Defending the Colorado Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR)
Colorado Senate Bill 09-108, known as FASTER (Funding Advancements for Surface Transportation and Economic Recovery Act of 2009) has collected $1.4 Billion in “fees” over six years. The most recent State Auditors report found: Deficiencies ....
Opinion: Vote "YES" on 2D Posted By Bob Falcone on Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 9:52 AM Shutterstock Colorado Springs city government finds itself with approximately $2.1 million in excess revenue 2014. Colorado's Tax Payers ....
October 11, 2015 By Amy K. Frantz , Toledo Chronicle, Tama News-Herald Do Legislators have a Constitutional right to impose taxes on citizens and to deny citizens any veto power over those actions? A group ....
Employee Nikki Desiderio explains different marijuana products to customers at the Helping Hand recreational marijuana store in Boulder. (Jeremy Papasso, Daily Camera) Opinion YES: It's what voters wanted By Ross Kaminsky Proposition BB, the only ....
TABOR plans for years of taxpayer refunds By Staff Saturday, October 3, 2015 Under the 1992 voter-approved constitutional amendment known as the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, state and local governments are limited on how much ....
Lawmakers struggle with the politics of state’s budget By Charles Ashby Saturday, October 3, 2015 Health care advocates like it. So do crusaders of more funding for transportation and education. Some Colorado lawmakers believe they ....
It’s been called “The Fiscal Thicket” and “The Gordian Knot” over the past couple of decades, but however one terms it, there are conflicts in the state’s tax policies for good or ill. While some ....
The Hospital Provider Fee was created by an act of the Colorado Legislature in 2009 to help provide health care to those who can’t afford their own medical coverage and were not already qualified for ....
We saw this on Facebook: Warning: Political diatribe to follow.... Love it when our state government tries to raise our taxes via a ballot initiative in a non election year. (insert sarcasm font) This November ....
TABOR rule requires state to refund all of 2014-15 pot money In November 2012, 55 percent of Colorado voters said they wanted to legalize and tax recreational marijuana when they approved Amendment 64. One year ....