Gosh, did the year really go by that fast? We've had such an awesome time working together on the Face The State High School yearbook committee. Our advisors from the CSU and CU student newspapers really helped keep things in good taste. (Thanks, guys!)
By Andrew Ripemoff
For today’s economic lesson, we’ll use an analogy.
A lawsuit challenging the state’s controversial mill levy increase opened Monday with lawyer Richard Westfall, representing a coalition of taxpayer advocates, asserting the $117 million of extra revenue that has already been generated from a mill levy "freeze" violates the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, which requires any net tax increase be approved by the people.
After his fellow lawmakers declined to back his latest tax increase proposal, House Speaker Andrew Romanoff is resorting to the citizen's initiative process to see his plan onto this November's ballot. It's an ironic move, according to petition rights advocates, because Romanoff has been one of the most outspoken opponents of petition rights in the past.
And just when you thought you might have made it through the 2008 legislative session without yet more laws passed by legislators who know what's best for you, there have been a few fun surprises during the final few weeks of the session.
At a Thursday luncheon in Denver, former U.S. Education Secretary Bill Bennett spoke to Colorado’s Alliance for Choice in Education about why the nation's current system is failing its students.
For the second time in two years, residents of the Foothills Parks and Recreation District have said "no thanks" to a nearly 40 percent increase in the district's property tax rate.
We're off to a busy start this week at Face The State, with two television appearances dealing with important issues for residents of the Denver Metro area.
While the mainstream media successfully positioned Ron Paul's presidential bid as a nut magnet for a diverse coalition that included everyone from unstable anti-war activists to home schooling families, Paul may be getting the last laugh.
“The introduction of a tax [on oil and gas producers] does not mean higher prices for consumers, because producers have to take into account what consumers would tolerate.”
So says Lakshman D. Guruswamy, director of the University of Colorado's Center for Energy & Environmental Security in today’s Rocky Mountain News.
Face The State managing editor Brad Jones talks with Newstalk 1310 KFKA's Amy Oliver about an interesting late bill introduced by Sen. Bob Bacon, D-Fort Collins. Also, more details emerge about House Speaker Andrew Romanoff's plan to remove the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights from the state Constitution.
Face The State has learned that Colorado College has denied the appeal of student Chris Robinson, who was found guilty last month for violating the school's anti-violence code.
While sipping our coffee Sunday morning, we spotted an article in The Denver Post that looked to be more fiction than fact. Apparently, Lakewood is considering eliminating its tax on groceries. We nearly choked.
On the Senate floor Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon, D-Denver, outraged fellow lawmakers by using a debate over a joint resolution in support of Armenian Genocide Day of Remembrance to launch a political attack.
Attention all perverts and exhibitionists: Public acts of masturbation are about to become illegal. Oh, wait. But aren't they already?
With the state Senate's Local Government Committee slated to hear House Bill 1278 today, a bill originally designed to curb eminent domain abuses by the Regional Transportation District, property rights activists are now claiming "bait-and-switch."
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