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	<title>Brandon Shaffer</title>
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	<description>"It is time for a new generation of leadership to cope with new problems and new oppportunities. For there is a new world to be won" - John F. Kennedy</description>
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		<title>Today I opened the 67th Session of the General Assembly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I opened the first regular session for the 67th General Assembly. I greeted senior senators, welcomed new faces, and laid out goals for the ambitious 2010 legislative session.
“It all starts with a good job” has become this session’s mantra as we plan to roll out several bills focusing on job creation and job training.   [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2010/01/13/today-i-opened-the-67th-session-of-the-general-assembly/</link>
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		<title>I would like to honor the troops today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my old ROTC Navy textbooks reads: ‘All officers are expected to have moral courage and to realize that the good of the Naval Service and the country come before their own well-being.’  That message of self-sacrifice is what we need to remember, honor and promote today. 
 Today, our prayers go out to our troops [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2009/11/11/i-would-like-to-honor-the-troops-today/</link>
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		<title>Governor Ritter submitted his 10-11 budget today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With a $1 billion shortfall, these difficult decisions have to be made, and thanks to Governor Ritter’s leadership we have a thoughtful, lean, compassionate budget.   The choices were not easy, and the solutions were not obvious, but we will continue to build a 21st century workforce and lead Colorado to a fast and strong [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2009/11/10/governor-ritter-submitted-his-10-11-budget-today/</link>
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		<title>My comments on Governor Ritter&#8217;s budget cuts</title>
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Senate President Brandon Shaffer:
Aug. 18, 2009&#8211; We have been faced with real challenges in Colorado and there are no easy answers, but it’s important to recognize that the state’s budget is merely a reflection of what is happening in households all over Colorado.
I would like to thank the Governor his leadership and for engaging the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2009/08/18/my-comments-on-governor-ritters-budget-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Man, I love those Palisade Peaches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have never had a Palisade Peach, you have not really lived.  They are the best things I&#8217;ve ever eaten.  We visited the Palisade Peach Festival in Palisade, CO on the last day of the first part of our statewide tour.  We even made the local tv!



KREX News Channel 5
Maura Kennedy 
Palisade, Colo.
08/13/09 &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2009/08/14/man-i-love-those-palisade-peaches/</link>
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		<title>Listening Tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 10-13 I travelled with Senate Majority Leader John Morse on the first leg of our 4 part Statewide Listening Tour.  As a legislator from Longmont I hear very differnt issues than what we heard in Northwest Colorado.  Bark Beetle devastation, forest fires, tourism funding, and the loss of oil and gas jobs are usually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2009/08/14/listening-tour/</link>
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		<title>Heading off on our Listening Tour!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are leaving today on our statewide listening tour.  We&#8217;re going to meet county leaders, cut down trees with the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, and fly fish.  I can&#8217;t wait!
Highlights of the Northwest Tour:
**The public is welcome at all following events!  The Senators will be available for interviews.
Please call Abigail Vacanti if you would like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2009/08/10/heading-off-on-our-listening-tour/</link>
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		<title>Louisville, CO: #1 place to live in the U.S.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I knew it&#8230; you knew it&#8230; but today Money magazine said it: Louisville, CO is the #1 place to live in the U.S.    I&#8217;ve represented this area for five years and I know first-hand how great it is.  We are lucky that Louisville has weathered this economy better than most other areas and we are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2009/07/13/louisville-co-1-place-to-live-in-the-us/</link>
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		<title>Pres. Shaffer&#8217;s opening remarks to the Long-Term Fiscal Stability Commmission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee,
I have a vision for Colorado.  It is the vision of Colorado my grandparents had for me.  It is the Colorado I want for my children.
It is a state with healthy, thriving families, where children get every  advantage and have the education to contribute to the potential of our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2009/07/08/pres-shaffers-opening-remarks-to-the-long-term-fiscal-stability-commmission/</link>
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		<title>COLORADO SENATE TO RETURN $627,000 TO STATE FROM LEGISLATIVE BUDGET</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I announced the Colorado Senate will return $627,000 from its operating budget to the State’s General Fund on June 30.  That’s more than twice the usual amount reverted in past years.  In January I froze all funds for legislative out-of-state travel.  Since then I reduced the average staff salaries by 17% in the President’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandonshaffer.net/2009/06/30/colorado-senate-to-return-627000-to-state-from-legislative-budget/</link>
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