President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
98%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
95%
5%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
50%
50%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
70%↑
30%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
April 16, 2008 06:01 PM UTC
11 Comments
I have followed CLub20 for years, was even a member for a while when Reeves appealed to conservationists to join. After paying my $100 annual dues (steep for a Western Slope organization) I was barred from sitting on several committees I was interested in as they were ‘by invitation only.’ These committees were handpicked by then-chairwoman Halliburton and Williams Energy employee (and Energy Subcommittee chair) Dave Cesark. Club20 is a shill for industry. Described as the heart of Club so, the policy committees do the work, draft and forward the resolutions, that craft Club 20’s policy. In addition to Cesark who runs the Energy Subcommittee, the Public Lands Subcommittee is run by Gunnison Energy Corporation employee Kathy Welt. The Natural Resources committee is run by Marianna Raftopolis, another consultant with the oil and gas industry.
with Action 22’s Energy Committee. Action 22 represents 22 southern and southeastern Colorado counties, and is modeled after Club 20. Diversity in membership and points of view has always been one of Action 22’s great strengths. If it’s true that one of its committees is no more than a voice for the extraction industry, it will damage Action 22’s ability to be a player on the state stage.
In recent years, the organization more often than not has championed the causes of certain Western Slope Republicans to the exclusion of all others. Now, it has become a lobbying organization for the energy industry, whose excesses are becoming increasingly unpopular among the general population. It’s time for local governments to stop spending public money to pay their dues to the organization. If individuals want to pony up, they can do so, but don’t use tax money for it. Perhaps Club 20 — er, I mean Club 19 — has run its course. Let’s start the countdown: Club 19, 18, 17, 16, 15 …
A long time back I was invited to give a presentation to club 20 about the Denver Summit of the Eight and I went. I wish I hadn’t – the people I spoke to were completely rude and dismissive, and ignorant to boot.
I remember driving down to the meeting location near Ouray and saw a John Birch billboard after leaving GJ. Should’ve turned around there.
Besides, you can drive just about anywhere in Colorado and find offbeat political elements. Ever listen to that nutty right-wing radio station in Johnstown? Ever meet the Posse Comitatus folks in rural southeastern Colorado? You can also find ignorant people throughout the state, but I won’t name names.
Colorado has and always will be chock full of nutty people, and as you rightly point out, they are not exclusive to the West Slope.
the diverse voices and interests of the people of the Western Slope. Thus, they shouldn’t be surprised when they are not given respect by the Governor and legislators that they are trying to lobby.
Perhaps they should rename themselves COGA-19?
they don’t give the counties a voice as it is.
Headline should have been “COGA expands board”
And what’s going with the AG’s office demanding drilling be stop due to safety concerns? I briefly heard something about it, but perhaps someone on this thread could us an update.
I have heard that, too.
Its a natural gas gathering pipeline, and Suthers has basically sought to enjoin four companies responsible. I wrote a diary on it yesterday and another that has a photo of the big melting ice & mud pile that is at the center of all this.
Action 22 Energy Committee, as well as all the other organization’s committees, has an open process providing a venue to ANY member of the organization to provide input to the discussion and debate of issues. Meetings are posted well in advance. No one industry nor one county area’s membership can “take over” the organization as protections are in place.
Encourage folks to actually become involved in the organizations’ processes before criticizing an organization.