As the Rocky Mountain News reports:
More than 90 bills become law Sunday, kicking off the Fourth of July week with a bang or whimper, depending on your politics…
“The winners on July 1 are kids who need health care, seniors in nursing homes, victims of domestic violence. Those folks will be better off,” said House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, D-Denver.
“The bad news is that if you’re a drunk driver, sex offender, animal abuser, a law-breaking mortgage broker, July 1 will not be a good day for you.”
There’s the “bang.” For the “whimper,” we turn to the right side of the aisle:
“Here we are with record revenue rolling in from Referendum C, with a back-breaking property tax increase, and we’re about to give them an one-two-punch with increased fees and more nanny bills,” said Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma.
“Then we have some bills that will cost consumers, especially a mortgage bill that will keep people on the bubble from affording a home,” he added.
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Personally I think the taxes we pay the state are the deal of the century. Especially compared to the waste in the City of Boulder taxes.
…which is why our roads and schools are falling apart and tuition keeps going up.
Pay me now, or pay me later…. Ain’t no free tax lunch.
In Western CO the roads are being hammered by O&G, $54 million in repairs needed in Rio Blanco County alone (and the gas companies went to court to keep RB from collecting). And yet, the o&g companies pay the less than in either WY or NM in severance taxes, meaning that you and I and the 6,000 or so people who live in RB County have to pay and pay and pay, more taxes, more repair bills, etc. as the oilies drill the bejesus out of the state and ship all the gas off to Ohio.
It mentioned a few bills, quoted a few pols and cut the story to make room for stories about the weather, killings, car crashes and other nonsense.
Most folks in CO are complaining about services they think the governement should be providing: schools, roads, proprty rights.
lowering taxes actually hurts schools and roads. We need to spend some time to together to discuss property rights
We have a fair tax burden in the metro area. It is far too high in many rual areas, overall we enjoy more than enough revenue – it is the gross mismanagment of the funds that will destroy the publics will when pulling the lever. The gross overuns on fastrax the Denver Jail and the stupid Hick – green initaitives to drive business out of Denver are but a few examples. Of course or outright corruption nothing beats Jeffco so at least that part is statewide.
are absolutely horrendous here. Any other surrounding state is head and heels above CO. Why are we not using the Ref C surplus to fund road improvements???
Owens usually gets the credit for that screw-up. Ref. C and Ref. D both allocated funds to specific areas; when Ref. D failed, it took most of the road funding with it. The Legislature spent (most of) its time sticking to the original deal, with the extra funds beginning to roll in going towards programs in Ref. D if possible.
Compare to what? Where? What IS the proper tax rate?
Tax funds are not grossly mismanaged, at least any worse than private industry does with theirs. People will always disagree what tax money should and should not be spent on.
The overruns on Fastracks was not very predictable; no one can know the cost of construction materials out in the future. T-Rex, I think, came in under or at budget, project oversight by that damned government agency, ColTrans.
John Hickenlooper is a visionary. For every business that doesn’t like the increased cost of business – if any – there is another that likes to be part of the future. Please note that most of the most desirable cities to work and live in and where business’ go, are the environmentally active ones; Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Austin pop into my mind.
You can get on the alternative fueled bus, or be left bitching about how you don’t like the (cleaner) world.
For God’s sake, can’t this man read polls??
“Then we have some bills that will cost consumers, especially a mortgage bill that will keep people on the bubble from affording a home,” he added.
How about that freaking bubble we’re on from the 100’s of billions of dollars that our party is spending on the war??? That tax bill may not only keep this generation from being able to afford a home…but is likely to spill over into the next couple of generations. I am so tired of this BS about “lower taxes” — and especially “back breaking” property taxes — does this man have his kids educated in public schools…or is he from the crowd that calls for the death of public education because he can afford to put his kid in a private school? Any responsible politician (and I don’t care from which side of the aisle you’re on) should be talking about education and training the next generation and being responsible enough to give the public the tools and funds we need to prepare for a 21st Century global economy.
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No bills on gay Marriage, flag burning, Bible-reading, religion in school,the ‘
left wing indoctrination’ of our school children (or anything else by Horowitz…). My GOD…the State Legislature actually did the people’s business…! No wonder Rep. Gardner is so upset.