Posts by Mary MacFarlane

GOP & Prentice Concerned Over Bloated Budget

Despite constraints placed on the state budget by TABOR, Colorado repubs are showing growing concern over a nearly 5% increase in the upcoming budget. As the Independence Institute’s Paul Prentice says to Watchdog, Every dollar spent by the State of Colorado must first come from the private sector in one form or another. TABOR minimizes…

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Letter to the Editor: Hands Off Our TABOR!

Coloradans know how fortunate they are to have TABOR. As Larry Roche writes in the Reporter-Herald: Regardless of what party is in the majority, TABOR has protected us from the unreasonable tax appetite of the Legislature. The last election cycle, we told the Legislature we did not want additional taxes by defeating all state tax…

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CO House Repubs Defend TABOR!

House Republicans fired back after Dems announced legislation that would circumvent TABOR and permanently end tax refunds. In a Facebook note, House Republican Leader Patrick Neville called out Dems for being unable to “pay for all of their empty promises made in the last election, so now they want to permanently eliminate your tax refunds…

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Hickenlooper Takes Credit for TABOR’s Successes

Everyone knows Colorado’s economy is booming thanks to the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights…everyone except former Governor and current Presidential candidate John Hickenlooper. Despite campaigning for the last six tax increases that were thankfully defeated at the ballot, Hick is trying to take credit for Colorado’s economy. As Colorado Rising Action’s Michael Fields writes, “In his…

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CO Dems Try to Pull Fast One on Voters

Colorado Democrats are once again trying to trick voters into killing TABOR. As Amy Oliver Cooke writes in the Greeley Tribune, Dems recently declared their intent to keep all taxpayer money and permanently set aside the spending cap: One example of Democrats’ end-run around TABOR is the FAMLI Leave Act, which is a state-run family…

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Lawmakers Looking to Dismantle TABOR

Lawmakers have been looking to get rid of TABOR for a long time. As Joey Bunch reports, many on the right are willing to go to war over it: “I think a lot of conservatives would be excited to have that battle,” said Michael Fields, executive director of Colorado Rising Action and one of the…

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ICYMI: Coloradans Love TABOR!

“You like me…you like me!” A recent survey from Baselice & Associates shows 71% of registered voters in Colorado give a thumbs up to our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR). Read the survey memo here and the survey demographics here. So the next time cocktail party chatter turns into TABOR hate speech, you can remind…

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