Category Archives: Video-meetings

What Do Your Recyclables Become?

The Chaffee County League of Women Voters invited the public to come learn about what REALLY happens to our recycled materials from Angel of Shavano Recycling on March 12, 2018  from  Noon – 1:00 pm at the Sangre De Cristo meeting room in Buena Vista, CO.

WE’RE AT A CRITICAL TURNING POINT: Climate change. Plastics in our oceans. Toxic chemicals in our food and water. We can choose a different future. We can start by eliminating the very concept of waste. The league would like to thank Mickey Barry of Angel of Shavano Recycling for his time and wealth of knowledge. Watch the meeting video here:

Links to learn more:

What Do Your Recyclables Become?

Looking for recycling and composting guidelines?


POLITICAL PARTY CAUCUSES & PRIMARY ELECTIONS 101

On January 8th, 2018 the League of Women Voters of Chaffee County, Colorado hosted an informational presentation on Political Party Caucuses and Primary Elections 101. Guest speaker was Chaffee County Clerk, Lori Mitchell.
An overview of Party Caucuses and New Rules regulating CO Primary Elections including Unaffiliated Voters Participation was discussed. View the Video:

 

America’s Federal Public Lands Face Big Challenges

On December 11 at Noon at the United Methodist Church in Salida at 228 E. 4th St. Sue Greiner and Kathy McCoy representing Arkansas Valley Women United presented on America’s Public Lands.

Since well over 80% of Chaffee County is public land of some kind, you might want to learn more about the challenges surrounding these lands.

In the past year, the current Congress and the Department of Interior have aggressively pursued numerous initiatives that threaten to diminish our federal public lands–reducing national monuments, gutting the Antiquities Act, cutting agency budgets, weakening resource extraction regulations, and proposing to divest our Federal Public Lands to the individual states. Sue Greiner and Kathy McCoy, as a project of the Arkansas Valley Women United, will discuss the Bears Ears National Monument review, as well as these other concerns and their implications for Chaffee County, Colorado and the West.

Public Lands Slide Show

KeepPublicLandsPublic

Sue Greiner has co-owned Wilderness Aware Rafting in Buena Vista for 32 years. She has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and a B.A. in Sustainability Studies. Sue piloted a community solar project in Buena Vista and is on the board of Friends of Browns Canyon. She is an avid hiker, loves to travel, and is passionate about protecting our public lands.

Kathy McCoy taught graphic design for 32 years. She has applied her design skills and experiences to local organizations like GARNA, USFS, Town of BV and volunteers for Friends of Four Mile, the Stage & Rail Trail, and various land use initiatives. She chaired a focus group in the Chaffee County Land Use Roundtable and the Citizens Code Committee.

 

Money in Politics

Money in Politics: What it is and What Can Be Done About It.
The public was invited to attend this informational presentation on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 at Sangre de Cristo Community Room in Buena Vista, Colorado from 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Rionda Osman, from LWV of Boulder County’s Campaign Finance Reform Team, spoke about money in politics at the national, state and local levels, including ways we can advocate for improvements in election financing.

Money in Politics Action Kit

Printable slides from the Money in Politics Presentation below

MONEY IN POLITICS – DRINKS & DIALOGUE

On Thursday, Nov. 16th, 2017 from 5:30 – 7:30 at the Branding Iron in BV featured speaker, Caroline Fry, the Advocacy & Media Manager with Colorado Common Cause discussed with an audience of about 40 people how money affects state and local races. She shared hands-on strategies to use to track money in Colorado politics. The audience enjoyed complimentary appetizers and a cash bar. Below are the slides from the presentation.

Money in Colorado Politics Common Cause Slideshow

Caroline recommend a few things that you may find interesting:

The Secretary of State’s TRACER website: http://tracer.sos.colorado.gov/PublicSite/homepage.aspx

This is where you can see every dollar coming in and out of every committee that is raising and spending money in Colorado elections. I am hoping to record and release a short video explaining how the public can use the website to “follow the money” during the 2018 elections. For now, you can watch the Secretary of State’s training videos on their website (pay specific attention to 7) search contributions & 8) search expenditures):  http://tracer.sos.colorado.gov/PublicSite/WebTraining.aspx

Colorado Common Cause email list:
www.commoncause.org/sign-up.html

Folks who sign up will hear about what we’re working on throughout the year, including action alerts, special events, and Common Cause news.

Colorado Action Committee:
co.commoncause.org/action   

This is a sign-up list for Common Cause activists who want to do more than just receive occasional emails from us. I personally email this list bi-weekly with updates about how they can get plugged into our work. For example, there’s a net neutrality rally that we’re planning in December 9th, and some of my action committee members are helping us with the planning.

Additionally, folks can follow Common Cause on Facebook and Twitter.

 

Drinks & Dialogue


Director Jason Grant Smith to Participate in the Screening of his Film, I Voted? at the League of Women Voter’s Drinks and Dialogue Event at the Boathouse in Salida, on October 26th from 5:30-7:30 pm.

How do you know if your vote was counted? How do you know if the electronic voting systems that are increasingly used by states are accurate? I Voted? is a film which was featured at the Tribeca film festival this past year that investigates these concerns. Produced by Katie Couric and directed by Jason Grant Smith, the film takes a close look at some of the serious security problems with electronic voting.

Come to this League of Women Voters Drinks and Dialogue event on October 26th, at the Boathouse, 228 North F Street, Salida to see the film and have a post film discussion. Jason Grant Smith, the director, will participate remotely to answer questions and make comments about the film. Lori Mitchell, County Clerk will also be available to answer questions about the Colorado approach to issues of voter security. Buy a drink, enjoy some appetizers provided by the League and join us for this enjoyable and thought-provoking evening.

14th ANNUAL PICNIC GREAT SUCCESS

Jim Wilson - HD60

Forty members and guests enjoyed the LWVCC annual picnic. Representative Jim Wilson gave an update on the legislation he worked on last year and what he will introduce this year.  Kerry Donavan was unable to attend, because of a state committee meeting. She did send a her regrets and a summary of her bills.  Thank you, Scott Hartman and Mary Helen Dunn for getting and preparing the pulled-pork and doing the set-up and take down.  Karen Dils, Jan Scar, Rose Mirich, Marjie Gray and Bob Gray also helped and many other pitched in to help clean up.  LWV members brought delicious side dishes to share.  Marjie presented a power point showing what the LWVUS and LWVCO have been actively doing while we all enjoyed our summer. We welcome two new members from Salida: Nancy Kirkwood  and Judy Bol.

Let’s Talk Transportation

On March 13, 2017 11:30 am – 1:00 pm The LWVCC hosted a community event on Chaffee County Transportation Issues now and in the future. The public was invited.

Let’s Talk: the Chaffee County Commissioners

On Monday, February 13th the Chaffee County, Colorado Commissioners Dave Potts, Keith Baker, and Greg Felt spoke about current and future issues facing our county. They also answered questions from the audience. The public was invited. The League of Women Voters of Chaffee County invites you to view the video below.

Let’s Talk Housing – Nov. 2016

On November 14, 2016 the League of Women Voters of Chaffee County hosted a Community Event. The public was invited to discuss housing concerns in Chaffee County. The Guest Speaker was Marjo Curgus. It was held at the  United Methodist Church in Salida, CO. Below is the video of the presentation.

Link to Marjo Curgus presentation

General Toolkits

http://hermes.cde.state.co.us/drupal/islandora/object/co%3A3259/datastream/OBJ/download/Afford able_housing_a_guide_for_local_officials.pdf

http://kresge.org/sites/default/files/Preserving-affordable-housing-policy-tools-April-2015.pdf

Case Studies

Santa Fe, NM Tierra Contenta Corporation:
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/86/wordact.html

Jackson Hole, WY challenges in the housing sector – Jackson Hole News and Guide

Aspen has been dealing with affordable housing issues for 40 years – learn about its history here – Aspen Journalism

Housing affordability in the Roaring Fork Valley – Post Independent

Affordable housing and public lands here in the Gunnison Valley – High Country News

 Running a Marijuana Business

Are you wondering what are the legal and business issues confronting marijuana businesses? The League of Women Voters Chaffee County hosted a public meeting March 21, Noon-1:00 to learn about these topics. Kat McQuillan who operates the Tenderfoot Health Collective, which sells both medical and recreational marijuana and hemp products was the speaker. She opened this Salida business in 2009. The meeting was held in the United Methodist Church, 228 E. 4th St. Salida.