the Colorado Democratic Party.
WHEN: Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 6:30 PM MT
If you would like to attend the Stonewall Monthly meeting, please email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Become a Stonewall Democrat member: CLICK HERE! Check out our new website: http://stonewallcodems.org If you would like to donate to Stonewall: CLICK HERE! |
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#DemsDeliver |
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Colorado Democrats cheer MLB's expected move of All-Star Game to Coors Field over voting laws Colorado Politics
Colorado Democrats cheered the word late Monday that Major League Baseball is likely to hold the 2021 All-Star Game in Denver at Coors Field after pulling the event from Atlanta to protest Georgia's passage of voting laws viewed as restrictive.
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Bennet talks housing needs in visit to local shelter Grand Junction Sentinel
Leaders from several organizations providing homeless assistance and affordable housing told U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on Monday that Mesa County needs more housing.
Bennet, who toured the Pathways Family Shelter on 29 Road, sat down Monday with representatives of that organization and its parent company, HomewardBound of the Grand Valley, as well as Catholic Charities, Grand Valley Housing Authority and The House, among others.
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Colorado’s 2022 budget boosts K-12 spending, reverses higher ed cuts Colorado Sun
Colorado’s $34.1 billion proposed state budget restores deep cuts made last year to K-12 and higher education, provides more money to help students who have traditionally struggled to complete college, and creates a substantial reserve for K-12 schools that could lay the groundwork for future reforms — if it’s not needed to weather a prolonged recovery.
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30% U.S. land conservation by 2030 is the goal. Colorado is only a third of the way there. Colorado Newsline
Environmental advocates began rallying around 30 by 30 in earnest in 2019, following years of research by wildlife biologists and other scientists, who estimate that preserving 30% of the Earth’s habitats could save about 75% of its remaining species.
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet was among the cosponsors of the inaugural 30 by 30 resolution in the U.S. Senate in October 2019, and Reps. Diana DeGette and Joe Neguse signed on to a similar House resolution last year. In January, Neguse reiterated his call for a national strategy to “tackle the biodiversity crisis.”
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CBS Denver
Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, is pushing to regulate the type of weapon police say was used in the Boulder grocery store shooting.
Perlmutter, who is Vice Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, helped draft a letter to President Joe Biden. The letter was signed by 101 members of the U.S. House, including Colorado Reps. Joe Neguse and Jason Crow, who also serve as Vice Chairs on the task force.
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Pandemic Or Not, There’s A Bipartisan Plan To Kickstart A New Generation Of Entrepreneurs CPR News
Many businesses have struggled or closed due to the pandemic. Rep. Jason Crow, a Democrat from Aurora who sits on the House Small Business Committee, said he kept hearing something over and over again from people in his district.
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New Relief Program Aimed At Colorado Musicians, Venues & Promoters CBS Denver
“This is not just about helping small businesses remain open and get back to business, but really, it’s about redefining Colorado’s momentum and reigniting Colorado’s momentum as really one of the center places in the country of live music and food and hospitality,” said U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper.
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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser Calls For ITT Tech Student Loan Forgiveness CBS Denver
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is demanding a full refund on federal student loans for students defrauded by the now defunct ITT Technical Institute. In 2016, ITT Tech closed two campuses in Colorado.
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold debunks GOP claims about her state's voting laws MSNBC, All In with Chris Hayes
"Colorado has the most accessible elections in the nation. We're also considered the most secure elections in the nation."
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GOP Watch |
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Everybody to Republicans: Quit Lying About Colorado Elections Colorado Pols
Republicans are making a concerted effort to spin a completely false narrative that Colorado’s election laws are actually MORE restrictive than in Georgia. The blowback from local and national media outlets has been swift.
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In Ironic Twist, CO Republicans Refuse to Re-Do “Sham” Election of El Paso County GOP Leaders Colorado Times Recorder
The Tea Party/Patriot wing of the Colorado Republican Party flexed its collective muscle last Saturday, leaving no doubt who’s in charge of the state GOP.
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Colorado County Spotlight! By Shelia Canfield-Jones, CDP Vice Chair of Rural Outreach |
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Crowley
Taking a drive to Southeastern Colorado? Stop along the way in Crowley County. To the east of Crowley County you will find Kiowa County, to the south Otero County, to the west Pueblo County and to the north Lincoln County. Covering 800 square miles of the Great Plains near the Arkansas River, Crowley County was formed in 1911. Ordway is the county seat and is located at the intersection of Colorado State Highways 71 and 96.
Like many of the neighboring counties, in 1000 BC-1450 AD nomadic Native American tribes inhabited the areas. In the rich soil of the Arkansas River, they grew corn, beans, and squash. Spanish explorers trekked into southeastern Colorado during the sixteenth century. In the seventeenth century the Jicarilla Apache settled in the area we know now as the Great Plains. By 1720s the Comanche drove many out of the area and Crowley County became the heart of the expanding Comanche territory. By the nineteenth century the Kiowa and Cheyenne tribes moved in and in 1803, while still under Comanche control, the area was claimed by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
In the 1800s American explorers came through Crowley County, Zebulon Pike and William Bent. Bent established a fur trading post near La Junta in Otero County. In 1862 the Homestead Act offered the Indians’ former land to whites, who began setting up farms and ranches near the territory’s young cities and along the stagecoach lines that guided immigrants across the plains. In 1867 the Medicine Lodge Treaty led to the removal of the Cheyenne and Arapaho to present-day Oklahoma.
A stagecoach stop was established 1875-76 named Spring Bottom Station near present-day Olney Springs. It was named for a natural spring that flowed out of a nearby bluff. Ranching was the main economy and continued through the 1880’s when the railroads arrived. The Missouri Pacific Railroad laid tracks in Crowley County in 1887, on the way to Pueblo. A railroad water tank near the spring was built and the town of Olney Springs sprung up around the water tank. In 1890 the town of Ordway was established and was named after Denver businessman George N. Ordway. In 1889 an irrigation investor, Theodore C. Henry constructed the Colorado Canal which irrigated 56,000 acres of farmland, mostly producing melons, alfalfa and sugar beets. One of the largest farms was the Boston Farm, a 5,400 acres farm with a 25 rooms farmhouse. In 1910 the Boston Farm was broken up and sold as smaller farms. In 1899 the National Beet Sugar Company was established in Sugar City. The state legislature rejected the formation of a new county in 1909, but in 1911, with the help of state senator John H. Crowley of Rocky Ford, the legislature established Crowley County. After a bitter fight with Sugar City, Ordway was named county seat. The county’s first courthouse was built in 1915.
During WWII, German POWS helped to harvest the Crowley County beet crop and Japanese families moved in with friends and relatives. At the Heritage Center in Crowley there is a plaque which pays tribute to the county’s sheltering of the Japanese families. In 1966 the Sugar City beet Factory closed. The number of farms dropped and farm size decreased. Today Crowley County raises cattle and calves with the seventh-largest herd in the Colorado and the eight-largest sorghum crop in the state.
There are approximately 487 registered Democrats, 1,100 registered Republicans and 739 Unaffiliated voters in Crowley County. In 2020, 83.29% had their ballots counted. The pale shade of red covers the county but there’s blue skies up ahead under the leadership of Joseph Zemba, chair of the Crowley County Democrats. If you would like more information about the Crowley County Democratic Party please join their Facebook Page: Crowley County Democrats.
Keep Colorado Wild!
Shelia Canfield-Jones Vice-Chair Rural Outreach Colorado Democratic Party
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