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Ken Gordon ColumnsKen Gordon is Senate Majority Leader – State of Colorado. His commentary appears regularly in Accountability Central. Ken grew up in Detroit and studied Econmics and Political Science at the University of Michigan (1967-71). He moved to Colorado after graduating from Boston University (with a law degree) in 1975 and served as Colorado Public Defender, representing minorities and low-income clients. Ken then was in private law practice for 14 years and in 1992 was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives. “I ran for office because I wanted to help protect the environment,” Ken explained, and also made campaign finance reform a major part of his campaigning. He has never taken a PAC contribution. Ken has served as Minority Leader in the House, Senate Judiciary Chair and now, as Majority Leader. May 8, 2008 Gordon's Rules of Legislative ConductBy: Ken Gordon Today is the last day of my last session in the Colorado General Assembly. I actually can't find words to describe the experience except to say that it was honor to be chosen by the people of my district to represent them and an... January 9, 2008 The PeopleBy: Ken Gordon Today we started our legislative session. The session, by Consitution, can last no more than 120 days. The last three years we have finished a couple days early. Issues this year will include health care, education, renewable... December 19, 2007 Coffman completes electronic voting equipment tests  By: Ken Gordon, Majority Leader - Colorado Senate Premier Voting Systems - only system certified completely by state September 25, 2007 THE IRAQ MATRIX By: Ken Gordon Hessians: The public hasn't focused on it, but many of the Americans fighting in Iraq are private contractors, not US armed forces. The other day mercenaries working for a company called Blackwater killed civilians causing the... August 24, 2007 FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS – LIKE DOUSING THE LAB WITH ALCHOHOL AND NOT WATER! By: Commentary from Senator Ken Gordon, Majority Leader in Colorado Senate There is a self-defeating aspect of our thinking about Iraq. Why can't this government get its people under control? We spend billions of dollars and the lives and limbs of thousands of Americans to support a government that... July 10, 2007 Commentary from Ken Gordon By: Ken Gordon, Colorado State Senate In my last communication I gave notice of a demonstration that was conducted by “Iraq Veterans Against the War” on the Fourth of July. Unfortunately because of a server problem many people got it after the Fourth. I apologize... July 5, 2007 A Bucket of Blood By: Ken Gordon, Colorado State Senate During the 1980s when the United States was supporting the government in El Salvador and the Contras in Nicaragua, both right-wing military groups that engaged in atrocities against civilians, a group of protesters staged a form... January 26, 2007 The World is Run by People Who Show Up (and a plan to tender majority popular votes to the Electoral College) By: Commentary by Ken Gordon – Senate Majority Leader, Colorado State Legislature There will be a Peace Demonstration on Saturday January 27th, Noon, on the West Steps of the Capitol: Come, bring others and forward this to your list. We are going to be positive but determined. We will be speaking for peace,... January 8, 2007 We Don’t Consent By: Commentary by Senator Ken Gordon James Dean, an army reservist from Maryland, locked himself in his father’s house and threatened to commit suicide on learning that, after having already served 18 months in Afghanistan, he was being sent to Iraq. A neighbor said... November 14, 2006 We Did Something Good.. By: Ken Gordon - Former Colorado Secretary of State The Associated Press called yesterday and said that there weren't enough votes left to change the outcome of the race. It appears that Mike Coffman will be Colorado's next Secretary of State. |
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