Defending the Colorado Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR)
The Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) Foundation is a resource to educate and inform how TABOR protects Colorado taxpayers from runaway government spending. Anything posted on this site is not an endorsement of any political cause, party, or group.
Read MoreIP-12-2012 (October 2012) Author: Robert G. Natelson PDF of full Issue Paper Introduction: Opponents of popular participation in government have long argued that when a state constitution or legislature permits the people to vote on revenue measures and other laws, this puts the state out of compliance with the U.S. Constitution’s Guarantee Clause: the requirement
Read MoreNovember 8th, 2012, 6:11 pm · As of Thursday, lawmakers from Colorado Springs hold three of the four top leadership positions in the state Senate and House of Representatives. The outspoken Democratic Sen. John Morse was elected by the Senate Democratic caucus to be the chamber’s next president. In the House GOP elections, Colorado Springs
Read More(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) Current and former lawmakers are taking the Taxpayer Bill of Rights to court for a second opinion. Workers install a large U.S. flag and a Colorado State Seal on the west side of the Capitol in Denver on Friday, January 7, 2011, as part of the decoration for the inauguration of Governor-elect
Read MoreCentennial will ask voters in November to exempt the city from having to refund excess revenue it takes in as required by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. TABOR requires local governments to send out refunds to its taxpayers when revenues exceed a certain amount. The intent of the law is to limit the growth of
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