I think many people believe Democrats vs Republicans is the fight for our Country, but I think if we don’t secure Citizen rights and we keep relying on voted officials to fix urgent issues we’re going to have the same problem come up again and again.
Transparency laws are important. There’s a reason they keep raising the hourly rates, while records staff don’t seem to get paid from those extra fees.
These insurance pools pay into a national pool, so I doubt it’s limited to Colorado.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/03/jared-polis-vetoes-swipe-fees-firefighter-bills/
He vetoed the cancer benefits bill for firefighters.
He said it was the Cities asking for it, but much more likely it was the Cities’ representative. CIRSA.
https://www.muckrock.com/foi/denver-145/cora-logs-2026-shadow-government-entity-cirsa-213839/#file-1401888
You can see they lobbied against it. Successfully.
They also fought a firefighter over his cancer benefits.
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/co-supreme-court/1733666.html
I think many people believe Democrats vs Republicans is the fight for our Country, but I think if we don’t secure Citizen rights and we keep relying on voted officials to fix urgent issues we’re going to have the same problem come up again and again.
Transparency laws are important. There’s a reason they keep raising the hourly rates, while records staff don’t seem to get paid from those extra fees.
These insurance pools pay into a national pool, so I doubt it’s limited to Colorado.