Hours after the news broke that the state faces a $384 million budget shortfall for the coming fiscal year, the Colorado state employees’ union, Colorado WINS, asked the Joint Budget Committee for higher pay and benefits. Talk about awkward timing.
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Not to beat a dead horse, but: Remember Referendum C? A state Representative says the huge tax increase was never designed to "fix anything." Now that's a change in tune.
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JBC vice-chairman: 'Ref C wasn't designed to fix anything'
During a Joint Budget Committee presentation before the House Agriculture Committee last week, legislators were discussing the state's budgetary woes. As it often happens under the Capitol dome, conversations about the budget inevitably lead to questions about Referendum C.
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Rep. Bruce may be eccentric, but he's right on TABOR
December 18, 2008
Outgoing Rep. Doug Bruce, R-Colorado Springs, may be bitter, but he’s right.
In a Wednesday e-mail to reporters and a group of fellow state lawmakers, Bruce calls out the Denver Post editorial board for lying about his baby, better known as the Taxpayers Bill of Rights.
Education establishment stalled after defeat of 59 and Ref O
A Face the State Staff Report
November 24, 2008
Following the defeat of two measures on the statewide ballot, a joint effort by Colorado's three largest education lobbying groups to alter the state's tax system has been left in a lurch.
Left Uses Grueskin-led Litigation as Latest Campaign Tool
A Face the State Staff Report
August 19, 2008Campaign managers and consultants move over and make way. The most important weapon in today's political arsenal is a campaign's attorney. Lawsuits are the latest device employed by the left to take on conservative and libertarian candidates and causes. Mark Grueskin, a favorite litigator among Democrat activists, is leading the charge.
Denver Taxpayers Just Can't Say "No"
A Face the State Staff Report
May 2, 2007Over the last four years, Denver taxpayers have approved more than 13 fee or tax increases at a estimated cost of more than $280 million in additional taxes to the city's residents and visitors.