Too many new laws
There have been many discussions recently about how easy it is to change the Colorado Constitution. I agree. However, judging by the statistics about the number of laws passed by the legislature this past session (“Legislation by the numbers,” May 8), it would seem that it is way too easy for the state House and Senate to change or add to the Colorado statutes (73.83 percent success rate this year).
It is hard to imagine that in one legislative session it is necessary for the state to have almost 500 new laws (474 to be exact). The statistics are probably similar for legislative sessions over the past 30 years. It makes me wonder if our legislature should meet every two years. I can’t imagine we would be any worse off if we had 500 new laws every two years instead of every year.
Steve Uretsky, Littleton
but dont you fell better because of it?
Posted by on May 22, 2007 06:33 AM