http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/group_rss/CorporateAccountability Colorado Citizens keeping big business accountable In my job working for grocery workers, i sometimes hear that unions are a thing of the past. "We now have laws to take care of things like safety, and child labor," i am told. An ABC News investigation reveals today that our child labor laws in particular haven't been so effective:  ...an ABC News investigation found children, including one as young as five-years-old, working in its fields. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/young-children-working-blueberry-fields-walmart-severs-ties/story?id=8951044 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZRd http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZRd/commentary#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:18:00 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZRd Richard Myers http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/d7a21bd1f5de483e15_fkshmvxwd.jpg Richard Myers 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZRd/ Colorado grocery workers are fighting against concessions. The grocery chains are pleading hardship, claiming that the recession has hurt profitability. Yet Kroger, King Soopers' parent corporation, saw profits rise 12.7 percent in the first quarter. http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/03/09/daily16.html The grocery chains have repeatedly trumpeted the recession as a reason to cut labor costs. One of the significant questions during these negotiations: Why are the grocery chains spending hundreds of millions on their stores, but setting aside next to nothing for their workers? An Aurora King Soopers is remodeled with a storefront that, according to the store manager, "will be visible from I-225." August 2009 What do the experts say about the financial status of the grocery chains? While admitting the current quarter is challenging, Credit Suisse analyst Edward J. Kelly is "positive on supermarkets," predicting improved fundamentals next year. He believes that Kroger "is the best company in the sector, given its focus on value." Kelly rates Kroger and Safeway stocks as "Outperform," adding that Safeway "has the right strategy for the long-term and generates cash." http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZSS http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZSS/commentary#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:30:53 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZSS Richard Myers http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/d7a21bd1f5de483e15_fkshmvxwd.jpg Richard Myers 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZSS/ In 1996, King Soopers and Safeway had a secret agreement. When King Soopers workers voted to strike, Safeway locked out thousands of Safeway workers.   Safeway workers did not vote to strike, or even to reject a proposed agreement -- they weren't given the chance. They suddenly found themselves out of a job, on the street, forced by their employer into a strike situation .   During current contract talks between the grocery workers' union and grocery chains, the threat of a lockout once again looms.   http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZxz http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZxz/commentary#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 20:47:25 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZxz Richard Myers http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/d7a21bd1f5de483e15_fkshmvxwd.jpg Richard Myers 1 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZxz/ Easter Sunday is a day to celebrate life and reconnect with our families. I hope you have a wonderful holiday. If you have just a couple of extra minutes today, there is something important you can do to support the fight for better health care in Colorado--it could be just the thing to impress people with at the dinner table later, too. A very important bill has been making its way through the state legislature and faces a critical vote right after Easter. I'm not sure if you knew this, but right now, doctors aren't required to be practicing or even licensed in Colorado when they deny insurance claims. That's just ridiculous. Senate Bill 61 would change that. Senate Bill 61 will ensure that doctors who review insurance claims or make decisions to approve or deny claims must be licensed to practice medicine in the state of Colorado, and they must also be qualified in the same or similar specialty as the treating physician they are reviewing. If this seems like a no-brainer to you, that's because it should be. But the insurance industry is lobbying hard to prevent this bill from passing and key representatives (listed below) need to hear from you. Please take a minute right now--yes, right now!--and call or email: tell these legislators to vote YES on Senate Bill 61. We want people to leave voice messages and send emails, so it doesn't matter if it's Sunday! The vote is on Monday, that's tomorrow. Rep. Jeanne Labuda Phone: (303)866-2966 E-mail: jeanne.labuda.house@state.co.us Rep. Beth McCann Phone: (303)866-2959 Email: beth.mccann.house@state.co.us Rep. Wes McKinley Phone: (303)866-2398 E-mail: wes.mckinley.house@state.co.us Rep. Joe Rice Phone: (303)866-2953 E-mail: joe.rice.house@state.co.us Rep. Jim Riesberg Phone: (303)866-2929 E-mail: jim.riesberg.house@state.co.us Rep. Sue Schafer Phone: (303)866-5522 E-mail: sue.schafer.house@state.co.us Thanks for taking a couple quick minutes out of your busy holiday to stand up for what's right. And tell everybody you visit with today what you did to protect their health care! Have a great Easter. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/CZxg http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/CZxg/commentary#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:30:53 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/CZxg Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZxg/ The American Ambassador to Iraq and the Iraqi Foreign Minister have signed an agreement requiring US Forces to leave Iraq. No, this isn't another predictive "dream" story of the pending Obama Administration; the Bushies did (or, allowed) this. So much for all of the GOP talking points and faux news air-time devoted to "...no arbitrary deadlines." The current news sound-bites are full of controversy and contradiction from inside Iraq. But, the American conservatives are being surprisingly quiet. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CQzp http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CQzp/commentary#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:47:59 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CQzp Ralph T http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 214 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQzp/ This was not the one-word headline I expected to see in this morning's Foreign Policy magazine Morning Brief email.  Similarly, the Financial Times brought gloomy articles confirming the depth of the current fiscal decline.   "Falling by more than 20 percent over seven straight trading days, the U.S. stock market's recent performance now meets the standard definition of a crash."  - FP Morning Brief, 10 October 2008   this is the first attention grabbing fact from FP.  Realistically a seven point consecutively repeated 20% downward trend line is what I've always called a "death-slide."    It's a very effective way to get the attention of executive decision-makers and mid-level managers.  I've seen motivation and attention to detail factors show a marked increase.   "Investors have lost an estimated $8.4 trillion dollars so far this year, with the Dow Jones industrial average sinking another 678 points or 7.3 percent Thursday."  - FP Morning Brief, 10 October 2008  My proposal is to add this figure to the existing National Debt burden enacted by the current occupant of the White House.  In addition to being a condemning legacy of this presidency, it should be a lesson in who, and how, to elect the next president.   Personally, I'm watching the value of my supposedly solid Federal employee Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account in a similar decline.  Holding a large percentage of my shares in a Standard & Poors 500 fund isn’t such a happy place at the moment. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZBF http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZBF/commentary#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:22:20 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZBF Ralph T http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 1 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZBF/ Johne at SquareState has blogged about how deceptive and injurious this amendment would be to Colorado's working people.   http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZBj http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZBj/commentary#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:03:05 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CZBj Richard Myers http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/d7a21bd1f5de483e15_fkshmvxwd.jpg Richard Myers 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZBj/ I was listening to yesterday's news about the current occupant of the White House on his farewell tour of Europe. This phrase was used by the reporter in the form of, "The last visit to Europe by President Bush." I realized that this is a very positive development. I'm looking for more "lasts" of anything and everything for the coWH. The case against the mis-administration regarding Iran is particularly damaging. It's clear that since entering office that the coWH has acted against the best interests of the United States on relations and policies towards Iran; the jumbled focus of his European tour sound bite script. Rather than advancing the best interests of the US, the current mis-administration has consistently played to the advantage of Ahmadi-Nejad and the ruling Iranian radicals. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cqm7 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cqm7/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:16:11 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cqm7 Ralph T http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 1 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqm7/ Admittedly, there is a certain personality type that thrives on anonimity and obscurity. I would hope that someone active on ProgressNow would not be part of that group. So it continues to perplex me when I see piles of "User from, ????" as the name on so many member profiles and blog comments. All of the Groups seem to be over-run with legions of people named "User from, ????" (Oh, and Bobby and Michael and Alan and John K are always there too.) Can it really be that hard to create a pen-name - nickname - logon name, etc? Consider that I'm so non-creative that I just use my real first name and last initial. I'm not even fun enough to be neon, or something colorful like that. Point is folks, put a little effort and fun into this. I know your parents and grandparents didn't want to you to be known as "User from." http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cq3f http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cq3f/commentary#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:47:13 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cq3f Ralph T http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq3f/ Colorado's 4th Congressional District representative Marilyn "Miracle Make-over" Musgrave is moving into high-risk territory this Sunday, July 15th. At 6:00 PM she'll be one of the Newsmaker guests on "Your Show" produced by 9News and broadcast on Channel 20 (Channel 9 - lite). There are a couple of possibilities: 1) That MM's supporters, special interest contributors and staff handlers have been banking up a massive number of soft-touch question submissions for this show, or 2) She has made MASSIVE miscalculation by agreeing to this appearance, and we have a unique chance to deliver a lesson in reality to MM. Folks it's time to stand-up, brush off those stacks of Marilyn Makes Me Mad press clippings and put MM back in your cross-hairs (OK, make her your target for Progressive indignation for all of the non-hunters/vets). This is just too easy to pass up. Here's the link to the webpage Link A short down scroll reveals the "Your Turn" boxes. Either one will activate a pop-up from your email to send your question to 9News. Don't miss out on the chance to vote in their poll on the Iraq War. The "pull-out" position is currently leading against the current occupant and the Senate Republicans. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cqc3 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cqc3/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:50:00 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cqc3 Ralph T http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 2 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqc3/ Either the decision-makers at CBS News have totally lost their nerve following the Don Imus scandal; or Karl Rove's bag of tricks includes a direct line to Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS Corporation and Sean McManus, President of CBS News. Remember when shock-jock Don Imus used racist and misogynistic terms to refer to a women's college basketball team? Well, it took CBS two weeks to fire him for that, but it only took them TWO DAYS to fire a respected General who had served with distinction in Iraq for speaking out against the current occupant of the White House. General (Retired) John Batiste is one of the deeply courageous few who have joined General (Retired) Wes Clark and VoteVets.Org in speaking the truth about how this nation is being destroyed by the war in Iraq. CBS shouldn't be censoring or firing people for speaking their mind. A petition urging CBS to re-hire General Batiste is under-way. Reversing the reprisal and intimidation of the original "firing" of General Batiste is a minimal step: I want to see a full-fledged apology -- on the air! Do what you can to support a distinguished soldier restore some of his honor and reputation. Link There's more information on the firing on that page, too. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cqhx http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cqhx/commentary#comments Mon, 21 May 2007 23:27:48 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/Cqhx Ralph T http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqhx/ We had a little fun with 'Foxy' the fox today... NO, not That Kind of Fun! We heard that Frontier was doing a Campaign Interview style promo for the 'Foxy' Frontier's Favorite Animal at the Civic Center today across from the City Hall. So we thought this would be great test of our Concept of Instant Vigils. We flew downtown and did a 'one indian' to their 'circle the wagons' maneuver. The media types applauded my arrival but grumbled later when they had trouble getting a shot without our signs in the background. Our sign on one side said. Call Foxy and tell her to Stop the Iraq War and impeach Bush and on the other side Call Foxy and say Stop the War and impeach Bush. Amazing the amount of eyeballs these signs got. It was Fun... you all shoulda been there. Maybe next time, eh! Join Us. Impeachment can be fun. John WeeklyVigilsToImpeach.Us Link ProgressNowAction Member Link http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/C2vS http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/C2vS/commentary#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:14:58 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/C2vS John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/12e758207391a9b236_ggimv2s5d.gif John H Kennedy 2 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2vS/ Ever sat down and listened to a filibuster? Sometimes it's interesting, sometimes it's a bunch of petulant Republicans overly enamored with the sound of their own voice. Like today, reports Colorado Confidential : A bill that seeks to make it easier for labor unions to obtain job shops, places where newly hired workers are required to join a union where a union election has been won, is being debated at this moment in the Senate chambers, with Republican lawmakers looking to attach amendments to the measure. Sort of. What they're really looking to do is waste everyone's time with speech after inarticulate speech about how they hate unions. Rumor is they'll go all night if they have to. Here's the deal: this bill does nothing to "hurt business." All it will do when passed is preserve the integrity of union representation in a shop after the employees vote to join one. This bill is the same bill that has been introduced every session for years now. There's nothing radical about it. Only difference? There's a governor who may actually sign it this time, and Republicans have very little to talk about right now. So little, incremental issues become giant freakouts that allow them to keep talking. Cheers to our longsuffering progressive legislators, who have more patience than I would have in this situation. I would be the guy loudly ordering take-out on my cell and screwing with their microphone to produce ear-splitting feedback, remembering Ludlow all the while. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2tC http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2tC/commentary#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:38:18 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2tC Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 1 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2tC/ Now that the ballot initiatives for this November are being sorted out, we've been working hard to update our 2006 Direct Democracy Center with the latest information. In the next few days we'll be rolling out an enhanced site, including full information and organizing portals on the judicial term limits and 65% "education solution" initiatives -- in addition to the existing portals on domestic partnerships, minimum wage, and lobbying reform. Also, several GOTV and election monitoring organizations have contacted us about including portal pages for their efforts. They'll be online shortly as well as part of the Direct Democracy Center. Watch your email, we'll announce our rollout of these important new resources soon. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2CK http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2CK/commentary#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:27:06 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2CK Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2CK/ Four ballot issues will play a major role in shaping the outcome of this November's election in Colorado: minimum wage, lobbying reform, domestic partnerships, and reproductive choice. It is more important than ever for progressives to be informed on the ballot issues so that we can counter the efforts of the far right to use them against us. Join us next week in Grand Junction at a special meeting with representatives from the lobbying reform, domestic partnerships, minimum wage, and reproductive choice initiative groups. You can learn first-hand the facts about four initiatives that could help determine the outcome of the election. You'll also learn more about how ProgressNowAction members can get involved in the ballot issue campaigns. Time: Tuesday, August 15 at 6:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Host: Maria Handley Location: Garfields Restaurant and Pub 2148 Broadway Grand Junction, CO 81503 Click here to rsvp: Link We look forward to seeing you a week from Tuesday. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2xm http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2xm/commentary#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:27:25 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2xm Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2xm/ Just sent to our network: Dear ProgressNowAction Network Member, I'd like to extend a personal invitation for you to join me on August 15th to support Colorado's minimum wage workers. A minimum wage worker in Colorado earns just $5.15 per hour, the same as the federal minimum wage rate. Working full time, that's just under $11,000 annually -- not even enough to lift a single parent with one child out of poverty. In a nation of our wealth, it's just wrong for any American to work full-time and still live in poverty. It's a crisis situation for workers who've been stuck at the same rate for the last decade, but the Bush Administration and conservatives in Congress continue to turn their backs on working families. That's why a group of Coloradans is placing an initiative on the November ballot that will increase Colorado's minimum wage to $6.85 per hour. As a member of Colorado's largest network of progressives, you have the power to help pass that ballot initiative and to make a difference in the lives of Colorado's working families. On August 15th at 6:00 PM, ProgressNowAction network members will gather together in house parties all across the state to write letters to other Colorado voters in support of the minimum wage increase. I am honored to join the house party attendees at 6:30 PM for a conference call to talk about this critical ballot issue and how we can make sure it passes. Click on the following link for details and to organize or attend a house party on the 15th: Link I'm excited to be part of this important effort, and I want to thank ProgressNowAction and their coalition partner, the Colorado Progressive Coalition, for organizing it. I look forward to joining you all on August 15th! Sincerely, Senator John Edwards http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2xQ http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2xQ/commentary#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:07:48 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2xQ Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 1 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2xQ/ Four ballot issues will play a major role in shaping the outcome of this November's election in Colorado: minimum wage, lobbying reform, domestic partnerships, and reproductive choice. It is more important than ever for progressives to be informed on the ballot issues so that we can counter the efforts of the far right to use them against us. Join us next week in Colorado Springs at a special meeting with representatives from the lobbying reform, domestic partnerships, minimum wage, and reproductive choice initiative groups. You can learn first-hand the facts about four initiatives that could help determine the outcome of the election. You'll also learn more about how ProgressNowAction members can get involved in the ballot issue campaigns. Time: Thursday, August 10 at 6:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Host: Maria Handley Location: Penrose Public Library (Colorado Springs, CO) 20 N. Cascade St. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Click here to rsvp: Link Please also forward this email to your friends and neighbors and invite them as well. We look forward to seeing you a week from Thursday. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2xJ http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2xJ/commentary#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:53:59 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2xJ Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2xJ/ Four ballot issues will play a major role in shaping the outcome of this November's election in Colorado: minimum wage, lobbying reform, domestic partnerships, and reproductive choice. It is more important than ever for progressives to be informed on the ballot issues so that we can counter the efforts of the far right to use them against us. Join us for a series of special meetings with representatives from the lobbying reform, domestic partnerships, minimum wage, and reproductive choice initiative groups. You can learn first-hand the facts about four initiatives that could help determine the outcome of the election. You'll also learn more about how ProgressNowAction members can get involved in the ballot issue campaigns. Time: Wednesday, July 26 at 6:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Host: Bobby Clark Location: Harmony Library (Fort Collins, CO) 4616 South Shields Fort Collins, CO 80526 Time: Thursday, August 3 at 6:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Host: Maria Handley Location: Pueblo Main Library (Pueblo, CO) 100 E. Abriendo Pueblo, CO 81004 To RSVP for the Fort Collins event, click here . To RSVP for the Pueblo event, click here . We look forward to seeing you! http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2V7 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2V7/commentary#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:15:47 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2V7 Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2V7/ Gays: check. Women: check. Mexicans: check. Working people: Bid to increase minimum wage nixed The Republican-controlled Senate refused Wednesday to raise the minimum wage, rejecting an election-year proposal from Democrats for the first increase in nearly a decade. The vote was 52-46, eight short of the 60 needed. "I don't think the Republicans get it," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, who backed a proposal for a three-step increase in the current wage floor to $7.25 an hour... http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2GN http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2GN/commentary#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:25:54 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2GN Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2GN/ If you take at look at ProgressNowAction's new Direct Democracy Center , you'll see there's a blog feed for each of the four major initiatives we're following this season. Here's the cool part: the content of those blogs is populated by our bloggers here on the main site: this means you. Blogging at ProgressNowAction is as easy as MyProgress , where you can easily set up a free account if you haven't already. Once you're there, it's just as easy to help us keep the content of the Direct Democracy Center up to date. Each DDC blog is a "group blog" feed from ProgressNowAction. All you need to do is join one of these four key groups (subject to addition as other initiatives gain importance): CO-Equality: Domestic Partnerships Portal Broom Brigade: Ethics in Government Portal Corporate Accountability: Minimum Wage Portal Women's Network: Reproductive Choice Portal When you're posting a blog from your MyProgress page , there will be a checkbox for these and other groups you've joined. Click the appropriate boxes and your blog will appear on the related feed in the Direct Democracy Center. That's it! We're getting a substantial amount of traffic to these pages already, so make sure your stuff is there for the people to see. And thanks again for all your contributions. Keep 'em coming. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2Gg http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2Gg/commentary#comments Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:18:09 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/al/C2Gg Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2Gg/