Weld County voters looking at numerous school bonding, tax asks on November...
WELD COUNTY — The fate of 11 tax-related ballot issues rest in the hands of voters from various local governments and school districts throughout Weld County this November, which if passed would result...
View ArticleSummit County voters to see housing authority, fire and school district tax...
SUMMIT COUNTY — Voters in Summit County fire, school and housing authority districts will decide on three separate taxing issues this November that add up to millions of dollars in new revenue for such...
View ArticleJam-packed Denver ballot includes sales tax limitation, homeless camp...
DENVER–In early October, Denver residents will begin receiving ballots for the November 2 election which includes the most citizen-initiated measures in more than 20 years, allowing voters to have...
View ArticleOut-of-state group spending large on measure to hike Denver marijuana taxes...
DENVER — Nearly $600,000 in out-of-state dark money has thus far poured into an effort to pass a Denver ballot initiative that would make the city a focal point for the COVID-19 pandemic and its...
View ArticleEagle County voters to decide multiple tax and debt asks, recall questions on...
EAGLE COUNTY — A packed ballot in Eagle County is asking for everything from expanded term-limits to multiple tax hike and debt spending questions to recalls with no one willing to replace a mayor or a...
View ArticleTax hikes, pot shops and gender neutral pronouns just a sampling of busy...
GOLDEN — Jefferson County voters will have no shortage of decisions to make when they open their ballots for the Nov. 2 election. Eighteen ballot measures and nineteen contested city council and...
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Armstrong: A skeptical note on tax hikes for education bureaucracy
One of these things is not like the other. I can get behind legislative approval of “custodial” slush-fund money, Amendment 78 on the ballot (although I’m not sure what to make of a legal challenge to...
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Marshall: Why I’m voting no on Colorado Springs 2C
We can all agree that we love the trails and open spaces in Colorado Springs. The question is whether taxpayers, who have experienced tough times financially, should both increase the overall sales tax...
View ArticleMenten: Beware ballot language that takes away refunds forever
Skimming over twenty words included in ballot questions can mean giving up your rights—and consent over taxpayer refunds–forever. Here’s the red flag. A tax hiking ballot question says some variation...
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Monson: What Lone Tree won’t tell you about the 2E sales tax hike
The old adage that it’s tough to fight city hall is true, particularly when city hall does not play by the rules they created. The Lone Tree mayor and city council are proposing a massive 55% increase,...
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Fields: Yes on Proposition 120; property tax relief for everyone
Some politicians will do anything to keep more of your money. This year, the legislature is going above and beyond to not only deceive voters, but to try to take away our ability to even vote on...
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Endorsements roll in for Prop 120; TABOR author calls out state interference...
DENVER — The list of endorsements asking for a yes vote on Proposition 120, a statewide ballot measure to reduce property tax rates, continues to grow as conservatives across the state come out in...
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Murrey: Colorado’s road to zero income tax
Over the summer, Governor Polis publicly aligned himself with what the Independence Institute has said for years: the appropriate income tax rate for Colorado is zero. At the Steamboat Institute’s...
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Owens: Cut property taxes, reject legislative arrogance with Prop 120
On Nov. 2, Colorado voters will have an important decision to make which would not only cut property taxes, but also stop an amazing example of legislative arrogance. At its simplest, Proposition 120...
View ArticleMurrey: How legislative meddling sideswiped Proposition 120
In Tuesday’s election, Colorado voters rejected Proposition 120, a measure originally intended to reduce property taxes for just about everyone. Confusion around the measure — prompted by legislative...
View ArticleMurrey: Colorado Democrats’ pervasive hypocrisy on tax fairness
A story broke recently that Governor Jared Polis paid no federal income tax for three consecutive years. The news reflects Colorado Democrats’ pervasive hypocrisy on tax fairness, but it also presents...
View ArticleFogleman: Don’t count on new transportation ‘fees’ actually fixing roads
When Governor Polis signed into law the major transportation bill—SB 21-260—earlier this year, taxpayers were left with the impression that new roads and traffic-reducing expansion projects were in...
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Armstrong: Journalists hyperventilate over taxing Jared Polis
Apparently it never occurred to some of Colorado’s excitable journalists that the income tax taxes…wait for it…income. Shocker, I know. This apparently profound insight became the basis for thousands...
View ArticleGov. Polis makes cost of living a campaign issue, despite signing millions in...
DENVER — As Gov. Jared Polis campaigns for re-election on the platform that Colorado’s cost of living is too high, new laws are taking effect that begin hitting pocketbooks immediately — laws that he...
View ArticleDemocrats set to kill GOP effort to make Colorado’s hospital provider charge...
DENVER — Legislative Democrats are poised to kill a Republican effort to increase transparency for their constituents where fees and spending are concerned. While Colorado Democrats and Governor Jared...
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