LLO Media Mentions February 26, 2010: LLO Editor and City Councilman Sean Paige interviewed by CNN about budget challenges facing Colorado Springs. February 11, 2010: LLO editor Sean Paige explains the inner-workings of the Colorado Springs Medical Marijuana Task Force in the Colorado Springs Gazette. February 10, 2010: Shortened version of Paige's Huffington Post blor appears in The Denver Post. February 8, 2010: LLO editor and City Councilman Sean Paige defends Colorado Springs in The Huffington Post against attacks from a left-leaning columnist. February 10, 2010: LLO editor Sean Paige cited in a Michelle Malkin blog concerning "Colorado Springs Derangement Syndrome." Local Liberty Online gets mention. January 14, 2010: LLO editor Sean Paige publishes a Denver Post piece taking Colorado Attorney General John Suthers to task for his retrogressive stance on medical marijuana. Sept. 13, 2009: In Gazette guest column, LLO Editor Sean Paige points out inconsistencies in the paper's editorial positions. August 31, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige quoted in a Colorado Business Journal report about the bankruptcy of the parent company of The Colorado Springs Gazette. August 7, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige quoted in Barry Noreen column about the latest TABOR fight brewing in Colorado Springs. August 6, 2009: Local Liberty Action mentioned, and Sean Paige quoted, in Gazette report about groups opposing any attempt to "reform" the city TABOR. August 2, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige has a guest column in the Colorado Springs Gazette, suggesting more consistency in how the city deals with ethics investigations. May 27, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige quoted in a KOAA-TV story about a proposal to put any second USOC headquarters deal on the ballot. May 14, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige quoted in Colorado Spring Independent story about the USOC headquarters debacle, and the lessons it has to impart about the dangers of corporate welfare ventures. May 9, 2009: Sean Paige mentioned in Colorado Springs Gazette report about post-election polling by backers of ballot measure 1A. April 17, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige is quoted in a Denver Post story about the USOC headquarters situation. April 16, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige quoted in a Gazette report about the April 15 Taxpayer Tea Party in Colorado Springs. April 7, 2009. LLO editor Sean Paige mentioned or quoted in numerous stories about the defeat of city ballot issue 1A: Here, here, here and here. March 27, 2009: LLO editor Sean Paige has a piece in The Colorado Springs Business Journal, making the case for why City Hall can't be trusted to "invest" the windfall headed its way if ballot issue 1A is approved. March 17, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige debates Mayor Lionel Rivera in Decision 2009 Forum, sponsored by The Colorado Springs Gazette, KOAA-TV and the Pikes Peak Library District. Here is a link to the video.
March 7, 2009: Local Liberty Online mentioned, and LLO Editor Sean Paige quoted, in a Colorado Springs Gazette report about city ballot issue 1A. March 1, 2009: Local Liberty Action ED Sean Paige quoted in a Denver Post article about local governments that face budget challenges. Feb. 22, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige has a guest column in The Colorado Springs Gazette explaining the pitfalls of ballot measure 1A. Feb. 21, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige debates ballot measure 1A on the Jeff Crank radio show. Listen to or download a podcast here. Feb. 8, 2009: LLO blogger Dr. Paul Prentice, who also runs the Economic and Civil Literacy Project for the Limited Government Forum, has a column in The Colorado Springs Gazette about the misnamed "economic stimulus package." Jan. 28, 2009: Local Liberty Action ED Sean Paige quoted in a story about City Council's decision to put a measure on the ballot that would use tax dollars for a "jobs creation" fund, placing the city on the corporate welfare slippery slope. Jan. 23, 2009: Freedom Politics, a new website by The Orange County Register, published a slightly modified version of a Sean Paige blog post on Hollywood welfare. Jan. 18, 2009: The Colorado Statesman quotes LLO editor Sean Paige in write-up on Colorado Springs TABOR fight. Jan. 18, 2009: Local Liberty Action is mentioned in a Colorado Springs Gazette editorial concerning possible adjustments to the city's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. Jan. 15, 2009: Local Liberty Action mentioned, and Sean Paige quoted, in Face the State report on Colorado Springs TABOR fight. Jan. 11, 2009: Local Liberty Action ED Sean Paige has a letter in The Colorado Springs Gazette challenging the notion that the city's Taxpayer's Bill Of Rights can be repealed, because Colorado's state TABOR offers adequate safeguards against runaway government. Jan. 10, 2009: Local Liberty Action ED Sean Paige is quoted in The Colorado Springs Gazette about a proposal to divert tax revenue for economic development activities. Jan. 8, 2009: A post on the Page by Page blog, concerning Gov. Bill Ritter's State of the State address, received headline treatment on the Complete Colorado news site. Jan. 7, 2009: LLO Editor Sean Paige was a guest on the Richard Randall radio show on KVOR, discussing a proposal to repeal the city's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. Local Liberty Action was mentioned, and LLO editor Sean Paige quoted, in a Colorado Springs Gazette article about groups that are rallying to the defense of the city's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. Dec. 25, 2008: LLO Editor Sean Paige was quoted in a FOX News story about Colorado's efforts to cut waste and improve efficiency. Here's an electronic version; what follows is a transcript: Dec. 25: America's Future: Colorado Trims the Waste in Its Bloated Budget
DENVER -- Surveys often list Colorado as one of the most physically fit states in the nation. Now, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter wants to rank it as one of the most fiscally fit as well. Ritter is putting his state on a diet in an effort to have the state behave in the same way as individuals feeling a pinched budget. Under a program the state calls the Government Efficiency and Management review, or GEM, the Ritter administration surveyed employees across the state for ideas on how to cut the fat. It received 12,000 responses. "You know you have a revenue stream, you don't have a line of credit," he said. "We're going to have to cut the budget because of the downturn, but this is about waste and duplication." Out of the recommendations came a projected $205 million in five-year cost-savings, customer-service efficiencies and other benefits. "They know. They've been there every single day and they know how to get these things right," Mark Cavanaugh, director of Government Efficiency Initiatives, said of the staff recommendations. "Any opportunity there is to stretch a taxpayer dollar." Nothing was safe from the GEM review. If employees could see with it (low energy lights), put stuff in it (mailboxes), get stuff out of it (refrigerators) or use it (toilets), they found a way to use it less or expend less energy or time in its use. Several of the recommendations have already been turned into changes. For instance, the Department of Motor Vehicles went online for renewals or updates, and now many people can skip traditional emissions tests. That's because the state recently doubled the number of rapid screen vans, which get readings as cars pass by them in traffic. That means folks don't have to deal with "drive-in" emissions tests anymore. Ritter said he saved the state $600,000 just by doing what families do all the time. "The whole world knows you can pool minutes on cell phones and you can actually save money," he said. Sean Paige, who runs the think tank Limited Government Forum, said he believes the state could go even further and send some jobs to the private sector. But he urged the governor to stick to it. "It's hard to make government efficient, but it's worth the effort," he said. "To persevere and stay on it day in and day out, month in, month out over the years. That's hard to do." FOX News' Alicia Acuna contributed to this report." LLO Editor Sean Paige, writing in The Colorado Springs Gazette, offers a new paradigm for managing local parks. (May have to scroll down to find piece.) LLO blogger and LGF Board Member Dr. Paul Prentice was quoted in the Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com on June 17, 2008, and again on August 8, 2008, about food prices. LLO blogger and LGF Board Member Dr. Paul Prentice writes in the July 31 Gazette about energy policy realities. (May have to scroll down through other ep-eds.) LGF Executive Director Sean Paige lays out a vision for the future of Colorado Springs in The Colorado Springs Gazette. (May have to scroll down through other op-eds.) Fox Business News interview with LLO blogger and LGF Board Member Dr. Paul Prentice on the economic impacts of Midwest flooding. (May have to suffer through ad first.) LLO blogger and LGF Board Member Dr. Paul Prentice writes about supply and demand in The Gazette's Letters Section. (May need to scroll down.) LLO Editor Sean Paige writes about congressional earmarks in The Rocky Mountain News. The Colorado Springs Gazette editorializes about Limited Government Week 2008. Limited Government Forum ED Sean Paige writes about a school de-chartering plan in Colorado Springs Gazette. Limited Government Forum ED Sean Paige writes about local budget priorities in the The Colorado Springs Business Journal. |
