Letters: Review TABOR

Posted: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:00 am I happen to know that in 2007, Denver was able to purchase Ford Crown Victoria police cars for about $15,000 apiece. Today, according to The Denver Post, it costs Denver about $40,000 to purchase and equip a midsize police car. This is just one example of the inflation

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Stop House Bill 1041 — A Public Information Tax

Assault on Civic Engagement Stop House Bill 1041 — A Public Information Tax   The most regressive public policy proposal to come out of the Colorado capitol in years is Senator Kefalas’s “citizens-be-damned” bill to impose significant fees on citizens seeking public information. It is a direct assault on the public’s right to be informed about activities of  their goverment. This

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Report: Colorado’s public worker pension fund not “fiscally sound”

UPDATED:   12/01/2012 12:08:53 AM MST By Tim Hoover The Denver Post The Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association is one of 21 state pension funds that are not “fiscally sound,” according to a national investment research firm. The report, from Morningstar Inc., found that 21 states’ aggregate funded ratios were below 70 percent, the threshold which

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TABOR FOUNDATION v. COLORADO BRIDGE ENTERPRISE, et al

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 2/11/2013 by Jim Manley The Colorado Bridge Enterprise is not a TABOR-exempt business. Colo. Const. art. X, § 20(2)(d). The CBE does not qualify as a TABOR-exempt enterprise because it does not function as self-supporting business and because in fiscal year 2011, the CBE received grants from CDOT totaling more than

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OUR VIEW: Elitists go after TABOR

December 28, 2012 The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights exposes elitism in its most outspoken critics. Listen to them as some celebrate and others mourn 20 years since voters amended the Colorado Constitution to give the governed control of their government. Some who dislike TABOR believe the governing class knows what’s best for everyone else, as

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