By John Stencel Unfortunately, the Colorado Legislature closed its latest session without acting on a number of important issues. The voting public via general election referenda will now have to deal with much of the Legislature’s unfinished business. Rocky Mountain Farmers Union’s board recently decided to sign on with other supporters on two of the [...]

By John Stencel Little media attention has been given to two very significant trade agreements passed into law in the last several months. First there was the agreement between the United States and Australia, which provided better intellectual property rights for U.S. musicians, filmmakers and manufacturers into the Australia in exchange for reductions and, in [...]

By John Stencel The recently released 2002 Census of Agriculture shows a trend that we should find alarming. Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming—all states represented by Rocky Mountain Farmers Union—have between 1997 and 2002 experienced significant declines in the number of farming and ranching operations between 500 and 2000 acres in size. Colorado and Wyoming [...]

By John Stencel Ever remember shopping for something, only to have your mother declare, “That’s too expensive. I’ll make it myself,” and march her family out of the store? I believe we need to be taking a cue from good ole mom and doing the same when it comes to energy. Fuel for automobiles hit [...]

By John Stencel At the time the citizens of Colorado adopted constitutional amendments limiting taxes—namely the Tabor and Gallagher amendments—many felt they were merely curbing the Legislature’s ability to over tax and over spend. Today, these amendments, along with Amendment 23, which mandates increases in public education spending, have left the Colorado Legislature with some [...]