If you are an advocate for society’s ever-expanding range of rights — sexual, gender, reproductive … you name it — Colorado’s ruling Democrats have got you covered.
But if you happen to be concerned about the slice of our society that creates most of its jobs, pays the bills and, essentially, makes Colorado’s economy go ’round, you might be out of luck.
Last November’s balloting resulted in an ever-firmer grip on power statewide by Colorado’s Democratic Party. That meant the continued erosion of electoral support for the Republicans who historically have championed the business community.
Dominant Democrats now hold a 69-seat supermajority out of 100 seats in both legislative chambers at that General Assembly. As a result, Republicans lost their percentage of seats in 11 out of 21 legislative committees. That’s that much less say in which bills live or die or linger in limbo.
See the full article by The Gazette editorial board, December 23, 2022