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Webinar: Understanding TABOR

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Webinar: Understanding TABOR

October 30, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

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The Colorado Supreme Court recently decided its first case interpreting Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) in several years.

In MetroPCS v. City of Lakewood, the Court held that the city’s revisions to a pre-TABOR business and occupation tax relating to telecommunications were “new taxes” and invalid without prior voter approval.

TABOR experts and the lawyers who litigated the case for the city will discuss the case, the Court’s reaction to the parties’ arguments, and the implications municipalities dealing with similar tax scenarios and TABOR generally.

Speakers:  David Broadwell, former CML general Counsel John VanLandschoot, senior assistant city attorney, City of Lakewood Dalton Kelley, Butler Snow LLP

https://www.cml.org/home/networking-events/event-detail/2025/10/30/default-calendar/webinar-understanding-tabor-web-103025

 

 

Sep 17

Colorado Taxpayers Facing Threats from Big Government Advocates & Authoritarian Legislators

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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 allies working for non-profits want to take more of our money. Thankfully, we have people like Nash Herman who analyze policy and expose the implications of these schemes. Nash works for the Independence Institute in Denver, a Free-Market think tank. In this video, Nash explains why tax increases are a bad idea and shares insight into the mindset of greedy big government advocates.

Aug 19

Colorado’s 2025 Special Session: Background and Bills Released So Far – TABOR Refund News

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Here we go again!
For the third year in a row, Governor Jared Polis has called the Legislature for a Special Session.
This year, they are meeting to address the nearly $1 billion shortfall that the State of Colorado is facing due to the tax cuts in HR 1, otherwise known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Natalie Menten is a Colorado politics expert and taxpayer advocate.
She joined me to provide background on the Special Session, and explain what bills have already been introduced.
If you want to become an expert on the Colorado Legislature, this is a must-watch!

Jun 12

It’s Worse: Local Governments use Taxpayer Money to Lobby Legislature for TABOR Repeal, Raise Taxes!

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Local Governments want to raise your taxes.

Thankfully, we have the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) that prevents them from taking more of your money without voter approval.

Of course, Politicians and Bureaucrats have been working for years to subvert TABOR.

This year, Democrats in the State Legislature have sponsored a Resolution to initiate a lawsuit (paid for by taxpayers) to repeal our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.

And to make matters worse, local governments have been using their taxpayer-funded resources to lobby the Legislature in favor of this TABOR Repeal Lawsuit!

And as Natalie Menten explains in our video, we also have non-profit organizations (some of which have received taxpayer money) also lobbying in favor of repealing TABOR!

It’s wrong on so many levels!

Taxpayers and voters need to stand up and speak out against this blatant attempt to overturn the will of the people and attack our citizen initiative process!

Natalie also provides an update on the TABOR Repeal Lawsuit Resolution and shares video she took at the State Capitol during the Committee Hearing.

Links from Video:

Bob Marshall statement during testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsfSsvMGllk

Require General Assembly TABOR Constitutionality Lawsuit HJR25-1023: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hjr25-1023

Colorado Secretary of State Lobbyist Search: https://www.sos.state.co.us/lobby/SearchSubject.do

Natalie’s cartoons from the presentation

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Jun 12

Colorado’s TABOR Under Attack from Greedy Legislators! They Want More of Our Money!

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Coloradans voted to protect themselves from government overreach in 1992 with the passage of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR).

Since then, greedy politicians have been trying to repeal TABOR, and raise our taxes to unlimited levels.

Thankfully, they haven’t been able to remove TABOR from our State Constitution.

But these sneaky politicians have found ways to skirt TABOR by increasing fees instead of taxes, and legislative schemes to steal more of our money.

Cory Gaines joined me to discuss this year’s legislation designed to subvert TABOR and grow government beyond what is constitutionally allowed.

Links:

HJR25-1023: Require General Assembly TABOR Constitutionality Lawsuit: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hjr25-1023

SB25-173: Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-173

Information on State Enterprises: https://leg.colorado.gov/publications/state-government-enterprises-1

May 19

What is TABOR: The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights? – Advance Colorado Rundown

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Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown gives a brief history and explanation of Colorado’s unique taxpayer protection: the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. This revenue cap limits the state government’s ability to spend taxpayer dollars and requires refunds to be sent to Coloradans when the government collects beyond the limit.