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Now there’s a headline you always knew was coming. The Colorado Springs Gazette’s Eileen Welsome has been covering the emergent story of three state ballot initiatives–Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101–for which a large and costly petition campaign was obviously mounted, but no expenses were ever reported. Efforts to get to the bottom of this […]

As the Colorado Springs Gazette reports: A Colorado Springs municipal judge Friday postponed a trespassing trial for Douglas Bruce and a fellow anti-tax activist after prosecutors argued the jury pool had been tainted by a man handing out leaflets in front of the courthouse. The leaflets, according to Colorado Springs spokesman John B. Leavitt, told […]

Not unexpectedly, the Pueblo Chieftain reports: Three measures that may reach the 2010 ballot would be devastating to the state’s finances, Sen. Abel Tapia said. The Pueblo Democrat and long-time member of the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, said Tuesday that three proposed ballot questions pushed by tax-crusader Douglas Bruce would not only hurt the state’s […]

(Never a dull moment – promoted by Colorado Pols) He was detained and issued a summons for trespassing in the parking lot of a Costco in Colorado Springs Saturday. No respect for private property rights, apparently. http://www.denverpost.com/news… From the Denver Post: According to Lt. David Whitlock, spokesman for the Colorado Springs Police Department, officers from […]

from the Boulder Daily Camera A law that funnels more tax money to schools is still in force for now, allowing local school districts to raise taxes in 2009, the state Supreme Court said Friday. The court refused to say whether the law is constitutional, however. No final decision yet, but the schools can operate […]