Krista talks with Michael Fields of Colorado Rising Action on TABOR polling
Feb 25, 2019
Click (HERE) to go to KHOW and listen to the interview
Krista talks with Michael Fields of Colorado Rising Action on TABOR polling
Feb 25, 2019
Click (HERE) to go to KHOW and listen to the interview
The City of Steamboat Springs failed to ask voters for a new city property tax – a clear violation of taxpayers’ rights. The TABOR Committee is assisting with legal advice.
The TABOR Committee reviewed a proposed ballot measure for a mil levy increase for the Park County Fire District. The language was proper; the voters said yes.
Why TABOR matters:
The TABOR Committee is helping citizens in Loveland to determine any violations and legal cause of action regarding the city’s efforts to skirt TABOR on its cable internet project.
Well ain’t this something?
A new poll was released indicating overwhelming support of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, which most Coloradans lovingly refer to as TABOR. Fully 71 percent of the 500 Coloradans surveyed expressed support for the policy, and lest you think these numbers are skewed, the breakdown of who was asked is… rather reflective of an actual election in Colorado: 37 percent of respondents were either unaffiliated or members of a third party, 32 percent were Democrats, and 31 percent were Republicans.
TABOR, for those uninitiated into wonky public policy, can be defined simply and as follows:
TABOR, the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, is an amendment to the state constitution passed in 1992 which requires state and local government to seek voter approval in order to raise taxes and also limits growth in state spending to population growth plus inflation. If the state collects more revenues than it is allowed to spend, then it must return the surplus to the taxpayers.
To put it another way, TABOR allows the people of Colorado to decide amongst themselves on tax increases. It’s one of the most publicly-empowering policies in the entire country, and, yeah, it’s pretty freakin’ popular in our beloved state.
Remember this when Democrats at the State Capitol introduce legislation that either puts a dent in, or otherwise seeks to circumvent TABOR. Every time they do it (and trust us, they do it), Democrat lawmakers are implicitly telling us that we’re not smart enough to determine our own state’s financial future.
For our part, we trust your gut on TABOR. And you’ll be happy to know that you’ve got a lot more friends than foes.
THAT’S… A SUPERMAJORITY: 71 Percent of Coloradans Support TABOR