This Spring, there are a handful of city council campaigns and local ballot initiatives taking shape across Colorado. In particular, ballot issue 1A in Colorado Springs, which would extend the city's property tax with a goal of garnering greater funding for job creation programs, is getting lots of attention.
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FTS visits with Sean Paige, former editorial page editor at the Colorado Springs Gazette about this week's municipal elections. After successfully fighting off an effort to repeal the city's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, his coalition worked toward the defeat of Issue 1A, which would have extended property taxes to dole out corporate welfare "incentives."
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Underdog Springs residents victorious in April election
A Face the State Staff Report
April 9, 2009COLORADO SPRINGS - Despite being drastically outspent, a ragtag coalition of anti-tax activists is celebrating two victories from this week's city election: the defeat of a property tax extension and the passage of a measure that allows the city to accept federal funds for local projects without changing tax-and-spend limitations.
Springs activist points out flaws with ballot issue 1A
March 30, 2009Springs city council rethinks anti-TABOR vote
A Face the State Staff Report
January 14, 2009
Under intense public pressure to maintain a city requirement that all proposed spending increases go to a vote of the people, the Colorado Springs City Council has decided to draft ballot language for a TABOR revision instead of a full repeal.