I agree we need big, structural changes to address the climate crisis. Regulating the fossil fuel industry, revolutionizing transportation, and shifting away from wasteful construction practices; these are some of the ways to slow the toxic warming of our planet. We need to pursue innovation and dramatic action at every level – worldwide, nationwide, statewide and in our communities. At the same time, I believe Colorado is looking …
Why I’m Voting Yes on Proposition CC
Your November ballot will include Proposition CC: Without raising taxes and to better fund public schools, higher education, and roads, bridges, and transit, within a balanced budget, may the state keep and spend all the revenue it annually collects after June 30, 2019, but is not currently allowed to keep and spend under Colorado law, with an annual independent audit to show how the retained revenues are spent? A Prop …
Better Mental Health Resources + New Endorsements for Judy
NEW ENDORSERS FOR JUDY! Rollie Heath, Stan Garnett, Andrew Shoemaker, and more . . . The reason I’m passionate about improving mental health resources in Colorado is personal for me. My son has a serious mental illness that started in his teenage years. I’ve learned firsthand how terribly difficult it is to get effective mental health care in my own community. Through this journey, I’ve seen what can happen to families …
Big Success
Thanks everyone! We had a great turnout for our candidate forum & ice cream social. My campaign sponsored this event to engage, inform and energize our community…. Click to see pictures
Honoring the Call of Freedom
I happened to find a photo from the Denver Post Archives of three smiling Vietnamese refugees at work at the Aspen Meadows kitchen: Si Quoc Ngo, Vinh Cam Hua, and Cung Lien Me. In 1978 my mother, Ann Amabile, decided to help with the refugee crisis created by the war in Vietnam. After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, 130,000 Vietnamese fled their homeland by boat or foot and landed in …
REMINDER: Postcard Party to Stop the Recalls
Join us for a Postcard Party This Saturday, August 31 | 12 – 2 pm Southern Sun Pub & Brewery 627 South Broadway, Boulder GOP extremists in Colorado are trying to use low-turnout special elections to defeat elected Democrats and override the blue wave. Republicans have filed paperwork to recall Democratic Senate President Leroy Garcia. Senator Garcia just won his election in 2018 by 48 points (25,000 more votes than his opponent). We need …
Why I Fight for LGBTQ Equality
The end of Pride Month got me thinking about my Uncle Billy. He was so much fun to be with. On Sundays he made brunch and we gathered around the table singing Irish ballads and reciting poetry. Billy was gay. Being gay was illegal then. One night he was arrested for sodomy. After that he was fired from his job as a social worker. It upended his life, but it …
Fiercely Defend Your Reproductive Rights, Colorado!
June 4th marked the 100-year anniversary of women’s right to vote in the US. This milestone stands in stark contrast to the regression we’re seeing in women’s reproductive rights… Click to read the complete post.
Mental Health Progress – And More Work To Do
Mental health advocates notched significant wins during the 2019 legislative session. Now that the General Assembly has wrapped up its work for the year, here’s a roundup of the key behavioral health bills that lawmakers passed: