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Caldara: Odd bedfellows against the Proposition HH tax hike
(You can listen to this column, read by the author, here.) I’m not the smartest guy around. Just check my Twitter feed (now called X) and you’ll see many, many of the most well-mannered people agreeing...
View ArticleProperty tax hikes dominate Longmont ballot despite big spike in assessments
LONGMONT — Despite a public outcry to rein in rapidly rising property taxes and a Colorado inflation rate that stubbornly outpaces much of the rest of the country, the Longmont City Council is asking...
View ArticleMenten: Jeffco mails overdue TABOR refunds; bonus propaganda included
Refund checks for the overpayment of 2022 property started hitting the mailboxes of Jefferson County residents just this week. Better late than never, I suppose. Included with the checks is a...
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Berndt: Proposition HH hits younger Coloradans hard
Colorado voters have started receiving their ballots. One measure – Proposition HH – asks younger Coloradans like me to increase our tax burden in exchange for tax handouts to wealthier property...
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Caldara: Special session coming after Prop HH fails
(You can listen to this column, read by the author, here.) Proposition HH will fail at the ballot box. After it does, Gov. Jared Polis will call a special session before the end of the year to address...
View ArticleVoters in Longmont crush trio of property tax-hiking measures
LONGMONT– In the same election that saw Colorado voters reject Proposition HH, a fatally-flawed state-wide property tax measure, voters in Longmont thoroughly devastated a trio of local ballot measures...
View ArticleLoveland voters repeal city’s grocery tax, demand final say over urban renewal
LOVELAND–In Loveland, a community of about 78,000 people just an hour north of Denver, two citizen-initiated ballot measures that were squarely aimed as backlash over a new private development using...
View ArticleFort Collins voters trounce property tax hike, shrug shoulders at raising...
FORT COLLINS– Voters in the northern Colorado city of Fort Collins on Tuesday shot down an effort by city officials to increase the local cost of housing through a property tax-hiking ballot measure....
View ArticleTABOR refunds on special session agenda despite Proposition HH defeat
DENVER — Although Coloradans last week overwhelmingly told Gov. Jared Polis and lawmakers that they do not want their Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) refunds messed with, it appears no one was...
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Caldara: Colorado special session an albatross around Jared Polis’ neck
(You can listen to this column, read by the author, here.) The debacle that was Proposition HH has one owner. His name is Jared Polis. He is not only the leader of the executive branch of Colorado’s...
View ArticleLoveland City Council unwinds urban renewal deal; public subsidies at heart...
LOVELAND — Not only did Loveland voters recently pass two citizen-initiated ballot measures generated out of opposition to taxpayer subsidies for a new private development, but three new council...
View ArticleDeveloper slaps Loveland with lawsuit over repeal of urban renewal deal
LOVELAND — It took just one week for McWhinney Real Estate Services to hold true to its threat to bring a lawsuit against the city of Loveland for unraveling a taxpayer-subsidized urban renewal project...
View ArticleLoveland council taps outside counsel in urban renewal fight; conflict of...
LOVELAND — The day after McWhinney Real Estate Services slapped a lawsuit against the city of Loveland over city councilors unraveling a taxpayer-subsidized urban renewal project agreement, the council...
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Armstrong: Let’s eliminate property taxes in Colorado
Voters have rejected Preparation HH. The Democrats in the legislature have ignored the voters’ mandate to permanently rein in property taxes without cutting into TABOR refunds, although they did offer...
View ArticleChandler: Local governments must deliver property tax relief
Because Governor Polis has failed to deliver meaningful property tax relief, he’s pressuring local governments to do the job for him. Now, only local governments can bail taxpayers out of the property...
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Caldara: State board slams door on local property tax relief
(You can listen to this column, read by the author, here.) While the world is consumed with the latest bit of activism from the Colorado Supreme Court regarding Donald Trump, the media oxygen has been...
View ArticleSteiner: Douglas County school board majority to blame for election losses
(Editor’s note: This is third in a series of guest columns on the outcome of the 2023 Douglas County school board election. Joy Overbeck’s column on the matter can can be found here, while Meghann...
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Caldara: Let’s bring back 4-year TABOR overrides
(You can listen to this column, read by the author, here.) The former head of the leftist ProgressNow Colorado, who is married to a U.S. congresswoman living in Jefferson County, has donated to the...
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Ginn: Governor Polis’ path to sustainable tax cuts
Colorado Democrats are furious that Gov. Polis called for income tax cuts earlier this month during his State of the State address. If he can pass a sustainable budget and eliminate tax breaks, there...
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Sharf: ‘Hold harmless’ sales tax bill a breath of fresh air
Given the galloping progressivism afflicting Colorado, it’s not surprising that many of the bills working their way through the legislature layer new burdens on Colorado’s job creators. So it’s a...
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