Jesse Paul / Colorado Sun
When she was a brand-new legislator besieged by lobbyists at the entrance to the Senate floor, state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger felt a tap on the shoulder from a man telling her she was late for her next committee. She rushed to the elevator, and the man accompanied her all the way to the committee room, securing several minutes of one-on-one time to make the case for his client’s bill.
When Zenzinger pushed open the door to the committee hearing room, there was no one else there. The meeting wasn’t even close to starting.
Now that Zenzinger serves as chair of the Senate Education Committee, education lobbyists don’t have to use creative tactics to get her attention. She meets weekly with key players ranging from the Colorado Education Association to Democrats for Education Reform to go over upcoming bills and hear their concerns.
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Even without knowing any specifics of an expected bond measure to finance construction of a new Grand Junction High School, we can safely conclude at least one thing.
Past failures to pass bond measures have challenged Mesa County Valley School District 51 to be more strategic than ever and present a plan that pinches every last penny. Whatever the school board proposes in the way of a property tax hike, itâs likely to be reasonable.
It will have to be to have any chance of passing.
The school board and a committee pushing passage of 2019âs failed measure didnât go a great job of showing the community a finished product or breaking down $179.5 million in project costs spread across four high schools.