"Emergency" Laws
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08/09/2010	New Colo. laws: Beer rules relaxed at State Fair, added political correctness
The new laws are going into effect 90 days after the end of the session because of a state law that allows voters to challenge any measure not vital to the "health, safety and welfare" of the state. Under that provision, if a bill is challenged, the new law is put on hold until after an election can be held. It was a pet project for former state Rep. Douglas Bruce, who railed against almost every bill that contained that provision.
03/08/2009	False emergencies abound
My press conference on my second day there exposed that corrupt conspiracy against our constitutional right to petition. Now you know why we have had no elections to repeal any legislative acts since 1932, when voters petitioned and rejected a new tax.
03/16/2008	Rebuttal to 3/15 Herpin Letter in GT
(Herpin`s letter follows rebuttal) My opposition slams me for refusing to vote for a lie, even a Republican-sponsored one. They say it is more important to get along, to vote the party line, to honor Tradition over Truth, and prefer pleasantries over principles. Get this straight. I will never sell out.
02/15/2008	The joke`s on Bruce (1st article)
Gardner said he meant to send a message that if the wide-ranging bill was so important, it should have been enacted quickly to preserve the public safety. Bruce called it a “political prank.”
01/16/2008	VENERABLE ‘SAFETY CLAUSE’ AN EARLY BRUCE TARGET
The safety clause was created shortly after that, attached to literally every bill for about 60 years and used on 67 percent of bills from 1995 to 2005. Bruce called the provision an unconstitutional attempt to subvert petition rights and said it is unnecessary on all bills except those involving fiscal appropriations and true emergencies.
01/16/2008	Bruce rips legislation`s "safety clause."
At a news conference Tuesday, Bruce, wearing a "Vote No" pin on his lapel, said he would vote against every bill with a safety clause attached where an emergency is not justified.
01/15/2008	General Assembly Letter
Rep. Douglas Bruce wrote this letter to his colleagues asking them to help him correct a 75-year legislative abuse. The general assembly declares nearly all new laws to be "emergencies" so that, under a legal technicality, citizens cannot petition to reject those new laws. Since 1910, citizens have had a constitutional right (on paper, anyway) to petition to do so, but no such petition has made the ballot for 75 years, mostly because of this routine falsehood appearing at the end of legislative bills.