Monday, November 24th, 2008
The Rocky Mountain News published my letter to the editor last week:
Amendment 59 backers should send refunds to schools
Let the "begathon" begin! That's what educators would need to raise school funding because Amendment 59 failed, said Colorado Association of School Boards director Jane Urschel ("Despite defeat, Ritter aims for budget ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
The Denver Post posted my letter on-line a couple weeks ago:
Amendment 59 Raises Taxes
Re: “SAFE gets Colorado back on track,” Sept. 25 Gail Schoettler column.
Amendment 59 is based on deception, and former Colorado State Treasurer Gail Schoettler perpetuates this deceit.
Amendment 59 would raise your taxes. Schoettler denies this, saying that ...
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
The Rocky Mountain News printed my letter to the editor earlier this week about Colorado Amendment 59. Click here for the on-line version with reader comments. A scan of the print version is here.
A DIFFERING VIEW: Count on taxes rising if Amendment 59 passes
The Rocky should regret endorsing the deceptive ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
From VoteNo59.com:
Amendment 59 (or "SAFE") is the proposed amendment to Colorado's constitution that would increase your taxes by forever funneling your TABOR rebate back to the government, ostensibly to fund P-12 education.
You should vote NO on 59. Why? Because:
It is a permanent tax increase.
It isn't about increasing funding for Colorado's ...
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Ari Armstrong has written two good posts against the proposed Colorado Amendment 59 here and here. He writes:
Those wishing to forcibly transfer more money from those who earn it to those who want it constantly review the benefits (real or imagined) of higher tax spending. What they generally ignore are ...
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