FTS Weekend Edition, 4/11/09

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This week on the FTS Weekend Edition: Tax incentives for a "beer triangle" in Fort Collins? Voters say "no" to corporate welfare in Colorado Springs, the 2010 statewide election takes shape (and Walker Stapleton announces for treasurer), and a grassroots effort forms to shake up the composition of Colorado's supreme court.

  • Segment 1 - Corporate welfare for Fort Collins breweries?
    FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin review some stories you may have missed this week, including a proposal for big government assistance toward creating a "beer triangle" in Fort Collins. Plus, freshman U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey fortifies her campaign coffers to defend her seat in 2010.
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  • Segment 2 - 2010 election begins to take shape
    FTS staff writer Rachel Boxer has the latest on the 2010 statewide election, including announced candidates for Treasurer, Secretary of State and Attorney General. But who will run for Governor? Former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis and Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry are odds-on favories, but neither has formally thrown his hat in the ring.
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  • Segment 3 - Sean Paige on this week's election in Colorado Springs
    FTS visits with Sean Paige, former editorial page editor at the Colorado Springs Gazette about this week's municipal elections. After successfully fighting off an effort to repeal the city's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, his coalition worked toward the defeat of Issue 1A, which would have extended property taxes to dole out corporate welfare "incentives."
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  • Segment 4 - GOP treasurer candidate Walker Stapleton
    FTS managing editor Brad Jones interviews Walker Stapleton, who announced this week he will seek the Republican nomination for treasurer in 2010.
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  • Segment 5 - Time for a shakeup at the state Supreme Court?
    Denver activist Matt Arnold has formed an effort called "Clear The Bench Colorado" to advocate the ouster of four supreme court justices at next year's general election. What has taxpayer advocates and business leaders so angry as to prompt such a shakeup? This is a condensed version of a longer, more in-depth interview on this topic; listen to the full interview here.
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