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Holtzman's Tangled C&D Web--Follow the Money, if you can.

By Jen Caltrider - Oct 28th, 2005 at 4:07 pm EDT

Below is a link to a .pdf file that someone sent us as a tip.
It details the alleged links between Marc Holtzman and the "If C Wins You Lose" Campaign as well as a group calling itself Americans for Freedom and Opportunity.

It is a complicated web and takes some thinking to get what is going on, but it is quite interesting.

We here at ProgressNow haven't checked out the facts of this document, but we did want to put in out in the blogosphere so others could.
Please, look at the document and then do your own research and get back to us with it. Post your findings in the comment section below or send us and email and we'll follow up.

Also, if any of you out there can help us clarify the meaning of this tangled web that links Holtzman to various out-of-state groups and the flow of moeny from one group to another to a individual and so on, that would be helpful to everyone.

Thanks so much for your help.

Click below to read the document:
tangled.pdf

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Send a virtual billboard for C&D!

By Bobby - Oct 13th, 2005 at 3:09 pm EDT

Have you sent a "Yes on C&D" billboard to your friends yet?

Join the creative resistance to Grover Norquist's and John Caldara's sink-or-swim, you're-on-your-own vision for Colorado and America. Send a virtual billboard and help spread the word for YES on C&D.

And check out the billboards others have sent!

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Not good enough - Dobson should testify

By Bobby - Oct 11th, 2005 at 11:50 pm EDT

Dobson has denied in a broadcast that will air tomorrow that he received confidential information from Karl Rove to reassure him about Harriet Miers' extremist credentials.

Not good enough.

Dobson clearly indicated last week that he had inside info from Rove that he "probably shouldn't know" about Miers:

"When you know some of the things I know - that I probably shouldn't know - that would take me in this direction - you would understand why I have said, with fear and trepidation, that I believe Harriet Miers will be a good justice."

Now he's trying to tell us that that confidential information he was referring to was that others had withdrawn their names because the process had become so nasty.

If you believe that, you're probably still waiting on the WMDs to be found.

Dobson should be called to testify before the Judiciary Committe. He needs to sit in that chair, raise his right hand, and testify under oath and threat of perjury about everything Rove told him.

Sign our petition asking the Judiciary Committee to demand full disclosure from the White House about the Rove / Dobson conversation.

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Your pen x 10 - C&D House Parties on Oct 19

By Bobby - Oct 5th, 2005 at 9:09 pm EDT

Here's the email we just sent out to the network:

Dear Network Member,

Last week, former Lt. Governor Gail Schoettler wrote you about www.ProgressNowAction.org - an exciting new website to help get your voice heard on important issues. Now you have a chance to use this new site for the first time to speak out for Referenda C & D.

On Wednesday October 19th, Coloradans across the state will gather together at house parties and write letters to voters in support of C & D.

In just one night, working together, our small groups will have a big impact for C & D. Together, we can write thousands - perhaps even tens of thousands - of letters to Colorado voters. And we can have a great night with our friends!

Will you host a house party? It's easy, just click here and follow the simple instructions.

Colorado is our state. Its future is in our hands. Will you take just one night to make that future a better one for all of us? If we have 100 house parties, with 10 people at each party, and each of us writes just 10 short letters, we can contact 10,000 people who might not otherwise vote. That could be enough to push C & D over the top, and it will show clearly what we can all accomplish when we work together.

If you have any questions about hosting or attending a house party, please call us at 303-991-1900 or email maria@progressnowaction.org. We're here to help!

Thank you for standing with us to support Referenda C & D, and have a great house party on October 19th!

Sincerely,
Maria Handley
Outreach Director

P.S. If you can't host or attend a house party, you can still write letters at any time. Click here and follow the instructions for downloading voter names and addresses. And don't delay - it's important to get letters out to voters as quickly as possible.

This is going to be a lot of fun and we can have a big impact for C&D. Host your own house party!

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What am I not getting about Harriet Miers?

By Bobby - Oct 4th, 2005 at 11:19 am EDT

For the life of me, I can't figure out why any progressive/liberal/Democrat would be anything but unhappy about Harriet Miers. She is a "fundamentalist Christian" whose views are "identical to the President on important social issues." She lobbied the ABA to change it's position from pro-choice to pro-life.

I can understand why Harry Reid would be happy. Senator Reid, after all, is a devout Mormon and is pro-life and no friend of gay and lesbian Americans. But what basis does any progressive have be anything but very, very unhappy about this nomination? If anyone knows, please share with the rest of the class.

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ProgressNow Exclusive: Holtzman investigating campaign finance irregularities by Beauprez?

By Bobby - Sep 30th, 2005 at 9:08 pm EDT

We just received this tip from a ProgressNow Action network member. Here's the text of the email that was forwarded to us:

From: Marc Holtzman [mailto:marcholtzman@marc2006.com]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 1:03 PM
To: Marc Holtzman
Subject: I Need Your Help Immediately!
Importance: High

You may have received within in the last few days an email solicitation from Congressman Bob Beauprez, my opponent in the race for Governor of Colorado.
If you received this request for funds from Congressman Beauprez and have not previously been a donor to the Congressman's campaigns, or if you have noticed other unusual e-mail activity, I would appreciate very much if you would do the following immediately:

1. Let me know the date and time that you received the solicitation.

2. Forward me a copy of the email if you still have it.

With my friendship and deep appreciation.

marc

If anyone has any additional information on what Holtzman thinks he's uncovered, please add a comment to this post or just send an email to info@progressnowaction.org.

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Progress TV needs your help for Yes on C&D.

By Jen Caltrider - Sep 27th, 2005 at 5:07 pm EDT

Also listed in: Cortez Progress | La Plata County | GLBT Progressives | Pagosa Springs Progress | COSprings Progress

Hello out there.
Progress TV producer Jen Caltrider here.
I need your help.

I have a brand new video camera, ready to be put to use helping progressives here in Colorado get their message heard.
The first project I want to tackle is Yes on C&D.

I am putting together a short video that illustrates why a Yes vote is needed on C&D here in Colorado and I'm looking for examples that illustrate the need for Referenda C&D.

Whether is it a crumbling bridge or school or road in your area, or long DMV lines, or something that visually illustrates why we need C&D for higher education and our fire and police pension funds--I need images that will move people, images that will help them understand why Yes on C&D is so important.

This is where you all come in. I can't find these images all by myself.

So, all across the state, from Craig to La Junta, Grand Junction to Fort Collins, I'm asking you to tell me where to find these visuals. Email me your ideas and suggestions so I can get this video together to use in the final push of the Yes on C&D campaign.

Send you ideas to jen@progressnowaction.org .

Thanks so much for your help.

Will your suggestion become part of the video? Tune into ProgressTV in a couple of weeks to find out.

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