Good Luck With That "Re-Brucing"

10 thoughts on “Good Luck With That “Re-Brucing””

1. I caught a short piece of Face the State over the weekend- just enough for John Caldera to express his confidence that re-brucing initiatives are imminent, either community led or otherwise.

   http://facethestate.com/radio/…

   You have to listen all the way out to 5:41

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   1. Awwww, do we have to?

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2. Which governmental entity has the authority to place a re-Brucing measure on the ballot? Is it the Mesa County Commission or the District 51 School Board?

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   1. Josh Penry and Janet Rowland get whatever they want in Mesa County, details be damned.

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      1. to hear the real answer to this question.

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   2. The District 51 School Board.

      http://www.timescall.com/News_…

      Two observations from that story.
      
      First-

      Either way, re-Bruced or de-Bruced, Mesa County School District 51 will receive the same amount of money, because it is a mix of local and state funds. By re-Brucing, local property owners would pay less of that mix.
      

      If that’s true- I’d oppose individual districts doing this. It should be all or none. And I think it is true, but just up to a certain per pupil funding amount

      And  B –
      

      “My goal is to see if we can re-Bruce,” said Janet Rowland, county commissioner. “When we as a board certify the mill levy, when it comes to the mill levy that is frozen, I believe I am in violation of the (state) constitution.”
      

      Commissioner Rowland doesn’t understand the three branches of government and the checks and balances that we have in Colorado. The Colorado Supreme Court is the law of the state, even if she doesn’t agree with or understand them.

      So when the mill levy is certified, it can be frozen – the CO Supreme Court said so. Her personal interpretation of the state Constitution is irrelevant. Unless I missed something and the Legislature passed some law that the governor signed that says one county commissioner can overrule the Supreme Court.  

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      1. Counties are arms of the state government and, as Justice Mullarkey pointed out in her opinion in the mill levy case, do not have standing to challenge the constitutionality of a state statute. Contrary to her nullification notions, Commissioner Rowland doesn’t have a leg to stand on.

         This is just another example of the extreme right-wing Republicans that dominate the party here and in many other places around the country. Facts are irrelevant and court decisions can be flaunted all based on their self-righteous ideology. The logical conclusion is these people would lead the country into lawlessness.  

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3. She’s a media-magnet! That’s the most important qualification needed to run for US Senate. In our political world, it doesn’t matter if it’s a good or bad idea, what counts is how many times your name gets into the headlines. Could Bennet’s loafers beat Rowland’s three-inch heels?  

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4. I grew up back east and spent ten years in CA playing sailor.  In both places you voted for x amount of mils and then you multiplied your house value by the the amount of mils and you knew what your taxes would be.  The one drawback is as your property value goes up the taxes go up even if you don’t pass any more taxes.  That is were CA attacked the issue and limited the increases in property valuations.  Here we have all of these goofy offsets that you never know what the bill is going to look like each year.  Oh by the way, an increase in my property taxes because the value of my home went up is no more a tax increase then my income taxes going up because I got a raise.

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   1. Oh by the way, an increase in my property taxes because the value of my home went up is no more a tax increase then my income taxes going up because I got a raise.

      No different?  If the value of your property goes up, can you spend that?  Like right away?

      An increase in the value of your property is an increase on paper only.  You realize no monetary gain until you sell your property.  In the meantime, you’re gonna want to increase the amount of insurance, so it will actually cost you.

      While better than a sharp stick in the eye in some respects, it’s nowhere near the same as a pay raise.

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