All material from The Colorado Lawyer provided via this World Wide Web server is copyrighted by the Colorado Bar Association. Before accessing any specific article, click here for disclaimer information. After the November election, the fun really begins around the legislature. This year is much like others and, aside from the controversy surrounding vote recounts in a few close races, the normal course of business resumes under the Gold Dome. Legislators work with staff and interest groups to tune and fine tune language on bills that will be subjected to numerous challenges and amendments over the course of the 120-day legislative session.
Brass rails are polished and polished again and the beat goes on.
In years past, this standard operation was interrupted by a special election for leadership, following the occasional retirement of a speaker of the house, president of the senate, or majority or minority leader. Doug Dean Asst. Gigi Dennis Pres. Mike Feeley Asst. Linkhart, Musgrave, Reeves, Rupert, and Wham.