Quick timeline:
February 24, 2010: Governor Bill Ritter signs a raft of new tax bills into law, including the controversial HB 1193, which forces online retailers to inform consumers of the state taxes owed on purchases made or shipped from Colorado.
March 1: New tax laws take effect.
March 8: Amazon dumps Colorado associates.
March 8: Rasmussen reports McInnis 6 [...]
Entries Tagged as '2010 Colorado Governor’s Race'
Amazon in Colorado: A Lose-Lose-Lose Situation
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · 2010 Colorado Governor's Race, Budget, Colorado, Politics
Tags: 2010 Colorado Governor's Race·Amazon·Colorado House Bill 1193·Colorado State Sales Tax
McInnis Looking at Tough Retooling
February 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Elections
More support came out today to suggest that Colorado gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis’s apparent popularity just a few months ago was really a statement about Governor Bill Ritter’s unpopularity. Via Colorado Pols, Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post has dropped Colorado from the list of governorships likely to change parties this year. The Pols post [...]
Tags: 2010 Colorado Governor's Race·John Hickenlooper·Scott McInnis
Hickenlooper Winning the Facebook Campaign
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · 2010 Colorado Governor's Race
I was recently invited to join the fan page Hickenlooper for Governor!, which, as of today, boasts 8,586 fans. The page of John W. Hickenlooper, Government Official, sports another 9,007 fans, though we can safely assume a healthy bit of cross pollination between pages. (I’d be curious to learn how many individuals are double listed, [...]
Tags: 2010 Colorado Governor's Race·Facebook·John Hickenlooper·Scott McInnis