Jerry Kopel

My services at the Legislature began in 1957 while still a law student, before many of the present members were born.

I helped wife Dolores, who had been hired to proof bills that were scheduled for introduction in the House. The system required that bills to be certified by the proofreader be the same as the original. The original was returned to the sponsor, who then turned it over to the House chief clerk.

Is it possible to tell how much profit casinos will earn in small bets in future years despite the passage of Amendment 50 in 2008? I think so.

"Tradition!” cries Tevye the dairyman in the village of Anatevka in 1905, as he, his wife, Goldie, and their five daughters cope with life in Fiddler on the Roof.

“Tradition!” was also the Hummers (and Stingers) on display at the end of the state House sessions for more than 35 of the past 40 years. Whenever Democrats are the minority House party, the Hummers perform with “digs” at the majority legislators. When Republicans are the minority party, the performance is labeled “the Stingers.”

For decades, Colorado’s executive branch has treated people who eat eggs pretty negligently.

Now, however, the Department of Regulatory Agencies Sunset research staff and Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass Village, and Rep. Randy Fischer, D-Fort Collins, are well on the way to protecting egg eaters from former loopholes in Colorado’s egg inspection laws through Senate Bill 127, which has been signed into law by Gov. Bill Ritter.