JeffCo EDC employs an active group of investors on its Government Affairs Committee (GAC). Charged with following and advocating for policy that enhances the economic wellbeing of our community – the GAC works with our lobbyist on drafting, amending, and positioning our voice around state, local, and federal tables. While most of our work is centered on the state legislative session, we do follow policy at all levels.
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The ability to attract, promote, and embrace a film festival of magnitude would be a benefit to the entire Metro area. We support this incentive mechanism to make that prospect more of a reality.
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We support this legislation that helps remove unintended consequences during emergency situations for landowners. The ability to open all paths of access during these stressful situations is essential.
SUPPORT
A great program for our Jeffco companies that has led to community innovation and investment. We look forward to continue impacts by the support of this program.
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With the risk of wildfire in Jefferson County, we support measures that allow our state, county, and cities to be on the cutting edge of technology.
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We view this to be more of a national topic and issue versus state due to the nature of interstate commerce and how many variables are included in this broadly written bill. We have quite of bit of clarity needed industry by industry, and then the addition of the landlord/tenant aspect complicates the realities even more. While we almost wanted to be oppose unless amended, the amount of amendments and changes needed were just too great to even make that position feasible. No one wants bad actors in pricing, but this bill has far too many problems to be practical.
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This overreach attempt of requiring reporting on international footprints is impractical, misguided, and flat out overstepping boundaries.
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We believe there are a few elements in this legislation that are best and fair practice, but much of this bill needs amending to be feasible, enforceable, and frankly – demonstrating a better understanding of how employment law operates. We believe we can take the reasonable aspects of this bill and build from there.
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Colorado already has protections in place for declared emergencies. This bill has considerable challenges as written and lacks the fundamental understanding of how pricing, supply chain, “on sale” campaigns, and more actually operate. The amendments needed here are extensive, as this needs to first ask the question ‘what are we trying to address/fix,’ and then build from there. As written, it is completely impractical.
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
In the “Free State of Colorado” that notion extends to all aspects of our state. That includes inclusion or not into unions. Our Labor Peace Act has been a staple and best practice of how to be fair to both union and non-union employees – and has been a stalwart in our economic competitiveness. The idea of removing an employee’s protection to not be opted into a union they do not want to be flies in the face of the Free State claim. Removal of the second vote is simply a nonstarter.
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
While a study may be an essential step in the discussion of single payer being economically / practically an option – the language within this bill sits uneasy. It seems it is already structuring and defining the course forward rather than being a fair study that lets the data do the talking.
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED