A lawsuit challenging the state’s controversial mill levy increase opened Monday with lawyer Richard Westfall, representing a coalition of taxpayer advocates, asserting the $117 million of extra revenue that has already been generated from a mill levy "freeze" violates the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, which requires any net tax increase be approved by the people.
A lawsuit challenging the state’s controversial mill levy increase opened Monday with lawyer Richard Westfall, representing a coalition of taxpayer advocates, asserting the $117 million of extra revenue that has already been generated from a mill levy "freeze" violates the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, which requires any net tax increase be approved by the people.
At a Thursday luncheon in Denver, former U.S. Education Secretary Bill Bennett spoke to Colorado’s Alliance for Choice in Education about why the nation's current system is failing its students.
Proponents of a Colorado ballot initiative that would bar state-sponsored discrimination are touting college admission trends for racial minorities in California after a similar law was passed there in 1996.
As Gov. Bill Ritter targets Colorado's energy sector with a controversial tax proposal, industry leaders are alleging that even the threat of passage is causing top producers to leave the state. The effect, they charge, could have a devastating impact on an industry key to helping ensure that Colorado avoids much of the economic turmoil plaguing the rest of the nation.
By Andrew Ripemoff
Well it looks like our favorite controversial lawmaker is at it again. This bombastic loudmouth maverick is spewing out more garbage, becoming an even bigger embarrassment to both his constituents and his party.
I am, of course, talking about Ken Gordon.
And just when you thought you might have made it through the 2008 legislative session without yet more laws passed by legislators who know what's best for you, there have been a few fun surprises during the final few weeks of the session.