Counting the threats to democracy right here in Colorado

Counting the threats to democracy right here in Colorado December 31, 2025 Jon Caldara Remember during COVID, when the people screaming the loudest for government-mandated jabs were the very same people chanting “my body, my ....

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Colorado Taxpayers Facing Threats from Big Government Advocates & Authoritarian Legislators

Links from video: https://freestatecolorado.com/herman/ A new proposed tax increase would be disastrous for Colorado. The economy is already struggling and many Coloradans are having trouble making ends meet. And yet, greedy politicians and their authoritarian ....

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Colorado’s budget gap means more money in taxpayers’ pockets

Colorado’s budget gap means more money in taxpayers’ pockets August 5, 2025 Nash Herman Have Colorado lawmakers cried wolf about the state’s budget too many times?  The state legislature, after recently reconciling a billion-dollar “budget ....

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Threats to TABOR are threats to democracy | CALDARA

TABOR simply means voter consent. TABOR is democracy. Weakening TABOR is weakening democracy. Every couple of years the spending lobby orchestrates an assault on our Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. They are testing another onslaught likely ....

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HJR 1023: Colorado lawmakers’ constitutional ignorance on display

HJR 1023: Colorado lawmakers’ constitutional ignorance on display April 9, 2025 Rob Natelson This article first appeared on April 9, 2025 in Complete Colorado. To understand why some members of the Colorado legislature are unworthy of your trust, ....

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Colorado Legislative binge ongoing despite billion-dollar budget gap

Colorado Legislative binge ongoing despite billion-dollar budget gap March 27, 2025 Nash Herman Despite Colorado’s $1.2 billion budget deficit, increasing regulatory woes, and a souring economic outlook, the state legislature continues to proliferate new legislation that promises to ....

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Citizen watchdogs needed for Arapahoe County 1A tax windfall

In the November, 2024 general election, Arapahoe County voters approved ballot issue 1A, removing spending limits imposed by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR).  Moving forward, this means county government gets to keep and spend ....

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Herman: Colorado’s over-spending problem explained

Herman: Colorado’s over-spending problem explained January 19, 2025 By Nash Herman Colorado legislators are discovering first-hand the impossibility of having their cake and eating it too. The Joint Budget Committee continues to meet with dozens of departments ....

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Herman: Course correction needed for Colorado’s economic outlook

December 20, 2024 By Nash Herman The University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business recently released their 60th annual Business Outlook for 2025, and, despite a moderate outlook  in 2025, the report includes some disturbing trends in the Colorado ....

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