Category: Colorado Politics

TABOR cont: Not just a Colorado issue

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

[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

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

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

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?

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"

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???

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

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

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 »