Category: Colorado Politics
TABOR cont: Not just a Colorado issue
May 10th
http://kaaltv.com/article/view/87561/
According to the AP report noted above, the Democrat-controlled Minnesota State Senate just passed a bill to raise the top income tax rate in the state to 10.65%, more than 3 percent higher than the current rate.… more »
Wrecking TABOR: It’s not just a Colorado problem
May 5th
[For a PDF version of this article Click Here]
Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights has been the envy of many other states with its ability to limit the growth government taxation and spending. Now, with the complicity of the Governor who was the orig… more »
Data shows economic risk of tax hikes
May 5th
PUBLISHED in the Boulder Daily Camera 5/11/05
(http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/letters_to_editor/article/0,1713,BDC_2491_3767290,00.html)
re: Colorado Coffers Taxed (Boulder Daily Camera, 5/3/05)
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/state_news/article/0,17… more »
State Rep. Mark Larson responds to my position on the smoking ban
Apr 30th
In response to my note a few days ago about the smoking ban likely to be passed in Colorado, State Representative Mark Larson, the House sponsor of the bill responded as follows. Although I don't agree with his position on this issue, I must give Rep. La… more »
CO Senate passes a slightly watered-down smoking ban
Apr 28th
Smoking limits singed
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~61~2839887,00.html
[This is a letter to a state Representative, not a newspaper editorial page.]
To Rep. Mark Larson, Republican sponsor of the Colorado House version of this bill:… more »
Excuse me, miss....didn't you have a beard yesterday?
Apr 27th
Let me get one thing clear from the start: I am not homophobic. I have gay relatives and friends and have not even a thought of judging them in any way negatively about their sexual orientation.
The Colorado State Senate has passed, on a party-line vo… more »
Ward Churchill: "What he deems as the truth"
Apr 27th
PUBLISHED in the Colorado Daily 5/3/05
http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2005/05/02/opinion/opinion03.txt
re: A four-way convergence (Colorado Daily, 4/27/05)
http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2005/04/27/news/news01.txt
In your article… more »
Salazar's flip-flop: A DC winner but in Colorado???
Apr 26th
PUBLISHED: Denver Post 4/27/05 http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E416%257E,00.html
re: Salazar wins points in filibuster tussle
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33999~2836331,00.html
To the Editors:
Democratic organizati… more »
Sausages and Laws
Apr 20th
They say there are two things you never want to see being made: Sausages and Laws.
I had the opportunity to visit the Colorado State Senate this week and got to see our lawmakers in action. For those of you who don’t know, Democrats won control of b… more »
More bad tax law in Colorado
Apr 19th
While researching Colorado property taxes I found a great example of bad policy made by a money-grubbing government: According to a state web site: “If the tax amount is $10 or less, the county treasurer may add an administrative fee of $5 to your bill… more »
