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Upcoming Meetings
* Wednesday, 5/16/12: LWVLPC 2012 Annual Meeting. 4-6:30PM at the Rochester Hotel, Durango, CO
- Click flyer
for more information.
- Click agenda
to view the Annual Meeting Agenda.
- click 2012 Annual Meeting Mailing for more information.
- click Proposed 2012-2013 Annual Budget to view the proposed budget for 2012-2013
LWVLPC 2012 Annual Meeting.
Speaker: former State Senator Pat Pascoe, http://www.patpascoe.com/
Julie Leonard, LWVCO executive director, will also be with us
- 6/8-12/12: FIRST CALL TO LWVUS CONVENTION 2012
From LWVUS President Elisabeth G. MacNamara
Join Us for the LWVUS 50th National Convention in Washington DC! at the Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue on June 8-12, 2012.
Imagine, Commit, Act! "The Power of the Vote!"
Click LWVUS Convention to read more.
- Jan 26 - April 12 (weekly) Fort Lewis Professional Associates: Life-Long Learning Winter/Spring 2012 Series All presentations are in Noble Hall, Rm 130 from 7-8:30pm unless otherwise noted.
Upcoming On-Line Classes
*The following are free on-line courses offered through Coursera.Coursera offers courses from the top universities, for free. Learn from world-class professors, watch high quality lectures, achieve mastery via interactive exercises, and collaborate with a global community of students. These classes are not sponsored or supported by the League of Women Voters
- Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, starting June 2012 for 4 weeks.
This course will explore the many problems of the American health care system and discuss the specific ways that the Affordable Care Act will impact access, quality, costs, as well as medical innovation.
- Digital Democracy J. Alex Halderman starting September 3, 2012 for 5 weeks
In this course, you'll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks--and future potential -- of electronic voting and Internet voting.
What's New: LWV Legislative Alerts-News
*5/14/12 LWVLPC: Dear LWVLPC members:
You probably all know by now that the Colorado General assembly has been called back into special session by Gov. Hickenlooper after adjourning as originally scheduled on May 9, but leaving several bills on the table due to a filibuster of the Civil Unions bill.
The First Extraordinary Session of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly convened today, May 14, 2012 at 10 AM.
Each bill to be considered by the Extraordinary Session has to be reintroduced. It takes a minimum of 3 days to make it through committees and the floor to vote a bill, so we will not know much until later this week.
The order of business today is:
- INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF OPENING DAY RESOLUTIONS
- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
- COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The Senate has met and is in recess as committees start to gather. 2 Senate Bills and one Concurrent Resolution have been introduced. (SB 12S-002 is a bi-partisan Water Conservation Bill - containing, among many other things, funding for the third and final purchase of water from the A/LP project in Durango- assigned to the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy Committee.)
No news as yet on the House.
I will provide a brief update at our annual meeting on Wednesday, should there be any news on bills that the League is following. Hope to see you Wednesday, May 16, 4 PM at the Rochester.
Ellen Park, LWVLPC Legislative Chair
What's New: Voter Services
*5/13/12 Durango Herald:LPEA board gets a little greener Two renewable-energy candidates win; turnout double last year's By Jim Haug
IGNACIO + Two of the four renewable-energy candidates won election Saturday to the La Plata Electric Association board of the directors, ousting a 21-year incumbent, Herb Brodsky, and Bobby Lieb, who also serves as a La Plata County commissioner.
Voter participation nearly doubled from last year as 8,139 votes were cast in a heated race in which challengers said the cooperative was overdue for a shake-up.
Lieb lost by the largest margin of the four races. His challenger, Britt Bassett, a solar engineer, got nearly 67 percent of the vote for District 3, which is the city of Durango...
*5/9/12 Durango Herald:Animas Fire board fills three seats Question of separation from Durango Fire & Rescue still unanswered By Ann Butler
Voters sent a mixed message in the hotly contested election for three seats on the board of the Animas Fire Protection District, one of three funding partners that makes up Durango Fire & Rescue Authority.
Unofficial results show the top two vote-getters out of nine candidates as Matt Leeder and Kathleen Morris, who are opposed to Animas Fire separating from DFRA. The third seat will be filled by incumbent Claude "Bud" Deering Jr., who voted in favor of sending a notice of intent to separate in November 2011.
Incumbent Greg Drover, who voted against separation, did not win re-election, and Jim Barrett, who sided with Drover in a 3-2 vote split in November, recently had to step down because he was term-limited and has to wait to run for re-election. That means the board will have four members + two for separation, Deering and Bill Warren, and two against, Leeder and Morris. The four members must appoint a fifth member to fill Barrett's seat...
* During Spring 2012, the La Plata League has sponsored three informative candidate forums!
Congratulations and Thanks to All Participating Members!
Click forum photos - 2012 to view some photos.
* for all the voter information you need to know, just click VOTE411 to register to vote, to find your voting place, to get information about voting in your state, and to look at candidates and ballot measures on your ballot. Brought to you by the League of Women Voters Education Fund.
What's New: Healthcare
What's New: Environment, Energy and Sustainability
What's New: Global Outreach
*4/26/12 LWVLPC: the 2012 Great Decisions series sponsored by the LWV of La Plata County, the Durango Public Library and the Foreign Policy Association has now concluded. Please plan to join us again in 2013
What's New: La Plata League
* Wednesday, 5/16/12: LWVLPC 2012 Annual Meeting. 4-6:30PM at the Rochester Hotel, Durango, CO
*2011-2012 POLICIES OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF LA PLATA COUNTY
REVIEWED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
April 12, 2012
*4/1/12 LWVLPC: The April 2012 VOTER
is now ready for your on-line viewing
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To view the comments of our LWVLPC Legislative Chair, please click LL#6 comments
*IT IS NEVER TOO LATE to consider a membership in the League of Women Voters of La Plata County (LWVLPC). Click 2012 membership renewal form
and print a copy of the 2012 form. Annual dues for individuals remain at $50 and $30 for students and additional household members.
Kindly complete one form per household and mail it with your check to our treasurer, Nadine Ancel, 358 West Los Ranchitos Dr.,
Durango, CO 81301. If you have any questions or comments, please contact our membership chair, Suzanne Becker at esmbecker@aol.com.
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