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1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, Adams County Politics, Climate Change, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Editorial, Education, Energy, Immigration, Issues, Jobs, Liberal Logic, National politics, NSRF Business, ObamaCare, PC Police, PERA, POTUS, SCOTUS, TABOR, Taxes, Terrorism, Transportation, War on Women 23.01.2019 No Comments
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Adams County Politics, Ballot Issue, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Education, Elections, Issues, Legal Issues, NSRF Business, TABOR, Taxes, Transportation 15.01.2019 No Comments
Effort launched to repeal Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights; possible ballot issue before the Title Board
DENVER — On the same day Democrats were sworn into all the top elected offices in Colorado, new Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced one of the first potential state-wide ballot initiatives to go before the Colorado Title Board will be a complete repeal of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR).
The Title Board is the first step in putting a citizen-initiated question before voters.
TABOR is a constitutional amendment that was passed by voters in 1992 that requires voter approval to increase taxes or take on new debt. It also limits the growth of a portion of the state budget to a formula of population growth plus inflation. It has been a controversial topic since its inception, and it’s been debated in the courts numerous times.
Many Democrats say it is a threat to Colorado’s education, transportation and health care funding, while Republicans counter that it is what has allowed the Colorado economy to prosper, as well as allowing Colorado to more easily weather economic downturns than states that lack taxpayer protections such as TABOR.
Many attempts to repeal or tweak portions of the amendment have come before the Title Board. This is the first time, however, that anyone can recall where a full repeal of the amendment has been proposed.
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Americans Turned to Trump to Roll Back the Progressive Tide
To understand his appeal, look at the excesses of liberals in recent years. He’s a wall against the wave.
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Cleveland, Nov. 5. PHOTO: JIM WATSON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGESAt lunch the other day, a friend and strong anti-Trumper wondered aloud what brought all those thousands of people out to Donald Trump’s rallies. “After all,” he said “they’re pretty much the same show.” Mr. Trump on stage, in his usual bragging mode, attacking the press, settling scores with people he feels have betrayed him, while the audience in their red hats applaud uproariously, yelling approval for 90 or so minutes. “What’s the attraction? I don’t get it.”
Not a bad question, really. As I thought it over, it occurred to me that what genuinely excites Mr. Trump’s crowds and draws them to him is their shared antiliberalism. By liberalism I do not mean liberalism of the kind that was at the center of our fathers’ Democratic Party—which supported labor unions, civil liberties, racial integration, involvement in international affairs. I refer to the liberalism now metamorphisized into progressivism, at the heart of the thinking of such Democrats as Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others.
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Adams County Politics, Ballot Issue, Candidates, Colorado politics, Denver area politics, Education, Elections, Energy, Issues, Liberal Logic, National politics, NSRF Business, NSRF Meetings, POTUS, TABOR, Taxes, Transportation 07.11.2018 No Comments
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Democrats recapture Colorado Senate, now hold complete power at Capitol.
https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2018/11/06/colorado-senate-democrat-control.html?ana=e_me_set1&s=newsletter&ed=2018-11-07&u=ewaw5QTZsfAZ0BN1ha0knw0d36a24e&t=1541604498&j=84882061Voters reject oil well setbacks as Colorado’s Proposition 112 defeated.
https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2018/11/06/colorado-prop-112-defeated.html?ana=e_me_set1&s=newsletter&ed=2018-11-07&u=ewaw5QTZsfAZ0BN1ha0knw0d36a24e&t=1541604485&j=84882061contest name choice name party name total votes percent of votes registered voters ballots cast
Representative to the 116th United States Congress – District 4 ( 1) Karen McCormick DEM 678 23.25 5384 2973
Representative to the 116th United States Congress – District 4 ( 1) Ken Buck REP 2238 76.75 5384 2973
Representative to the 116th United States Congress – District 6 ( 1) Mike Coffman REP 17232 48.02 70351 36426
Representative to the 116th United States Congress – District 6 ( 1) Jason Crow DEM 17317 48.26 70351 36426
Representative to the 116th United States Congress – District 6 ( 1) Kat Martin LBR 636 1.77 70351 36426
Representative to the 116th United States Congress – District 6 ( 1) Dan Chapin UAF 700 1.95 70351 36426
Representative to the 116th United States Congress – District 7 ( 1) Ed Perlmutter DEM 56439 59.34 204348 96929
Representative to the 116th United States Congress – District 7 ( 1) Mark Barrington REP 34813 36.6 204348 96929
Representative to the 116th United States Congress – District 7 ( 1) Jennifer Nackerud LBR 3866 4.06 204348 96929 Read more … -
Adams County Politics, Ballot Issue, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Editorial, Education, Elections, Issues, NSRF Business, TABOR, Taxes 22.10.2018 No Comments
Admin’s note: Vote NO on 73. It’s not “for the kids” as supporters of this TAX INCREASE say. This ballot question is a liberals spending dream and an end run around TABOR. Education already gets a funding increase every year since Amendment 23 passed in 2000. It’s too bad that student’s achievement results didn’t rise. More money does not equal better outcomes. TABOR will survive this misguided attempt.
Ballot initiative seeks to increase taxes by $1.6 billion; could end Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights
A controversial ballot initiative would raise taxes on Coloradans by $1.6 billion to increase funding for public schools if approved. Opponents argue it also would make the constitutionally protected Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) impotent.
Amendment 73, the Establish Income Tax Brackets and Raise Taxes for Education Initiative, seeks to amend the state constitution to replace Colorado’s flat rate income tax with a progressive income tax. Individuals earning more than $150,000 would be taxed more and the corporate income tax rate would increase. The revenue collected from the tax hikes would go into a newly created Quality Public Education Fund.
The state constitution requires a 55 percent supermajority vote for the initiative to become law.
“‘Take your success elsewhere’ should be the signs erected if Colorado approves Amendment 73,” Penn Pfiffner, former state legislator and chairman of the board of the TABOR Foundation, told Watchdog.org. “The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights properly treats everyone equally, requiring the same income tax rate be applied to everyone. Currently, if you make more money, you pay more, but only at the rate that everyone else pays. This proposal would change that, bringing an attitude that the upper middle class and wealthy should be attacked and made to pay increasing amounts. It is the worst concept in raising taxes.”A group of opponents of the measure launched a “Blank Check. Blatant Deception. Vote No on 73,” campaign, arguing the ballot language is deceptive. It tried to have the question removed after the required deadline and Colorado’s secretary of state rejected its complaint. Read more …
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Mike Rosen: My picks for the 2018 Colorado ballot measures
Since many of you have again asked for my recommendations, here’s my analysis of Colorado ballot measures in 2018. They’re listed in the order in which they’ll appear on your ballot and in the Blue Book.
Amendment V – Lower Age Requirement for Members of the State Legislature
Recommendation: No.
Objective: Lower the age requirement for serving in the state legislature from 25 to 21.
Comments: There are certainly plenty of smart 21 year-olds with high IQs and 4.0 grade point averages. But smarts are not enough. Experience and wisdom come later in life. I’ll concede that not all older legislators are wise or possess impressive experience but we’re stuck with them. Why add to the problem? Additionally, most young people these days are still under the spell of the liberal indoctrination inflicted upon them in K-12 and higher education. Let’s give them a few more years to overcome that in the real world.
Amendment W – Election Ballot Format for Judicial Elections
Recommendation: Yes
Objective: Streamline the wording on the ballot to eliminate unnecessary repetitions.
Comments: This one is just housekeeping and a slam dunk. Anyone who would be confused by the change doesn’t have the wits to cast a vote.
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Does Adams 12 have a Priority Problem or a Funding Problem?Vote NO on the 5C Mill Levy Override Ballot Question
I serve on the Adams 12 Board of Education. I’m not writing this letter as a board representative but rather as a well-informed community member.
I have one big question for the voters in Adams 12 to consider – Does the school district have a funding problem or a priority problem?
I’ve been involved as a parent leader and as a board member for the last 15 years. During this time one particular budget item has aroused my particular hostility because it helps relatively few and harms our students. This budget item is the Longevity Stipend that we pay out to retirees.
Keeping the Longevity Stipends over mission critical budget items is the reason I voted “NO” as a board member for putting the Adams 12 Mill Levy Override Ballot Question 5C on this year’s ballot.
The Longevity Stipends pay retired staff additional funds above and beyond their state retirement pension from PERA. These stipend payouts max out at over $85,000 per retiree and are exceedingly generous when the revenue is healthy. However it is difficult to justify during budget cuts like those of the last 8 years. At first blush this may sound like an argument for more funding but let’s take a closer look. Read more …
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Adams County Politics, Ballot Issue, Candidates, Climate Change, Colorado politics, Denver area politics, Economy, Education, Elections, Energy, Issues, PERA, TABOR, Taxes, Transportation 15.10.2018 No Comments
A look at the candidates in the top election 2018 races in Colorado. (Photo illustration by Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun) Colorado’s county clerks will begin mailing more than 3 million ballots to voters on Monday as the state’s roughly three-week-long Election Day officially kicks off.
About 2 million of those ballots will pass through the U.S. Postal Service’s processing plant in Denver on Monday afternoon and Tuesday alone.
Voters this year have a range of ballot questions and candidates to decide on — from oil and gas regulations to who will be the state’s next governor, attorney general, treasurer and secretary of state.
It will likely be a few days before your ballot actually lands in your mailbox, but here are some things to know ahead of time:
Colorado’s voter registration numbers
As of Oct. 1, there were 3,883,317 registered voters in Colorado, about 600,000 of whom are listed as being inactive.
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