Opinion | Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Pot, education and more: The Colorado House has two days to do the math

By statute, this session of the Colorado Legislature must end on May 12. Lawmakers have a lot of work to do before then. The two hottest measures of this legislative session -- medical marijuana regulations and the education reform bill -- will both hit the House today. In the case...
By Patricia Calhoun
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By statute, this session of the Colorado Legislature must end on May 12. Lawmakers have a lot of work to do before then.

The two hottest measures of this legislative session — medical marijuana regulations and the education reform bill — will both hit the House today. In the case of pot, the House must sign off on the amendments made to HB 1284 by the Senate — including the controversial stipulation that the addresses of grow houses be kept confidential. But compared to the impending fight over SB 191, the teacher bill slated for a floor vote this morning, the pot measure looks, well, mellow.

Two days and counting.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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