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Gaines: Getting back from the state what we’re owed under TABOR
Approved, Commentary, completecolorado.com

Gaines: Getting back from the state what we’re owed under TABOR

By Cory Gaines | Complete Colorado (via Colorado Accountability Project) Pretend that your employer accidentally overpaid you, say $20 extra a month for a couple years.  Neither of you notice until one day you get an email telling you about the mistake.  The mistake has been fixed and your pay will be $20 less going forward.  Also, you now owe your employer $240.  Not a pleasant thing to consider. Fresh on the heels of Governor Polis signing the state budget, we got similar bad news.  Due to an accounting error there’s a $67 million “oops” in the budget. The mistake stretches all the way back to the hurried 2020 legislative session and a bill rushed through for Polis’ signature.  SB20-215 created the Health Insurance Affordability Enter...
Gaines: Colorado Democrats skirt asking your approval to take your money, bristle at attempts to rein them in
Approved, Commentary, State

Gaines: Colorado Democrats skirt asking your approval to take your money, bristle at attempts to rein them in

By Cory Gaines | Colorado Accountability Project I think that, among other things, one-party dominance in this state has led to an arrogance on the part of the ruling party.  The idea that they know best.  That the values that their political base along the Front Range ought to by right be the template for the state.  That the special interests they represent have the one true vision for things here.   READ THE FULL COMMENTARY AT THE COLORADO ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT

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