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Blacktie-Colorado: Have you met Rutt Bridges?
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| Last Edited | User 13 Feb 26, 2004 09:37am |
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| News Date | Thursday, February 26, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Frequently, when people meet Rutt Bridges, they are inclined to do one of two things – thank him for being the driving force behind getting the Colorado Telemarketing No Call List passed and ask him the origins of his name.
“The name Rutt is actually on my birth certificate,” he says in a resonant baritone twinged with a southern drawl. “I grew up in Albeny, Georgia and my dad had a best friend named Jarrett. When they were kids, Jarrett’s mother would stand on the porch and call him for dinner by yelling Jar-rutt! Jar-rutt! So his nickname was Rutt and I guess my father liked it because that’s what he named me.”
In 2001, the Colorado General Assembly passed legislation that allows consumers to protect themselves from many unwanted telemarketing calls. “It was one of the toughest battles fought over at the legislature,” says Rutt. “We were able to get enough grassroots political pressure to get it passed.” By adding your telephone or fax number to a list (at [Link] telemarketers are no longer allowed to call you and if they do they are fined up to $2,000. |
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