Lakewood voters to decide on eliminating taxpayer protections in November
LAKEWOOD–The Lakewood City Council in August referred a measure to the November 5 ballot asking voters to permanently eliminate revenue limitations in place under the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of...
View ArticleSharf: A model for meaningful property tax relief in Colorado
In 2020, Coloradans voted to repeal the Gallagher Amendment, which had kept the state’s residential property taxes in check, but allowed commercial property taxes to rise over time. Homeowners now...
View ArticleColoradans to decide 14 statewide questions on jampacked November ballot
DENVER — Colorado voters will see a much longer ballot than usual for this November’s election, with questions ranging from embedding abortion rights in the state Constitution to upending the primary...
View ArticleO’Toole: Don’t reward RTD’s failure; say no to Issue 7A tax hike
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) is one of the worst-managed agencies in Colorado, and its solution it to tax you more. RTD’s elected board of directors referred a tax hike to the November...
View ArticleColorado high court sides with taxpayers over doubling of water district taxes
In a major victory for taxpayers, the Colorado Supreme Court declined to hear the government’s appeal from a unanimous panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals that held that a doubling of the property...
View ArticleOchsner: No on Arapahoe County 1A; keep taxpayer protections in place
As an Arapahoe County resident, I’ll be voting no on Ballot Issue 1A, a measure to permanently remove taxpayer protections in place under Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR. Let me...
View ArticleDenver, Larimer County among Colorado jurisdictions with wildly lengthy ballots
DENVER–Depending on where you live in Colorado, the 2024 election ballot may seem like you just sat down to start a new novel, with a storyline that hikes taxes and debt, makes changes to city and...
View ArticleHerman: The taxpayer case against Arapahoe County 1A
Having been born and raised in Arapahoe County, and now being a property tax-paying homeowner there, I will be voting “No” on Ballot Issue 1A. The measure allows county government to forever keep and...
View ArticleHerman: Reject tax hikes, bans on Colorado ballot
I have a problem with multiple measures on the ballot this year that aim to tax, restrict, or outright ban certain behaviors. For the 2024 Colorado election, I am talking about measures such as...
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Gonzalez: Colorado’s TABOR Amendment serving taxpayers well
In 1992, Colorado voters passed the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, the nation’s strongest tax limitation law to this day. For those who are unfamiliar what TABOR really does, this amendment to...
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