Colorado tax increases lost locally while voters said yes statewide

By Kyla Pearce | The Denver Gazette

Amid rising prices and financial uncertainty, voters along Colorado’s Front Range protected their wallets when it came to local tax questions on their ballots but approved statewide and regional ones.

Questions about raising taxes and mill levy overrides hit voters across the metro area last Tuesday, and many denied tax increases on their local ballots.

Mill levy override questions were shot down in Douglas and Jefferson counties. Tax increase questions were voted down in Aurora, Northglenn and Lakewood.

Dick Wadhams, former Colorado Republican state chairman, said there seems to be a contradiction this year when it comes to tax trends.

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