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Secy. Chu? I thought he did an excellent job focusing on CO issues, in particular Rocky Flats.
Have a link or something? I’m curious.
I was just looking for it myself. Udall’s Q’s are at the end around the 1:55 mark.
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duh…
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Union needs to cough up $18 million in savings to keep this thing alive.
I see some issues here:
1. Maybe the Union can become the debt holder … that is if they believe in the viability of the business.
2. I await the response from the Union Bosses and their ‘can do’ attitude to retain these members jobs.
3. If this doesn’t signal to business the risks of unionization around the EFCA … I don’t know what will.
4. Does this mean that the recently unionized state could have AFL-CIO and SEIU Bosses and their Financial Auditors coming in to review the states’ books? Where is the administration at on those partnership agreements, ahem, state union contracts?
is if the employees bought the RMN for $1.00.
Unfortunately in taking ownership you take debt and servicing that debt appears to be an issue right now.
Interesting they get DNA’s books not the Post’s or New’s?
I am predicting by summer we have a new tabloid style paper called the Rocky Mountain Post & News to be run and controlled by Union Boss bashing Dean Singleton.
What happened to the good ol’ days of “plausible deniability”? If Bush thinks the John Yoo memos cover his ass, he better think again.
Is this also part of the Bush Doctrine or his world view?
If so, by taking Gates and the rest of the Bush Defense team, is President Obama co-opting the Bush Doctrine?
Was confirmed unanimously by the Senate this morning to be the new Secretary of State.
According to the Governor’s schedule for today, Buescher will be sworn in at 3:00 PM in the old Supreme Court chambers.
Since David doesn’t seem to appreciate music videos involving lots of effort…
Hey, who is this band Palomar?
Hey, where can I listen to more of their music?
See my diary. Names to be submitted on Thursday.
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In support of HB1010…Colorado Film Incentives. I’m waiting for either CBS4 or 9News to post a story on the website with link.
Sponsors included Rep Massey and McGihon,
and Sen. Gibbs and Spence. Urban, rural Dem & Repub.
Now, I waiting to see which pro-business anti-tax Repubs shoot it down this time…
go to more of those nice Kirk Cameron movies about brave Christian firefighters. Otherwise, no dice, not my tax dollars.
…if they can get Christian Bale and Johnny Depp for the Dillinger movie, I want to know how we can get them to star as Ralph Carr and Phillip Van Cise, fighting gangsters and the Klan in Denver.
Ralph Macchio is available.
has come mostly from Democrats, and I hear that Ritter and Elliman (his OED guy) are not keen on it.
We shall see, what we shall see. They are claiming that it is revenue neutral.
small software companies in Boulder trying to grow? Hey, we’ve even produced a movie
That is pretty funny Dave.
I spoke to him after the committee meeting and asked him if he knew that there was a film school in Aurora. He didn’t seem to know.
The director of the film school, Frederic Lahey, would make a great contact for anyone who’s looking for someone who knows about filmmaking to testify about this bill. He’s tried hard to bring filmmaking here.
Back in the 1920’s, Florida was going to steal film making from California.
Still waiting.
Lesson for Colorado: It ain’t gonna happen, at least to any significant degree. CO is competing writh probably 48 other states with the same brilliant idea.
The CA movie business succeeded because of two factors, primarily: weather and geography. Except for beautiful mountains and the plains, CO can’t compete. And the winter in CO shuts down things outdoors, pretty much.
Good luck on the taxpayer investment, but don’t expect much return. Remember Hollywood, Florida. (Which at least doesn’t have cold weather.)
it’s designed to give filmmakers an incentive to bring their productions to Colorado. To pre-produce, film, and do some post-production in this state, as opposed to New Mexico or Louisiana.
Most people think that a studio will base their location filming on the script – but their first consideration is cost. F’r instance, 3:10 to Yuma was going to be filmed in Colorado, even though the movie is about Arizona. But with no incentives, step one for the studios was to go to a state with incentives and good locations – New Mexico.
When the State Legislature bailed on the bill last year, several studios signed location deals with other states almost the next day – because they based those decisions on cost, not on locations.
This bill won’t get Universal to pick up their studios in LA and move them to Denver – but it will get them to film here.
I hope it passes.
New Mexico has done a hell of a lot for the state for many years. That fact just puts us further behind in the race.
I’m just leery of spending taxpayer money – do I sound like a Republican, or what? – for a wil ‘o the wisp with no assurances that the state will come out ahead.
A very good friend worked for years in the Savannah, GA office of film groveling. They had four people doing nothing but chasing scripts, locations, and cajoling. That was one city. As I recall, it was all rather vague as to if it was worthwhile or not.
I may well be wrong, but outside of accomodations and some purchases and rentals, there isn’t much hiring done locally. It’s not much of a job creator to start with, and then they are gone.
Giving David T. a bunch of tax dollars to hire more Coloradans will be much more effective in the long run. But equally improper. (Sorry, David.)
..lights, gear, actors, pre and post-production time, visualization, catering, there is a LOT of money to be made locally when a film crew shows up.
Most people don’t know that Film/Video, a camera and production gear rental place off Santa Fe Ave is THE largest of it’s kind between Chicago and LA. Post Modern CO in downtown does tons of audio remastering and sweeting for several LA studios. They will make money if a studio shoots in Colorado.
Even smaller studios (like mine) would benefit – sometimes the DP or Producer will want a temp SFX shot included in the dailies sent back, so that the Executive Producer will understand why their doing something a certain way. That’s done at the shooting site, and not back in LA.
..but is it proper for the state government to spend money there and not for David’s Itty Bitty SW Company.
If they can show without doubt that a dollar spent in subsidies gets two or more in tax revenue, I’m for it.
But not just to give some short term jobs or a catering gig.