Gosh, did the year really go by that fast? We've had such an awesome time working together on the Face The State High School yearbook committee. Our advisors from the CSU and CU student newspapers really helped keep things in good taste. (Thanks, guys!)
By Andrew Ripemoff
For today’s economic lesson, we’ll use an analogy.
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.
After his fellow lawmakers declined to back his latest tax increase proposal, House Speaker Andrew Romanoff is resorting to the citizen's initiative process to see his plan onto this November's ballot. It's an ironic move, according to petition rights advocates, because Romanoff has been one of the most outspoken opponents of petition rights in the past.
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.
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.