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Tag: Tabor
New STAR to Guide TABOR
Fifteen years ago, the battle lines were drawn in blood red ink. Innocents became cannon fodder amidst the ensuing economic chaos. Media accounts raged...
Lamborn’s Latest Tax Whack Plan
Coming on top of failed attempts to cut away at public broadcasting and eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, first-year Colorado Congressman Doug...
Romanoff Goes On The Road To Reform
UPDATED: In addition to Denver and Colorado Springs, a JeffCo meeting is also scheduled (see below).
Unintended consequences. Those were the two words that Colorado's...
Littwin Takes on Ghost of Property Tax Freeze Past
Rocky Mountain News columnist Mike Littwin takes a look at the recent history of the property tax freeze in Colorado and reminds us that...
“De-Brucing” In Lakewood
TABOR could be overridden again in Lakewood, a suburb of Denver. A provision that will be on the November ballot seeks to renew a...
TABOR on Trial III: The Maine Event
Maine already has a TABOR-like spending-limitation law. Proposed by Governor John Baldacci, it passed the state legislature in January 2005 -- just two months...
TABOR on Trial: Trashed in Missouri
Last week, the backer of Missouri's TABOR initiative told a district court judge that initiative signatures should be considered valid even if submitted in...
Montana TABOR Update: “Deliberate Assault”
A quick update from the TABOR battle in Montana:
In court actions filed Tuesday, Attorney Jonathan Motl accused that state's TABOR proponents of "the most...
TABOR on Trial II: Montana
Montana's version of TABOR, Constitutional Initiative 97 (or CI-97), hasn't officially made the ballot yet. Its signatures still await certification by Sec'y of State...