Featured Presentation: Colorado Community Rights Network with Co-Founder and Activist Cliff Willmeng

CCRN was formed in 2013 in Lafayette, Colorado, following efforts by the town to establish the rights of the City of Lafayette to prevent drilling, fracking and other oil / gas related activities inside the town’s boundaries. The town passed a charter amendment to do just that – and was promptly sue by the oil / gas industry – arguing that the community – and its residents – were violating the rights of the industry according to the Colorado Constitution.

About 2 weeks ago, Coloradans for Community Rights (CCR) officially submitted ballot language for the 2016 Colorado Community Rights Amendment to the Colorado Legislative Council. Once the constitutional amendment ballot language is approved, CCR will be organizing a state-wide campaign to gather the over 100,000 signatures needed to qualify the ballot initiative for the November 2016 election.

According to CCR, citizens and communities are tired of being manipulated and deceived by politicians and industry. And citizens are outraged at being threatened and sued by industry lobbying groups. It’s time for the people to take action. The Community Rights Amendment is democracy in action. The amendment establishes communities’ right of local self-government. It gives people, not corporations, the authority to decide how best to protect their health, safety and welfare, their communities, and the natural environment. It establishes the fundamental rights of individuals, communities, and nature. And it allows communities to decide for themselves, free of corporate/state interference, whether to allow corporate projects or enforce corporate standards that violate the community’s fundamental rights.

If you sense a couple parallels with the efforts of Move to Amend relating to Corporations are NOT People and Money is NOT Speech, you will be interested in Cliff’s presentation. Cliff will be joined by Michael Melio, one of the co-founders of Colorado Move to Amend.

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And We’ll Feature MOVE To AMEND Updates on the Local and National scene!!