By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
The reason lawmakers in the 74th General Assembly are back in session boils down to one reason, Republican Rep. Rick Taggart says.
Some county governments did not adjust their mill levies while property owners received assessment increases in a double-whammy.
“I understand they are concerned, but they had a windfall and could have helped our taxpayers by adjusting their mill levies,” Taggart said. “Quite honestly, had they done that we probably wouldn’t be here today. [Amendment] 50 and [Prop.] 108 probably wouldn’t exist. That’s the reason why we are here.”
He used two counties as examples of the gouging taxpayers have faced.
“Adams County had additional revenues of $288 million. That’s an increase of 23.3%,” Taggart said. “In my career running corporations, I could probably count on one hand when I had increases in revenue of 23.3%.”
He also noted Larimer County revenues of an additional $165 million.