TABOR, which includes provisions that are rapidly closing a vise on state spending, will soon undermine the quality of services provided to taxpayers.
Posted 02.17.2012
Colorado's notorious anti-tax advocate Douglas Bruce reported to jail this morning to begin serving his 180-day sentence for tax evasion. Bruce was be...
AP | IVAN MORENO and KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 12.30.2011
DENVER — The nation's only statewide tax vote on the November ballot asks Colorado voters whether they want to temporarily raise taxes to genera...
The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 08.06.2011
Doug Bruce's resume could easily include these bylines: Anti-tax crusader, TABOR author, small government enthusiast. But what about "Colorado lawyer...
The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.24.2011
*** Update *** The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Wednesday that El Paso County attorney Bill Louis would like to authorize his office to interv...
Jason Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011
It's been pointed out numerous times of late that those good protesters who dumped tea into Boston Harbor in 1773 weren't against taxation. They wanted representation!
David Thielen | Posted 05.25.2011
Every politician in Colorado is claiming they are totally focused on jobs. But in so many cases, they fall back on the same tired proposals they present for any problem.
AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011
DENVER — Political outsiders, gun-toting miners and grizzled pioneers started Colorado's government, but few have caused it more trouble than anti-t...
Colorado Springs Gazette | Posted 05.25.2011
Anti-tax activist and former prosecutor Douglas Bruce today agreed to testify before a grand jury after the District Attorney's office granted him imm...
Colorado Springs Gazette | EILEEN WELSOME | Posted 05.25.2011
DENVER - A Colorado administrative court has found that anti-tax advocate Douglas Bruce was among a group of people involved in putting three tax-redu...
The Gazette | DANIEL CHACON | Posted 05.25.2011
It may sound strange, given Colorado Springs' exhaustive and well-publicized budget problems, but the city has nearly $600,000 in "excess" revenue tha...
Sean Paige | Posted 05.25.2011
Reporters can't caricature Salt Lake City the way they have Colorado Springs, apparently, so they just don't seem interested.
Posted 05.25.2011
In a recorded conversation at an LGTB event in Denver, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet slammed Tea Party activists' views on government as "ludicrous,...
KDVR | Eli Stokols | Posted 05.25.2011
DENVER - Amidst ongoing revenue shortfalls and the corresponding cycle of deep budget cuts, opponents of the Taxpayers Bill of Rights have been lookin...
Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE: The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that Doug Bruce may be held in contempt of court for failing to respond to judge's orders. Colorado Atto...
The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 05.25.2011
Speaking of violating the constitution, it's fascinating to see some of these Republicans so worried about violating the constitution now that they're...
Alan Gottlieb | Posted 05.25.2011
Sure, Colorado Springs is known for its ultra-conservative politics. But did average citizens there have any idea what they were about to lose when they said no to a property tax increase?
David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011
To know the stakes are high, just look at perhaps the single most conservative, anti-tax and anti-government bastion in America -- Colorado Springs.
Rollie Heath | Posted 05.25.2011
"What kind of state do we want?" Finding answers that most Coloradans will agree with is quite a challenge. We must consider the costs of inaction along with the costs of action.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Emily Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011
Colorado isn't in the top 10 states in "fiscal peril," according to a new report from Pew Center on the States. It's number 11. Along with Georg...
The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 05.25.2011
One of the most noticeable partisan applause gaps in Gov. Bill Ritter's State of the State speech came about halfway through when he addressed three t...
The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 05.25.2011
As lawmakers struggle to balance the state budget, a wide spectrum of civic groups are quietly meeting to try to find long-term fiscal solutions -- wh...
ColoradoPols | Posted 05.25.2011
Yesterday, two versions of Colorado's controversial Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) went before the voters in Washington state and Maine. Where, in...
The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011
As Colorado wrestles with an already lean state budget growing leaner by the day- one that has forced Gov. Ritter to propose repeated controversial cu...
Kristina Wilfore | Posted 05.25.2011
Out of all of the election results from yesterday, the anti-tax ballot measures in Maine and Washington (known as TABOR) provide a better political tea leaf into voter attitudes going into the 2010 election cycle than anything else.
Miller Hudson | Posted 05.24.2012