Defending the Colorado Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR)
August 2023 Dear Voters and Taxpayers: Proposition HH is NOT what proponents say it is. It is a huge tax increase. It takes your tax refunds already owed back to you but is disguised as a small amount of property tax relief to local governments. It raises State taxes by billions of dollars. You should
Read MoreThe TABOR Committee is celebrating the decision by the Colorado Special Districts Association to oppose Proposition HH! Special districts are local governments that provide services such as fire protection and rescue, water, sanitation, hospitals and libraries. The Association represents about 2,600 of the 3,300 plus districts throughout the state. The Association developed a template for
Read MoreColorado voters will be asked in November to vote on Proposition HH. As with most ballot measures, it is written to sound very good and appealing. It starts out, “Shall the State reduce property taxes….” And, of course, like most ballot measures, that’s misleading and the actual text of the measure is complex. You will,
Read MorePenn, Many, many thanks for dealing with my City Clerk and Attorney on Thursday, the day before the TABOR con statement noon deadline. I called the City Clerk mid-Thursday-morning to confirm that the TABOR Con Statement deadline was noon the next day. The City Clerk firmly informed me that City Ballot issue 3K did not
Read MoreGUEST COLUMN: Thanks to TABOR, Colorado works for everyone Jesse Mallory Aug 27, 2023 Legislative Democrats have been scheming to kill Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, since before it was added to the state Constitution in 1992. Hardly a year goes by without a bill, proposal, “listening tour,” or lawsuit hatched to enable
Read MoreMenten: Honest voter guide needed to counter Proposition HH deception August 15, 2023 By Natalie Menten In October 2023, Colorado voters are going to get a ballot information guide, nicknamed the Blue Book (it literally has a blue cover page) in the mail prior to the arrival of their actual ballots. This year the Blue Book
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Read MoreDavid Flaherty is CEO of Magellan Strategies, a CO-based public opinion polling and survey research firm. He recently did an interesting poll about Proposition HH, a measure on this November’s ballot which will slightly lower property tax rates while all but eliminating (over several years) TABOR refunds. It’s a disgusting and cynical ploy which I will
Read MoreIt’s important to educate the voter on Prop HH. 44% of people will vote against it if they know enough about it. 2 key takeaways that every voter should know: Prop HH will take away your TABOR tax refund. Local governments will be able to keep money owed to you without asking your permission.
Read MoreALEC Executive Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams discusses an upcoming Colorado ballot measure that would expand government spending and weaken Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), the nation’s strongest taxpayer protection. The progressive push to undermine common sense checks on government spending is never-ending. It’s evidenced recently by the debate over
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