How would you spend money if you were the governor of Colorado?

If creating a budget involves making choices, then it should follow that the choices made in that budget should bene t everyone involved. A budget with expenditures made for the entire state of Colorado ought to bene t all citizens of our state if not directly, then at least indirectly.

It should be remembered that conservatives are not against government expenditures per se. What we are against are waste and poorly considered spending.

If I were the governor of Colorado, I would submit a budget with these two large expenditures for approval by our legislature to bene t all citizens of Colorado.

1. A second medical school. e CU-Anschutz Medical Center ac-

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complishes a great deal for our state. In my opinion, a second allelopathic medical school is needed to serve our expanding population. at proposed medical school should have clinics spread out around the state to serve our rural residents in their own communities. Done properly, this school would complement CU-Anschutz. A second medical school would bring employment opportunities with good-paying jobs directly wherever its main campus would be located as well as to the satellite

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DONNA REARDON Marketing Consultant dreardon@coloradocommunitymedia.com campuses within our state’s rural areas. Additional jobs would be created through a multiplier e ect as a result of the jobs created directly by the proposed medical school.

Construction of such a school could be nanced through bonds and ultimately if this school is planned correctly, it would add revenue to the state budget rather than subtract revenue. Finally, it should be noted that other states than Colorado support two publicly funded medical schools.

2. Strengthen the power grid. Our basic ability to function in today’s society is regulated by the power grid that supplies electricity around our state. Imagine all of the conveniences that we enjoy in life from the internet to HVAC including running

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RUTH DANIELS Classified Sales rdaniels@coloradocommunitymedia.com water. Now imagine them gone. at is what would happen if the power grid were to fail whether through sabotage or by an accident of nature like a solar are. Everyone in our state has a stake in the power grid continuing to function. e activist told me that the situation in Colorado would be worse than that of the show “Jericho.” e premise behind “Jericho” was life in the United States after a post-nuclear attack. at illustration should

When I had the consequences described to me by an activist, I asked what things would be like if the power grid failed. I used the TV show “Jericho” which ran from 200608 as a benchmark.

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