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The carbon tax trap: Democratic platform opens new line of attack for GOP
Embed from Getty Images In their quest for party unity, Democrats have been working overtime to accommodate the far left, and especially fringe environmental groups. The new party platform, for...
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Colorado smuggling to rocket with tobacco tax hike
An initiative that may appear on Colorado’s November’s ballot would, if adopted, nearly triple the state’s current cigarette excise tax. This, we believe the evidence shows, will usher in a wave of...
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Blake: Single-subject rule is too limiting
It’s a good thing the Founding Fathers didn’t have to run the First Amendment by the Colorado Supreme Court before sending it out to the states for ratification. Our justices would have rejected it on...
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How Weld County fully funded its pension plan while staying debt free
Beginning with financial reporting for the fiscal year ending in 2015, governmental employers who sponsor a pension plan must report pension liabilities and costs as part of their overall financial...
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Amendment 69: Colorado can learn from Vermont’s failed experiment with single...
In November Colorado voters will decide the fate of Amendment 69. It proposes to create ColoradoCare, a bureaucracy to control all health care in the state. It would initially be funded by a 10 percent...
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Blake: Amendment 72 and the twisted logic of hiking tobacco taxes
Sure, why not triple the state cigarette tax, as Amendment 72 on the Colorado ballot proposes? File photo – Todd Shepherd It’s no bucks out of my billfold, and look who’s for it: Every goodthink...
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Don’t rig the bar for citizens’ initiative: Vote no on Amendment 71
Do you like the fact that Colorado politicians must ask us first before they raise our taxes or debt? They sure don’t like it. Our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) only became law through our...
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Blake: All ‘hail’ the taxi industry’s last legal monopoly
Once again, it seems, entrepreneurs and their customers are pushing the recently liberalized ground transportation industry to become even more liberal. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission...
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Amendment 69: ColoradoCare will bring unnecessary suffering for patients
Amendment 69 will create ColoradoCare. Its supporters say that ColoradoCare will provide outstanding health for everyone for less. Premiums and deductibles will go away. Cede control over your health...
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Amendment 72: Constitutionally guaranteed revenues for state bureaucracies is...
Amendment 72 supporters claim that raising tobacco taxes will reduce smoking. File photo – Todd Shepherd That’s a smokescreen. What the Amendment really does is create a constitutionally mandated...
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Weld Commissioners fringe benefits have gone untaxed and unreported for decades
Editors Note: This is the fourth story in a series of stories about the board of Weld County Commissioners and issues brought to the Weld County Council for reasons to audit the board’s performance....
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Amendment 72: Colorado voters should reject massive tobacco tax increase
Among the many bad measures on Colorado’s November ballot is Amendment 72, which would triple Colorado’s tobacco tax, with the goal of raising over $300 million in annual revenue, create new government...
View ArticleBlake: Vail Resorts now has buyer’s remorse over ‘handshake agreement’ with...
Embed from Getty Images Promises, promises. Never mind proponents’ propaganda about what a proposed local tax increase will pay for. If it’s not specifically mentioned on the ballot, it’s...
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Colorado can do more to improve economic freedom
The U.S. economy has recently been in the midst of the slowest growth recovery since World War II. That slow growth has coincided with a steady decline in economic freedom (freedom from government...
View ArticleK-12 Education in 2016 both exciting and frustrating at times
As 2016 comes to a close, it’s clear this year has been an interesting one in the world of K-12 education. Complete Colorado has been there for much of the fun and will be there again for what is...
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Coloradans shouldn’t be forced to subsidize electric vehicle whims of a...
The theme of this year’s legislative session seems to be transportation funding. In his State of the State Address, Governor John Hickenlooper said, “Let’s examine all our options. Whether it’s new...
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Caldara: Keeping you in the dark on taxes
Seeing is believing. So, it’s no wonder many in government prefer to work in the dark. It’s not just that they don’t want us to know what they’re fully doing. They don’t want us to know what we’re...
View ArticleSenate Bill would equalize funding for charter schools
DENVER – The vote on a bill that would require Colorado school districts to share current and future mill levy overrides equally with charter schools in their district was postponed because one of the...
View ArticleBill to unplug subsidies for electric vehicles clears Senate committee
DENVER – Colorado voters may get the chance to tell lawmakers what to do with some of their money if a bill that would end alternative vehicle tax credits continues to make its way through the...
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House Bill 1187: Why should state government get to spend more just because...
A Republican-sponsored bill in the Colorado legislature would likely let state government keep more of your tax money whether it needs it or not. In 2005, Referendum C suspended Colorado’s...
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