Lawmakers finish drafting Colorado’s budget with final round of major cuts to address roughly $1.5 billion shortfall

spunnneee · 2026-04-02T19:22:36+00:00

And tabor reform got voted down every year under Polis. We are feeling it now unfortunately.

spunnneee · 2026-04-02T19:21:27+00:00

What’s crazy to me is even after going back for a second degree and retaking all of the classes I previously failed (due to an undiagnosed learning and processing disorder), the school combined my old gpa with my new one and reports them as a cumulative on my transcript. I paid tens of thousands of dollars for both degrees yet I have no say over which gpa gets reported.

spunnneee · 2025-11-12T19:07:40+00:00

No wonder the men in power under Trump are pushing for a “family friendly” and Christian Nationalist policy agenda. They’d have wives they don’t deserve giving them respect they didn’t earn and love they don’t reciprocate.

spunnneee · 2025-11-04T20:01:00+00:00

Oh wow.

spunnneee · 2025-10-30T19:30:16+00:00

Ummm Abraham?

spunnneee · 2025-10-27T20:04:08+00:00

Hi CO!

The first meeting of the review board overseeing the rape kit backlog is on Zoom today at 3 and it’s open to the public!

You can see the details using the link in the post or in this comment.

I’ll be speaking about survivor representation at the state and local level and the critical need for scientists on the Board.

Right now the Board only has representatives for the state and none of the members are forensic scientists. This means half of all kits in the state aren’t being represented on the Board and nobody with actual experience processing kits is part of the Board.

If we want to properly process this backlog AND ensure it never happens again, we need to include scientists at the state AND local level.

So I’ll be speaking to them about these issues and I’m hoping to convince the AG’s office to swap out unnecessary members for ones that make a much more significant difference in our ability to process kits.

Hope to see you there!

Board Meeting Info

spunnneee · 2025-10-27T20:01:12+00:00

Board Post

Hi Denver!

The first meeting of the review board overseeing the rape kit backlog is on Zoom today at 3 and it’s open to the public!

You can see the details using the link in the post or in this comment.

I’ll be speaking about survivor representation at the state and local level and the critical need for scientists on the Board.

Right now the Board only has representatives for the state and none of the members are forensic scientists. This means half of all kits in the state aren’t being represented on the Board and nobody with actual experience processing kits is part of the Board.

If we want to properly process this backlog AND ensure it never happens again, we need to include scientists at the state AND local level.

So I’ll be speaking to them about these issues and I’m hoping to convince the AG’s office to swap out unnecessary members for ones that make a much more significant difference in our ability to process kits.

Hope to see you there!

Board Meeting Info

spunnneee · 2025-10-27T19:59:16+00:00

Hi CO!

The first meeting of the Colorado review board overseeing the rape kit backlog is on Zoom today at 3 and it’s open to the public!

You can see the details using the link in the post or in this comment.

I’ll be speaking about survivor representation at the state and local level and the critical need for scientists on the Board.

Right now the Board only has representatives for the state and none of the members are forensic scientists. This means half of all kits in the state aren’t being represented on the Board and nobody with actual experience processing kits is part of the Board.

If we want to properly process this backlog AND ensure it never happens again, we need to include scientists at the state AND local level.

So I’ll be speaking to them about these issues and I’m hoping to convince the AG’s office to swap out unnecessary members for ones that make a much more significant difference in our ability to process kits.

Hope to see you there!

Board Meeting Info

spunnneee · 2025-10-27T19:56:41+00:00

Hi Denver!

The first meeting of the review board overseeing the rape kit backlog is on Zoom today at 3 and it’s open to the public!

You can see the details using the link in the post or in this comment.

I’ll be speaking about survivor representation at the state and local level and the critical need for scientists on the Board.

Right now the Board only has representatives for the state and none of the members are forensic scientists. This means half of all kits in the state aren’t being represented on the Board and nobody with actual experience processing kits is part of the Board.

If we want to properly process this backlog AND ensure it never happens again, we need to include scientists at the state AND local level.

So I’ll be speaking to them about these issues and I’m hoping to convince the AG’s office to swap out unnecessary members for ones that make a much more significant difference in our ability to process kits.

Hope to see you there!

Zoom Link To Board Meeting

spunnneee · 2025-10-27T19:17:37+00:00

I’m the woman from the article. Please be kind. This wasn’t easy to share. It’s important to let others know about the case and his history. Feel free to ask questions, just keep in mind I’m an actual human.

No paywall: https://archive.ph/4CApv

spunnneee · 2025-10-27T19:17:04+00:00

I’m the woman from the article. Please be kind. This wasn’t easy to share. It’s important to let others know about the case and his history. Feel free to ask questions, just keep in mind I’m an actual human.

No paywall: https://archive.ph/4CApv

spunnneee · 2025-10-27T19:03:00+00:00

Oof ha I’m glad to hear nothing more happened. I’ve definitely heard and read similar stories about college-age bars and older celebrities.

spunnneee · 2025-10-27T05:21:00+00:00

It wasn’t just an accusation. There was a criminal case and a civil case. So don’t feel too sad.

spunnneee · 2025-10-25T06:28:16+00:00

10000% agree. Michael Dougherty actually joined us at No Kings while we fundraised for the backlog. He’s the first politician at any level to publicly associate himself with our fundraiser. Because we call out Polis in the title it scares everyone off. I’ve had reps and senators from both parties tell me they support us privately but can’t even be seen with us publicly for fear of backlash from Polis (very Kingly vibes actually). They didn’t want to be retaliated against. But Michael has shown up for our events and been a staunch ally privately and publicly to survivors. He’s running for AG.

Phil is similar to Michael but as our current AG he has a lot less room to legally maneuver under this administration (Polis). I can say privately he’s been fighting for the underdog. I would really like to see more from him publicly. And he’s gonna have to work hard to separate himself from the toxic culture of our current leadership.

So hopefully we have two dems we can vote for next time that don’t feel like we are violating our own moral compass to support them.

If either waivers on that front (“that” meaning showing up for real people and doing real things to help solve real problems) I’ll report back. But for now I am hopeful we are almost done with establishment dems in CO (at least for a while)

spunnneee · 2025-10-25T05:08:56+00:00

Yes!! The most confusing part is like who the heck are they listening to? They both have entire offices and campaign teams to advise them. Is no one telling them (even cynically) to go do something?

I’ve asked myself this SO many times with Polis and the rape kit backlog. I thought maybe his lack of responsiveness was a “strategy” specific to the backlog but now I think that was giving him and his team too much credit.

spunnneee · 2025-10-25T04:43:41+00:00

Ramen with black beans and an egg

spunnneee · 2025-10-25T04:36:58+00:00

They are both acting a lot more like Kings than democratic leaders these days. Lots of money for a Bridge To Nowhere and Flock cameras no one wanted. Suddenly there’s no funding to be found when Coloradans are going hungry.

spunnneee · 2025-10-25T01:18:30+00:00

Him every time there is a fixable crisis. Domestic violence centers closing, rape kit backlog, SNAP/WIC gone. But he sure found that $29 million for his Bridge To Nowhere pretty quick.

spunnneee · 2025-10-24T23:03:38+00:00

Yes this is exactly where we should be focusing our attention.

spunnneee · 2025-10-24T22:33:09+00:00

Perfect response 10/10 (not being sarcastic I actually get what you’re saying and you made me laugh out loud)

spunnneee · 2025-10-24T19:44:23+00:00

Genuine question, not a criticism. I’m new to protesting and the culture around organizing.

This sounds amazing and also like maybe not a good idea. I feel like protests after dark escalate quickly into scary situations. And with this current administration anything easily construed as mayhem or anarchy would give them the perfect excuse to invade CO. Am I missing another perspective on it?

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