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This week: 2nd Caucus Day at the Capitol. Electoral College. SBCC Startup Method.
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Invitation: this Saturday, Colorado Capitol./ Please share

For copy of info sheet in background to copy, print, and share, see http://www.GrassrootsRules.us 

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One Colorado!

By 3 a.m. I was headed to bed, after I'd requested a few friends put in their email address at the bottom of the proposal as a reference for me, if you feel like you know me, I'd appreciate you doing the same right now.

Here is my wee hours proposal: https://www.f6s.com/innovationfundwinter2015application#main/ajax-feed

This morning I woke with this decision: I'm doing the tour whether we get the $50,000 or not. If we do get the grant, I'm hoping to have a bus and include Ben Franklin (my friend Chris) who is "Ben Franklin Live.") Maybe a band.

But I'll be doing the tour with our without the grant.

If we don't get it I may be hitchhiking and sleeping in chamber of commerce offices or local homes, but one way or the other, it will happen and conclude in Denver by March 1, Colorado Caucus Day.

The message of the tour will be One Colorado. We are loosing sight of the fact that we all have more in common than we have differences.

We will have a t-shirt design contest to express this thought: "March 1 is Colorado Caucus Day, not Colorado caucuses day. We are One Colorado!"

Look up "Colorado Caucus" on Wikipedia to see more about this in the comment at the top of the article, or if it's been taken down, see http://www.COCaucus.org for yesterday's version of the Wikipedia article.

I'll be talking about all this today on the Startup Show, a link will be posted right here so you can watch live at 12:30 p.m. today (Friday) or come back anytime after that to watch a recording.

This weekend I'm going to offer something to do with using language as propaganda, which I think is happening with this change from Iowa Caucus to Iowa caucuses in Wikipedia, I've made an inquiry with Associated Press about when and why the Iowa and it looks like nation wide change took place with newspapers across the country.

Socrates Cafe is this evening (Fri) at 6 p.m., Panera Bread on the 16th Street Mall, across from the RTD Market Street Station, and tomorrow (Sat, 1/23) at the University of Denver in the Anderson Academic Commons. More info and optional RSVP at http://Meetup.com/Colorado-Socrates-Cafe-Society. 

Please Tweet this, post on Facebook, email friends a copy. But most of all, come back here at 12:30 p.m. today for the Startup Show, and try and attend one of the Socrates Cafes this weekend.

Thanks for taking the time to strengthen the Colorado grassroots!

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Socrates Cafe: Get ready for Colorado Caucus!

 Don't forget to affiliate with the political party of your choice by January 4 to participate in the March 1 Colorado Caucus. Socrates Cafe is a great way to get ready for it!

This evening (Sat, 1/2) at 6:30 p.m. at DU or other times and places (we'll help you start a meeting at a time and place that works better for you after you've attended one if you want) no RSVP is required at your first meeting, walk-ins are always welcome, more info at http://Meetup.com/Colorado-Socrates-Cafe-Society (click here.) 

Also, mark your calendar for January 17, Ben Franklin's birthday. We are planning a party, but don't tell Ben! Details to follow. If you'd like to volunteer to help or sponsor, please call me, ok?

John Wren  (303)861-1447

The Startup Show, today with Russell Dennis.

Live here Friday, July 3 at 10 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time or anytime after that via video recording, Russell Dennis! Russell is well-known in Denver and elsewhere because of his economic development work, work with veterans, and now his public speaking and consulting work with non-profits. He'll be with us today to share about some difficulties he has recovered from and then used new strength to start in a new direction. We hope you'll join us and please share this with your friends who might find it helpful. You'll be able to ask questions online about your situation if you want.

2016 Colorado Caucus-- Will it be killed?

The Denver Post a few days ago printed a guest editorial from two political science (what an oxymoron, remember scientific management, in politics the ivory tower has maintained the term) profs from local institutions on the topic of killing our Colorado Caucus.

You can read the misguided diatribe, but no comments please, not on the Denver Post's website, they cut off comments because they were so adverse towards building the momentum the newspaper was clearly intending to build for it's editorial that came a few days later endorsing the misguided idea.

So the Denver Post is manufacturing news. This wasn't some grassroots groundswell. But read them both here, the editorial and the poly sci profs party-killing proposal. Then comment here or even better fire off your comments to the Denver Post and encourage them to open up the comment threads on these two pages so this can be nipped in the bud:

Poly Sci Profs Party-killing Proposal
http://www.denverpost.com/Opinion/ci_27245174/Imagine-a-mailin-presidential-primary-for-Colorado

Denver Post Call to Kill the Caucus
http://www.denverpost.com/Opinion/ci_27262576/For-2016-bring-back-Colorados-presidential-primary

Colorado primary election

Low turn out was astonishing. Denver had less than 10 % of registered voters cast a ballot, disgraceful. That's 10% of registered voters and most aren't registered.


Big opportunity of the county political party that starts aggressively reaching out now in anticipation of the 2016 Colorado Caucus.


GOP Governor's race was bound to be a surprise, no matter what happened. See my comments, posted at bottom of this Denver Post editorial that's worth reading, too:  http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_26027687/second-chance-bob-beauprez 


President Eisenhower told us that in our system of government politics must be the part-time occupation of every citizen.


Let's all promise to do just a little bit more in our part-time job between now and the Colorado Caucus of 2016. You can start right now just by taking a couple of minutes to read the above editorial, reading my comment there, and then letting me know what you think, and more importantly what you are going to DO.

Me? What am I going to DO? I'm going to start by renewing my subscription to the Denver Post.


Post your comment here, or call me. (303)861-1447.


Life is short, but it's only too late if we don't start now!