2/18/2011. As tax
times nears, there's rallying for RALS. (refund anticipation loan
facilitators).
05/02/2010. A Soup of Subjects. The rule
of 78, medical marijuana dispensary licensing, and ghost committees.
04/11/2010. Colorado's New Warranty of
Habitability.
04/05/2010. Hospices.
01/24/2010. St. Joseph's. Implications of the new
directive applied to several Denver hospitals, following their transfer
to Catholic control.
4/4/2009. Egg Safety; Community Colleges Lose
Gambling Money; Lottery Player Demographics.
11/29/2008. Unsafe Eggs, Secretary of State.
Colorado's safety inspection system for eggs. Secretary of State's
authority over Notary Publics, and Bingo & Raffles, should be
transferred to Dept. of Revenue.
6/24/2008. Drug Costs and Generic Substitutes.
6/21/2008. Taxicabs.
3/29/2008. Warranty of Habitability.
1/7/2008. Payback Loans.
11/16/2007. Taxi
Licensing, Energy Credits, and DORA
9/19/2007. Deere Franchise.
The John Deere company's plan to eliminate its small Colorado dealers violates
Colorado law.
8/17/2007. Warranty of Habitability.
7/24/2007. SB 221 Car
Dealers Board.
4/21/2007. Garnishment
reform.
4/11/2007. Homestead law reforms.
1/11/2007. Car Dealers
Board.
7/25/2006. Xcel
Energy Vote in Denver.
7/14/2006. Xcel Two.
6/15/2006. Xcel Franchise Election in
Denver.
2/15/2006. Mortgage Brokers.
10/26/2005 Price Gouging.
7/16/2005 Identity Theft.
Securities
cease and desist.
10/14/2003 2004 Uniform Trust Code will hurt many
7/15/2003 Final action on collection agency law
6/27/2003 Payday lenders hit the jackpot
6/20/2003 Securities scam could return as part of Sunset, past history
4/14/2003 Agricultural land can harm visitors without penalty HB 1003
3/25/2003 Securities bill is "sleeper" to hurt investors HB 1311
2/18/2003 Outsourcing bill Rep. Rhodes HB 1282 hurts state employees. Mortuary bill HB 1305
SB 100 Veterans burial rights
6/21/2002 SB 42 Musgrave bill on farmers killed, SB 219, Perlmutter Smith farmer bankruptcy bill passes
4/26/2002 HB 1334 Short checks
3/22/2002 SB 118 Sen. Epps Landlord tenant
bill
2/8/2002 Farm exemption in bankruptcy in peril
9/5/2001 Credit insurance, history of ripping off consumers. Will new law work?
2/14/2001 Commercial code changes affecting consumers (Charles Dickens) on repossession and exemptions. Ag supplier vs. bank
11/26/2000 DORA report on Collection Agencies for 2000
9/24/2000 Making parents more liable for damages committed by children.
5/16/2000 Uniform Commercial Code bill killed. Transfer of power to Secretary of State hidden in bill.
5/7/2000 Central Indexing System, SB 65, reforms disastrous CBA indexing system. Fight with secretary of state over turf.
4/28/2000 Payday lender bill passes (Zimmerman gets dead fish).
1/26/2000 Legislature
May Give Auto Dealers Sweetheart Contracts
1/21/2000 Payday Lenders in Colorado, SB 144
1/14/2000 Grace period on credit cards will be repealed
12/17/1999 Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. Colorado Reporter story.
6/11/1999 Consumer Protection Act final version: harming consumers
5/14/1999 Speedy lump sum death insurance policy payments to survivors as HB 1344 reduces interest owed and extends time of payment
3/12/1999 SB 143, Colorado Consumer Protection Act being gutted by Democrat, loss of treble damages. Revamping of sections.
2/26/1999 SB 160 deregulating interest rates killed
4/10/1998 Letter to Powers on protecting contractors; Romero on screwing medical board; Lamborn on Shooting ranges
3/20/1998 Colorado first congressional election invalid. Consumer advocate Esther Peterson remembered
3/13/1998 Matsunaka SB 73 on Landlord Tenant becomes anti-tenant bill. Need for covenant of quiet enjoyment.
9/5/1997 Local distributors seek to end out-of-state wine shipments through HB 1357 by Schauer, part of
a national plan. Get ready for another therapeutic index bill in 1998 to reduce generic substitution on drugs. Is it needed?
7/18/1997 Magness estate fight tie-in to widow's portion and Don Mares amendment to CBA bill
6/20/1997 Romer vetoes HB 1243 increasing interest rate for consumers
5/2/1997 Kopel response to Minahan letter on raising interest rates to 45%
4/25/1997 Overpriced credit insurance costs consumers; Martinez amendment changes percentages; Schauer does dirty work.
3/7/1997. Colo. Bar Assn pushes SB 91 nonprofit corporation act,
What the bill does. HB 1237 is new partnership act. Universal Business Entity Act is coming in future.
2/21/1997 Two landlord/tenant bills, one good, one bad. SB 63, HB 1138. Background of previous landlord/tenant bills
1/31/1997 New money lender Fairlane coming to Colorado on automobile loans; faces competition from Household Finance
11/1/1996 Cost of copying health records
6/26/1996 Swimming
with the Loan Sharks
6/21/1996 Remembering Mrozek, Pena and Valuejet, and Paula Woodward and the election commission
3/15/1996 Commercial Credit interest law pushed by GECC with no ceiling
11/10/1995 Protecting consumers from telemarketing fraud
6/2/1995 Five years of anti-consumer credit bills
4/7/1995 Farm Equipment Dealers get sweetheart deal thanks to Republicans
3/17/1995 ASCAP and BMI vs. state restaurants playing music
9/23/1994 Change in probate law right of surviving spouse to inherit
7/22/1994 Corporation bill screws minority investors
1/14/1994 Miscegenation law and Fair Housing: Bob Allen