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October 27, 2014 01:39 PM UTC

The Absentee Treasurer

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  • by: Gail Schwartz

Sen. Gail Schwartz
Sen. Gail Schwartz
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For the past eight years, I have served in the Colorado State Senate. I have been privileged to work with Republicans and Democrats, two Governors and fellow legislators, and urban and rural citizens to develop Colorado solutions to issues facing our state.

As Chair of the legislative Capital Development Committee, I worked on many pieces of legislation to fund our state’s capital projects. Two bills in particular addressed the critical capital needs of education. With support of former Treasurer Kennedy, we created the BEST program which invested over $1B in rural schools; and secondly, using oil and gas revenues, we funded $230M for construction on college campuses. Neither program increased state taxes.

Treasurer Stapleton  has not pursued similar opportunities for education or for our rural communities, and said “no” when invited to help develop specific programs to invest in rural infrastructure.

Now, public records from the Treasurer’s calendar and key code records, reveal that he is only in his office about 11 days per month. I have had numerous meetings in the treasure's office during each of the last several years, only to find his personal office was not only empty, but dark.

The Treasurer is responsible, more than any other position in the state, for managing and accounting for the citizen's tax dollars. A fulltime Treasurer would mean that we could look at creative, “out-of-the-box” ways to invest in rural Colorado and save taxpayers money, beginning with updating and upgrading our infrastructure by using public/private partnerships.

If Colorado had a Treasurer who was actually working in the Capitol, who actually worked with the State Legislature, and who spent time thinking about our whole State, Colorado would be much better served.

Coloradans deserve a full-time Treasurer who will show up for work, look out for our entire state, and take on our state’s fiscal challenges. Colorado would be better off with the energy and commitment of Betsy Markey. It’s time to turn the lights back on in the Colorado's Treasurer's office!

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6 thoughts on “The Absentee Treasurer

    1. I want apologize to you, Sen. Schwartz, for my rude post.  It was intended for our resident GOP-employed troll who normally jumps on every thread trying to be first in order to hijack it.

      Thank you for all you do for Colorado, and especially for calling attention to a serious problem with our Treasurer's sense of commitment to his job and our state that has gone unreported by our newspaper of record.

      1. Senator Schwatz was one of rural Colorado's best legislators during her eight years of service in the legislature.  We're going to miss her energy and vision. 

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