Grassroots Democracy

May 22, 2015

Expansion of Cottage Foods law passes!

Win on “Pickle Law” tops WCC’s 2015 legislative scorecard by Rachel Zatterstrom, WCC Organizer While the 2015 state legislative session, which ended on May 6, was […]
April 27, 2015

Protect Colorado’s Initiative Process

House Bill 15-1057 is an obvious scheme to weaken the power of everyday citizens to put initiatives on the ballot. Since 1910, the people of Colorado […]
April 14, 2015

Urge your State Rep to support Cottage Foods bill!

WCC’s Cottage Foods Expansion bill (House Bill 15-1102) passed its second hurdle on Friday, April 10, passing out of the House Appropriations Committee with a 11-2 […]
March 30, 2015

Public land seizure bills advance in Denver

KEEP IT PUBLIC Colorado is fortunate to contain 24 million acres of national public lands, most of which are located here on the Western Slope. From […]
March 16, 2015

People’s Lobby Trip a huge success!

Cottage Foods Expansion advances; your action needed on bad public lands bill by Rachel Zatterstrom, WCC Community Organizer Each year, WCC takes a delegation of members […]
February 18, 2015

Governor’s oil and gas task force must prove its mettle

By Karen Sjoberg, printed in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Feb 15th  It’s crunch time for the governor’s task force on oil and gas. This is the […]
February 16, 2015

O&G task force failing to protect health

by Leslie Robinson, Grand Valley Citizens Alliance Because of negative experiences western Garfield County residents were encountering with oil-and-gas development, the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance (GVCA) […]
November 24, 2014

Savory kickoff for next Cottage Foods bill

by Rachel Zatterstrom, WCC Organizer WCC of Mesa County hosted a successful Harvest Supper on November 11th that featured our organizing campaign to expand the Colorado […]
May 14, 2014

Better Cottage Food Act, GMO labeling on horizon

by Rachel Zatterstrom, WCC Organizer Building on our legislative success in 2012 and 2013, WCC members are launching a campaign to make the Colorado Cottage Foods […]