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I Was a Better Representative and More Influential AFTER Dropping My Party
The time for independent leaders to change our political system for the better is here.Dissatisfaction with dysfunctional governance is at an all-time high in Colorado, and voters are leaving both maj ...
20 Nov, 2017
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Not About Trump: Voters Just Sent a Bigger Message in NJ and VA
Rasmussen published the results of a new survey Tuesday that showed a sizable percentage (around a third in each state) of likely voters saw the elections in New Jersey and Virginia as a referendum on ...
08 Nov, 2017
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Bombshell New Survey: Even Partisans are Tired of the Two Parties
Colorado voters are tired of the Republican and Democratic Parties and the gridlock they have created in the state legislature. Now, one of the leading states for independents may have an opportunity ...
19 Oct, 2017
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4 min read
Independent Mayor Nicole Nicoletta Wins Major Endorsement Against Democratic Challenger
While most of the national media's election coverage is focused on the upcoming 2018 elections, there are many contentious races happening right now.One such race that independents should pay attentio ...
19 Oct, 2017
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3 min read
Fixing Homelessness, Not Hep A, Needs to be San Diego's Endgame
Homelessness had become epidemic long before an outbreak of hepatitis A killed 18 San Diegans and hospitalized nearly 500 others this year. Politicians ignored the former and now the latter—transmitte ...
13 Oct, 2017
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8 min read
Colorado Open Primaries a Triumph of People Over Parties
At long last, Colorado became the most recent state to open its primaries to independent and unaffiliated voters. This is a huge milestone, made even more momentous by the party obstruction that ...
11 Oct, 2017
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3 min read
Cash Crop: NV Projected to Raise $120 Million In Marijuana Tax Revenue
The numbers are in for Nevada's first month of legal retail marijuana sales.In July, legal marijuana dispensaries in Nevada made $27.1 million selling the marijuana plant's leaves (or "flowers" as the ...
02 Oct, 2017
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3 min read
Wanna Grow Marijuana? A Few Lessons From Colorado
Although marijuana became legal in the state of Colorado, marijuana trafficking is not legal.Recently, more than 60 people were charged with illegally growing and distributing more than 4,000 pounds o ...
02 Oct, 2017
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5 min read
The Politics of College: Americans Sharply Divided on Higher Ed
“Too much of a good thing” isn’t usually an argument applied to education. But a recent Gallup survey found a sharp partisan divide in how Americans view higher ed, with just a third of Republicans co ...
25 Sep, 2017
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3 min read
Howard Dean: Both Parties Driving Younger Voters to Be Independents
Dr. Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, and a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, recently had some sobering words for the two major political parties in the ...
20 Sep, 2017
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3 min read