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  • Hickenlooper: "Insane not to be spending tens and tens of billions a year" to stop climate change.

    03/12/2010 11:50:45 AM PST · by george76 · 41 replies · 905+ views
    WhoSaidYouSaid ^ | 3/11/10 | John Hickenlooper
    When Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper spoke at the Colorado Environmental Coalition's "Rebel with a Cause" gala in May 2009, he showed he was down with the green crowd. Hickenlooper [at 3:00 of the video above]. "I’m one of those people that says I’m not sure how fast the climate..I’m not saying that the sky is falling. I’m saying that clearly the climate is changing, clearly mankind’s activities are causing it. And that we’d be insane not to be spending tens...tens and tens of billions of dollars every year buying insurance to begin to prevent and stop that change that’s happening....
  • Hickenlooper missed his chance on Amazon tax

    03/09/2010 11:58:42 AM PST · by george76 · 27 replies · 211+ views
    Denver Post ^ | March 8, 2010,
    Amazon’s move to drop its Colorado associates so soon after Gov. Ritter signed a new law creating a so-called “Amazon tax” is regrettable – but not shocking. There were plenty of signals that repealing a tax exemption for online retailers would face legal challenges and possibly just such a move as Amazon launched today. The Post editorial board was among critics who warned the new law looked awfully problematic for such little gain . John Hickenlooper missed a golden opportunity in not weighing in on this tax. Score one for McInnis. Suddenly he looks like the prescient one while Denver’s...