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Looking back at Ron Paul ’08 – Colorado Grassroots

April 18th, 2011 1 comment

Montage of some of the videos made from the 08 run. Hoping for Ron Paul 2012! Check out the Northern Colorado Liberty Group to get involved now.

Anti-Business Colorado law causes Amazon to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado

March 8th, 2010 No comments

Although I haven’t made money from Amazon Associates program, other people who run web sites in Colorado do. Now they can’t because HB 10-1193 was passed and signed into law in Colorado. I received this email from Amazon early this morning:

Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate:

We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. The regulations are burdensome and no other state has similar rules. The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax. Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to “voluntarily” collect Colorado sales tax — a course we won’t take.

We and many others strongly opposed this legislation, known as HB 10-1193, but it was enacted anyway. Regrettably, as a result of the new law, we have decided to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado. We plan to continue to sell to Colorado residents, however, and will advertise through other channels, including through Associates based in other states.

There is a right way for Colorado to pursue its revenue goals, but this new law is a wrong way. As we repeatedly communicated to Colorado legislators, including those who sponsored and supported the new law, we are not opposed to collecting sales tax within a constitutionally-permissible system applied even-handedly. The US Supreme Court has defined what would be constitutional, and if Colorado would repeal the current law or follow the constitutional approach to collection, we would welcome the opportunity to reinstate Colorado-based Associates.

You may express your views of Colorado’s new law to members of the General Assembly and to Governor Ritter, who signed the bill.

Your Associates account has been closed as of March 8, 2010, and we will no longer pay advertising fees for customers you refer to Amazon.com after that date. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned prior to March 8, 2010, will be processed and paid in accordance with our regular payment schedule. Based on your account closure date of March 8, any final payments will be paid by May 31, 2010.

We have enjoyed working with you and other Colorado-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program, and wish you all the best in your future.

Best Regards,

The Amazon Associates Team

Geoff Broughton discusses the Colorado Tenth Amendment Center

February 6th, 2010 No comments

Geoff gives a presentation on the 10th Amendment to the Northern Colorado Liberty Group.

http://colorado.tenthamendmentcenter.com/

http://colorado4liberty.ning.com

Video clips from Larimer County Commissioners and Planning Commission 1/4/10 regarding Medical Marijuana

January 13th, 2010 No comments

On 1/4/2010 the Larimer county Commisioners passed a new zoning amendment in regards to medical cannabis dispensaries and grow operations. Here is video from the meeting broken down into smaller clips for easier navigation.  The full video was found the counties web page here.  Also below the video clips are the minutes from the meeting provided by the county.

NOTE:  You can read the finalized full text of the amendment passed by clicking here.

This discussion pertains to zoning in any land that is in unincorporated Larimer County.  Zoning in cities such as Fort Collins is not covered by the passed amendment.

This first clips is about 40 minutes long. This is the initial reading of the proposed zoning amendment dealing with medical cannabis in Larimer County.

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Video: Up in the sky – Estes Park clouds and Larimer county Bald Eagle

January 10th, 2010 No comments