engineering

Marsha Looper

Marsha Looper is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Marsha Looper rather than just read about it. In short: Marsha Looper (born c. 1959) is a former Colorado legislator. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006, Looper represented House District 19, which encompasses eastern El Paso County, Colorado from 2006 to 2012.

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Reference excerpt

Marsha Looper (born c. 1959) is a former Colorado legislator. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006, Looper represented House District 19, which encompasses eastern El Paso County, Colorado from 2006 to 2012.

Early career Born to a family of Eastern European descent, Looper was raised on Colorado's Western Slope. She graduated from Fruita Monument High School in Mesa County in western Colorado and took coursework at Mesa State College. A systems engineer, Looper certified as an IBM Network Engineer and a Novell Systems Engineer, and worked for ROLM, IBM and the Widefield School District before starting a company of her own, Computing Solutions Group, in 1993. Looper entered the real estate business in 2004 and has earned Associate Broker and Registered Appraiser credentials. Since 2004, she has been a partner in Big Sky Realty, in addition to operating Phoenix & Associates, a home remodeling company. She is now working at Keller Williams Partners, specializing in Military Relocations, Recreational and Country properties. Looper and her husband, Lynn, have operated their family's ranch in near Calhan, Colorado for two decades, as well as Waterworks Sales, a water pipe distribution company. After Waterworks' was purchased by Hughes Supply, Inc., Looper remained with the company as a branch manager. She and Lynn have three children. Within the community, Looper has been a member of the Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition, the National Rifle Association, the El Paso County Republican Women, the Falcon School District Accountability Committee, the Pikes Peak Range Riders, and the El Paso County Soil and Water Conservation Society, and volunteered with St. Michael's Church, the Special Olympics, and local 4-H and YMCA clubs.

Property-rights activism Looper was a driving force behind opposition to a proposed toll road project along the Colorado Front Range — the Prairie Falcon Parkway Express, or "Super Slab" project — a 210-mile (340 km) highway and rail corridor stretching from Pueblo to Fort Collins. The project would have resulted in the condemnation or taking by eminent domain of privately held properties in seven Colorado counties; Looper's land fell within the corridor designated by the toll road's developers, and subsequently dropped in market value. As the founder, in 2004, and chair of the Eastern Plains Citizens Coalition and executive director of Colorado Citizens for Property Rights, Looper led grassroots opposition to the toll road and supported several measures during the 2006 legislative session to tighten the rules regarding eminent domain under which toll roads could be constructed. Among the successful measures lobbied for by Looper and others were rules narrowing the proposed corridor for toll roads from twelve to three miles (19.3 to 4.8 km), and new reporting requirements that property owners be informed that their land lay within that corridor. Looper also led an effort to place a statewide referendum on the 2006 general election ballot to prohibit governments from condemning private property for the purpose of economic development. The citizen initiative gathered over 30,000 signatures, but fell more than 30,000 signatures short of the total required for placement on the statewide ballot.

Legislative career

2006 election In February 2006, upon the retirement of term-limited Rep. Richard Decker in House District 19, covering eastern El Paso County, Colorado, Looper announced her candidacy for the seat. After experience pushing for legislation Colorado General Assembly to restrict to use of eminent domain, she cited her frustration at the influence of lobbyists, and Looper identified her top legislative concerns as property rights, transportation, and illegal immigration. She also identified water issues and renewable energy as areas of interest. Facing military veteran and school board member Jim Brewer, Looper won the Republican primary with 62% of the vote. In the general election, Looper faced former Fountain, Colorado mayor and Democrat Ken Barela. Barela criticized Looper's emphasis on property rights, calling her a "one issue candidate;" in response, Looper characterized Barela as "too liberal" for the district. Although she was endorsed by Republican Rep. David Schultheis, she was not endorsed by Republican and outgoing Rep. Richard Decker, who criticized her for possible involvement in an independent publication promoting her campaign, and for donating over $50,000 of personal money to her legislative race; Looper outraised Barela by roughly 10 to 1, and won the general election by a 2 to 1 margin.

2007 legislative session

In the 2007 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Looper sat on the House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee and the House Local Government Committee. Stemming from her work on toll road issues, including opposition to the "Super Slab" project as an activist, Looper sponsored legislation to impose new requirements, including planning in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Transportation, on new toll road development in Colorado. Other opponents of the "Super Slab" project criticized the bill for removing requirements that property owners be informed of planned development; the requirements had resulted in a decrease in property values for many in the proposed project's corridor. Looper contended that the purpose of the bill was to reduce the potential property value impact of speculative toll road projects. Although the bill passed the Colorado House of Representatives 61-3, the bill was postponed indefinitely in a Senate committee. Looper also sponsored legislation to require disclosure of water sources for newly sold homes, a move designed to inform homeowners of possibly scarce groundwater resources. Unsuccessfully put forward in three previous years, the bill pass unanimously through committee and the full house before being signed by Gov. Ritter.

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Marsha Looper

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Marsha Looper claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Marsha Looper before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Marsha Looper ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Marsha Looper

In research: Marsha Looper appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Marsha Looper in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Marsha Looper is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1959 births, 21st-century American women politicians, 21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Marsha Looper outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Marsha Looper matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Marsha Looper?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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