September 2016: The Symbols - Little Wing
In Project: Open Music Sessions

On the first Friday of every month, Open Media Foundation holds a free community event, Open Music Sessions, at the Denver Open Media studios (near the Santa Fe Art Walk) that spotlights local performance groups, comedians, musical acts, and nonprofit organizations. 

The Symbols were the featured musical act in September 2016. This is their song, “Little Wing.” 

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September 2016: The Symbols - Help Me Higher Ground
In Project: Open Music Sessions

On the first Friday of every month, Open Media Foundation holds a free community event, Open Music Sessions, at the Denver Open Media studios (near the Santa Fe Art Walk) that spotlights local performance groups, comedians, musical acts, and nonprofit organizations. 

The Symbols were the featured musical act in September 2016. This is their song, “Help Me Higher Ground.” 

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September 2016: The Symbols - I'm Leavin' You
In Project: Open Music Sessions

On the first Friday of every month, Open Media Foundation holds a free community event, Open Music Sessions, at the Denver Open Media studios (near the Santa Fe Art Walk) that spotlights local performance groups, comedians, musical acts, and nonprofit organizations.

The Symbols were the featured musical act in September 2016. This is their song, "I'm Leavin' You." 

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Initiative 71 Seeks Overturn of Citizen Ballot Initiative
In Project: Election 2016

Wealthy corporate interest led by the Oil & Gas industry have worked in coaltion with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to write laws challenging every aspect of democracy. ALEC advocates making the Citizen Ballot Initiative too costly as well as requiring supermajority votes to pass. Colorado Inititiave 71 in 2016 follows ALEC's prescription to place the Citizen Ballot Initiative out of reach for the people, ultimately accessible only to the wealthy corporate interests that promote the initiative.

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Wealthy Corporate Interests Promote Initiative 71 - Short
In Project: Election 2016

Wealthy corporate interests led by Oil & Gas have collected millions of dollars to place an initiative on the ballot - #71 - the "Initiative to End Citizen Initiatives." The Colorado Citizen Ballot Initiative was adopted in 1910 to permit the people to act against corrupt or unresponsive government by placing constitutional or statutory initiatives on the ballot.

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Wealthy Corporate Interests Promote Initiative 71 - Short
Published: 09-21-16

Wealthy corporate interests led by Oil & Gas have collected millions of dollars to place an initiative on the ballot - #71 - the "Initiative to End Citizen Initiatives." The Colorado Citizen Ballot Initiative was adopted in 1910 to permit the people to act against corrupt or unresponsive government by placing constitutional or statutory initiatives on the ballot. Initiative 71 seeks to make the constitutional initiative process exponentially more difficult and costly by requiring signature gatherers to obtain signatures in the amount of 2 percent of the number of registered voters in each of Colorado's 35 senate districts. Initiative 71 also calls for a "supermajority" vote for passage of a constitutional amendment, or 55 percent, giving the minority instead of the majority the power to decide what passes.

In the face of a new gilded age of "Robber Barrons," the Citizen Ballot Initiative is more important than ever - the last vestige of democracy. If Initiative 71 passes, the initiative process, already prohibitive to most, will be accessible only to the very wealthy and no longer to the people.

The political establishment that asserts the people should run statutory, not constitutional, amendments overlook the fact that the legislature can, and has, immediately overturned or greatly altered a statutory amendment. Many think that the legislature should adopt a hands-off period, e.g., 5 to 10 years after a statutory amendment passes.

Map of the network of oil and gas front groups shown is one of 7 maps from: "Behind the Curtain," by Joel Dyer, Boulder Weekly, September 17, 2015

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Wealthy Corporate Interests Promote Initiative 71 - Short

Published: 09-21-16   Edit Summary: 9-29-16

Wealthy corporate interests led by Oil & Gas have collected millions of dollars to place an initiative on the ballot - #71 - the "Initiative to End Citizen Initiatives." The Colorado Citizen Ballot Initiative was adopted in 1910 to permit the people to act against corrupt or unresponsive government by placing constitutional or statutory initiatives on the ballot. Initiative 71 seeks to make the constitutional initiative process exponentially more difficult and costly by requiring signature gatherers to obtain signatures in the amount of 2 percent of the number of registered voters in each of Colorado's 35 senate districts. Initiative 71 also calls for a "supermajority" vote for passage of a constitutional amendment, or 55 percent, giving the minority instead of the majority the power to decide what passes.

In the face of a new gilded age of "Robber Barrons," the Citizen Ballot Initiative is more important than ever - the last vestige of democracy. If Initiative 71 passes, the initiative process, already prohibitive to most, will be accessible only to the very wealthy and no longer to the people. The chart of the web of wealthy corporate interests is taken from "Behind the Curtain," Boulder Weekly, September 17, 2015 by Joel Dyer.

The political establishment that asserts the people should run statutory, not constitutional, amendments overlook the fact that the legislature can, and has, immediately overturned or greatly altered a statutory amendment. Many think that the legislature should adopt a hands-off period, e.g., 5 to 10 years after a statutory amendment passes.

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Theme: Community Issues and Advocacy
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