Initiative backers plan to file complaint
By Kevin Flynn, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published July 11, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
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Organizers of an initiative to eliminate most affirmative action programs in Colorado say they will file a fraud complaint against their opponents, whom they charge with lying.
Jessica Peck Corry, executive director of the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative, is advocating for Amendment 46 on the November ballot. It would ban programs aimed at boosting minority and female contracting, educational enrollment or hiring except those that are a requirement for receiving federal funding.
Corry said Coloradans for Equal Opportunity, which is gathering signatures for Initiative 82, a measure that would retain affirmative action programs, has mischaracterized what Amendment 46 says.
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July 12, 2008
12:41 p.m.
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JohnRosenberg writes:
In a short piece discussing allegations that opponents have repeatedly mischaracterized Prop. 46, you'd think it would be especially important to characterize Prop. 46 correctly. This piece doesn't. Neither the purpose nor the effect of Prop. 46 is to "ban programs aimed at boosting minority and female contracting, educational enrollment or hiring except those that are a requirement for receiving federal funding." It would ban only programs that give preferential treatment to some minorities and women, that treat some people better and some people worse because of their race,sex, or ethnicity. All programs, even "affirmative action" programs, that do not engage in race, ethnic, or gender preferences would be left intact.
July 13, 2008
7:25 a.m.
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ItsJustme writes:
"It would ban programs aimed at boosting minority and female contracting, educational enrollment or hiring except those that are a requirement for receiving federal funding."
Well that's the News reporter editorializing.
How about: "It would ban programs that use race and sex as criteria in contracting, educational enrollment or hiring?"