A labor and activist coalition is pushing a November ballot
proposal that could allow Colorado executives to be sued if they
knew their company broke a law and did nothing to stop it.  A
business chamber said the measure could harm the state's
business climate and unleash baseless lawsuits.  Protect
Colorado's Future, a coalition of labor and activist groups,
argues that under current state law top corporate officers
aren't personally accountable for their actions.  Larry
Ellingson, a retiree of Qwest Communications International Inc.,
who is behind the proposal, cited the case of former Qwest chief
executive Joe Nacchio, whose insider-trading conviction was
tossed out this week by a federal appeals court.  Federal
prosecutors alleged Nacchio sold millions of dollars of Qwest
stock when he knew the company was at financial risk but did not
tell investors. Nacchio denied any wrongdoing.  "I want to know,
where is the outrage?" Ellingson said.  Mark Grueskin, an
attorney for Protect Colorado's Future, said curr