Politicians, especially Biden & the Progressive Socialist Democratic policies, do not learn from history….
Colorado Republicans spent this past legislative session trying to strip Gov. Jared Polis of the broad emergency powers he has been using to lead the state through the pandemic. The effort did not gain any traction in a Capitol dominated by Polis’ fellow Democrats.
Amendment 78 is a new, conservative-led effort to make the executive branch a little less powerful by giving state lawmakers more control over emergency spending.
It also aims to give the Colorado legislature final say in other spending decisions that are currently handled by the governor and other branches of government.
Supporters point to an incident last spring as the reason such a change is needed.
On May 18, with a stroke of a pen and an evening email, Polis announced he was signing an executive order spending $1 billion of federal coronavirus relief on the state’s public schools.
The sudden announcement enraged Republican lawmakers, and even annoyed some Democrats, who felt they should have a say in how to spend so much money. People pushing Amendment 78 still haven’t gotten over it.
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Retired Army Major General Joseph Arbuckle enlisted in 1968 and graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1970. After returning from Vietnam, he distinguished himself as one of the Army’s missile maintenance experts as well as being noted for his skill in logistics.
His work greatly improved the Army’s logistical capability and flexibility leading up to Operation Desert Storm and beyond it.
He retired in 2000 after 31 years of service having served in many Army command, policy and logistical positions.
He founded Flag Officers For America in 2020 to mobilize other patriotic retired officers in an effort to preserve and strengthen the Republic by influencing public policy and opinion.
Decorated Army Major Joseph Arbuckle has been slammed after signing a letter that called President Joe Biden’s mental health into question. Major Arbuckle was one of the around 124 signatories to the controversial letter, published by a group known as ‘Flag Officers 4 America’ on Wednesday, May 12.
‘We must speak out in order to be faithful to our oath to support and defend the Constitution’ the retired Major said in defense of the letter that became public.
Hear his thoughts on this and many other issues affecting America.
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(The Center Square) – Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission (ICRC) approved the final draft of the state’s new congressional district map during a late-night vote on Tuesday evening.
The map will now head to the state Supreme Court for final approval. A decision is expected no later than Nov. 1.
The 12-member commission approved the map by an 11-1 margin. It received three votes in favor from Democrats, four votes from Republicans, and four votes from unaffiliated members of the commission.
Simon Tafoya, a Democrat from Denver, was the lone “no” vote.
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Amendment 78 would transfer the power to appropriate custodial funds (state revenue not generated through taxes) from the state treasurer to the state legislature.
Plaintiffs alleged that the amendment is not substantially related to Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) and therefore should not appear on the 2021 ballot. Measures that can go on the ballot during odd years in Colorado are limited to topics that concern taxes or state fiscal matters arising under TABOR. This requirement was added to state law in 1994. The Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) requires voter approval for all new taxes, tax rate increases, extensions of expiring taxes, mill levy increases, valuation for property assessment increases, or tax policy changes resulting in increased tax revenue. TABOR limits the amount of money the state of Colorado can take in and spend. It ties the annual increase for some state revenue to inflation plus the percentage change in state population. Any money collected above this limit is refunded to taxpayers unless the voters allow the state to spend it
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