Angela Williams (politician)
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Williams in 2010
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| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 33rd district |
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Assumed office January 11, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Johnston |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 7th district |
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In office January 11, 2011 – January 11, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Terrance Carroll |
| Succeeded by | James Coleman |
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| Born | Okmulgee, Oklahoma |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Denver, Colorado |
Angela Williams is a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2010, Williams represented House District 7, which encompasses the northeast part of Denver, including the neighborhoods of Montbello and Green Valley Ranch, and the Denver International Airport.
In 2016, she was elected to the Colorado Senate representing District 33.
In the 2012 General Election, Representative Williams faced Republican challenger Travis French. Williams was reelected by a wide margin of 83% to 17%.
During the 2013 Colorado legislative session Representative Beth McCann sponsored HB13-1249, The Colorado Mortgage Accountability And Housing Stabilization Act. The bill would have restored minimal protections for homeowners in a 120 hearing. The House committee on Business, Labor, Economic and Workforce Development chaired by Representative Angela Williams killed the bill 9-2 in committee. Corrine Fowler, Economic Justice Director of the Colorado Progressive Coalition observed a “blatant disregard for the democratic process” speaking of the way Representative Williams conducted the hearing. According to Ms. Fowler, “the bill, as amended, would simply have provided the homeowners with a degree of due process that does not currently exist”. Although twenty-nine individual supporters of the bill showed up to tell their stories of predatory lending and lack of due process in the foreclosure process they were only given two minutes to speak while proponents, all connected to the financial industry, were given five minutes each to make their statement.
Williams spoke during a town hall she conducted on March 11, 2013, and spoke in support of HB13-1249. Supporters of the bill recorded the town hall and produced a video aimed at showing how she originally spoke about the need for the legislation. Shortly thereafter, Williams began expressing concerns with the bill by email, and refused to meet with supporters of the legislation, whom she called bullies. She used this term after Colorado Progressive Coalition (CPC) called on supporters to sit in at her office in the Denver Capitol to try to get an audience with her. She had been refusing to meet with CPC prior to that, even though they were supporting Representative McCann in sponsoring the bill.
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