Face The State was on the scene for the Independence Institute's annual Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Party, held Saturday at the Kiowa Creek Sporting Club. If you missed this year's event - or would like to re-live it, here's a slideshow of this year's festivities.
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Follow this topic by RSSSegment 3 - State supreme court upholds tax increase without public vote
The Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday upholding certain provisions of the 2007 School Finance Act which allow the state to collect increased property tax revenues without a public vote. FTS takes a look at the decision, with reaction from the plaintiff's attorney, Richard Westfall, Independence Institute president Jon Caldara, and Nina Lopez of the Colorado Children's Campaign.
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Colorado Supreme Court hears Ritter tax plea
A Face the State Staff Report
September 15, 2008Mark Grueskin, an attorney frequently used by Democrats to litigate heated political issues, is at it again. On Thursday, he tried to convince the Colorado Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that a $3.8 billion tax increase, imposed by the state legislature and backed by Gov. Bill Ritter, violated a state constitutional amendment mandating that all tax increases require voter approval.