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Three Controversial Ballot Measures Draw Fire
Reporter Tim Hoover of
The Denver Post dissected Amendment 61, one of the three ballot proposals that CACI and many other business organizations are opposing.
Click here to read.
The Post editorialized against the three ballot measures but Amendment 61 in detail, saying that it would “cripple the ability of our local and state governments to provide the most basic of services—from building schools for children to supplying clean water to our homes”.
Click here for the article.
At its June meeting, the CACI Board of Directors voted to oppose the three ballot measures--Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101-- because the proposals, should they be approved by the voters in November, would cause severe damage to state and local governments in Colorado and, therefore, to the state’s business climate:
· Amendment 60 would reduce property taxes and, significantly, repeal voters’ previous “TABOR overrides” at the local government level;
· Amendment 61 would limit debt financing by state and local governments, including school districts; and
· Proposition 101 would reduce various taxes, including a repeal of the increase in vehicle taxes passed by the legislature last year to fund transportation needs.
The two proposed amendments would amend the Colorado Constitution; Proposition 101 would amend state statutes.
CACI urges its members to (a) become acquainted with these three measures and then (b) financially support the organization,
Coloradans for Responsible Reform, that is fighting the measures.
Click here to go to their website.
The legislature’s chief economist, Natalie Mullis, has written a memo analyzing the three measures. Please
click here to view.
For the public, the legislature’s “Blue Book” will be the best source for non-partisan, balanced analysis of the three measures. Visit the legislature’s Web site periodically to view the drafts on the three measures as they progress through the drafting-and-comment process this summer.
Click here to read the first of drafts of the analyses of the three ballot proposals:
CACI members also can submit comments about the measures via e-mail to the legislative staff working on the analyses.
