Gubernatorial candidate Bill Ritter today pledged to fulfill his promise to Colorado by setting performance goals, meeting objectives, and establishing a public report card to grade his administration’s performance.
"I'm calling this my Colorado Opportunity Pledge," Ritter said. "My campaign is about fulfilling the Colorado Promise – getting Colorado to live up to its full potential and creating opportunity for all Coloradans. By establishing this Colorado Opportunity Pledge, I say to all of Colorado that we can create a better future together. We can set goals, hit our objectives, and gauge our performance. We can measure performance – successes and short-comings – and build a better Colorado."
Ritter, the former District Attorney of Denver, has spent the past 16 months traveling the state and preparing a detailed vision for establishing Colorado as a 21st century leader in commerce, education, health care, efficient government, and much more.
Earlier today, Ritter released his comprehensive "Colorado Health Plan," and over the past many months has unveiled similar action plans for renewable energy, transportation, water, the environment, protection of public lands, senior citizens, veterans, and many other important issues facing Colorado. He has released 16 policy papers to date with more to come.
Among the goals Ritter has set for his administration:
- Taking Colorado from the bottom 10 states in terms of child immunizations to the top 10 within two years.
- Working toward health-care coverage for all by introducing a legislative reform package within a year of taking office.
- Establishing a more efficient state budgeting process and more effective management system that has saved 2% to 6% of general-fund spending in other states.
- Revamping Colorado’s transportation system and examining the transportation-funding structure so that we can solve the state’s biggest transportation-related needs, including the I-70 mountain corridor.
- Getting more children into early childhood education, injecting renewed rigor and relevance into our K-12 system, and keeping college affordable – all designed to provide Colorado companies with the best-educated workforce in the nation.
- Establishing Colorado as a national renewable-energy leader by maximizing our sustainable resources, such as sun, wind, and agricultural crops.
"The citizens of Colorado should be able to hold their leaders accountable," Ritter said. "They should know what the goals are, and whether government meets them or falls short. By making this Colorado Opportunity Pledge and establishing a way for Coloradans to grade their government, we can fulfill the Colorado Promise."
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