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Were Colorado voters sold a bill of goods on Props LL and MM?

15Dec

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Colorado Accountability Project, Approved, Commentary, State

Were Colorado voters sold a bill of goods on Props LL and MM?

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project Sold a bill of goods on Props LL and MM? Part 1 The Complete Colorado piece by Nash Herman linked first below poses an interesting question with its first line. Quoting: “Were Colorado voters duped into passing Propositions LL and MM based on false information?”The answer is not a simple one. The question itself isn’t. If voters had perfect information, would they have voted differently? Was anything done intentionally? If there were omission/mistakes with no intent, how did they come about?Perhaps most important of all, what lessons can we take for the future?Getting anywhere close to an answer to the above will require three posts, all of which will be today. I’ll summarize my thoughts on the questions and...

Voters Misled on Colorado Ballot Measures LL and MM as Costs Outpace Promises

21Nov

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Voters Misled on Colorado Ballot Measures LL and MM as Costs Outpace Promises

By: Nash Herman | Complete Colorado Were Colorado voters duped into passing Propositions LL and MM based on false information? It certainly looks that way based on a recent Joint Budget Committee (JBC) hearing on the Department of Education’s budget request for the coming fiscal year where some enlightening information was revealed about the Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA) program (the relevant discussion began at the 9:38 am mark). Background on ‘free’ school lunch As I previously explained, HSMA, also known as the “free” school lunch program, was created via Proposition FF in 2022 and was quickly recognized as financially unsustainable in just its first year of operation. The legislature responded by asking voters to save the program by de-TABORi...

Colorado buys the socialist sandwich: Free lunches and fewer freedoms

10Nov

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Colorado buys the socialist sandwich: Free lunches and fewer freedoms

By Jon Caldara | Commentary, Colorado Politics If you’re a fan of limited government, personal liberty, or educational choice, Tuesday night’s election results were a downer, just another one in a long line of depressing elections that has made Colorado more California than California. However, if you prefer a controlling elite deciding your fate, debt, class envy and teacher unions, it was just another victory in a decade’s long win streak. I’m curious how multi-billionaire nannyist Michael Bloomberg felt about his out-of-state investment. He put $5 million toward convincing Denver voters adults must stop buying Swisher Sweets cigars (which contains flavored tobacco, the new fentanyl). As adults drive by marijuana shops selling flavored edibles, liquor stores selling peach-inf...

Last-minute voter? Your refund might be on the menu

3Nov

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Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, State, Top Stories

Last-minute voter? Your refund might be on the menu

By Rocky Mountain Voice Editorial Board Still sitting on your ballot? You’re not alone—Colorado’s full of last-minute voters trying to make sense of Propositions LL and MM before the drop box closes. Both deal with “Healthy School Meals for All,” a free lunch program with a not-so-free price tag. And depending how you vote, your refund might just end up on the menu. How we got here Back in 2022, voters approved Proposition FF, the “Healthy School Meals for All” program that promised every K–12 student a free lunch. It sounded simple until someone had to pay for it. The money came from a new tax on Coloradans earning $300,000 or more—along with wage hikes for cafeteria workers and a nudge to use more local ingredients. Fast-forward to 2025, and the legislature realized there’s e...

Conservatives Cannot Afford to Sleep on this Election

30Oct

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Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, State, Top Stories

Conservatives Cannot Afford to Sleep on this Election

By Michael J Badagliacco, “MJB” | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The Urgency of Off-Year Elections In terms of elections, "off-year" election years tend to sit on the back burner in the mind of most people, but especially in the minds of conservatives. Not only do they tend to vote later in the cycle, they also tend to simply sit out. I know we hear it every election, but this cycle is probably one of the most important we will see in quite some time here in Colorado due to some specific measures that will define what we allow the legislature to get away with on a state level as well as what we allow out-of-state money to get away with on the local level. With ballots already mailed out and Election Day on November 4, 2025, now is the time for conservatives to step up and pro...

Vote smart, Colorado: Your TABOR refund and your schools depend on it

16Oct

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Vote smart, Colorado: Your TABOR refund and your schools depend on it

By Colleen Enos | Commentary, Christian Home Educators of Colorado (CHEC) “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. … That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” The Declaration of Independence proudly declares these words that form the foundational principles of the United States of America. Our country is unique in that the government receives its powers “from the consent of the governed.” That’s us. We are the governed and our consent and direction is required at the ballot box on November 4th. In Colorado,...

Voters face a $56 million question: Should “free lunch for all” come from your refund?

14Oct

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Independence Institute, Approved, State

Voters face a $56 million question: Should “free lunch for all” come from your refund?

By Nash Herman and Jake Fogleman | Independence Institute Executive Summary In 2022, Proposition FF created Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA) program, offering free school lunches to all students regardless of family income, funded by capping state income tax deductions for households earning over $300,000. The program’s costs far exceeded expectations in its first year, creating a $56 million shortfall despite earlier warnings that it was likely to be unsustainable. Proposition LL would let the state permanently retain and spend excess revenue from Prop FF, exempting it from TABOR refund limits going forward. Proposition MM would institute another income tax hike by further lowering deduction caps, while also diverting some new revenue to fun...

Griswold Finalizes 2025 Ballot, Voters to Decide on New Tax and Meal Programs

9Oct

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The Denver Gazette, Approved, State

Griswold Finalizes 2025 Ballot, Voters to Decide on New Tax and Meal Programs

By Michael Braithwaite | The Denver Gazette Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold certified the 2025 election ballot Wednesday, with voters set to vote on two statewide measures in early November. The ballot measures include two propositions concerning the Healthy School Meals for All Program, which pays for public schools to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, according to the Secretary of State’s website. “I look forward to another successful Coordinated Election this November,” said Griswold, on the website. “Thank you as always to all the County Clerks and election workers across the state for your hard work to ensure every eligible Coloradan can make their voice heard in our secure and accessible elections that lead the na...

November ballot tax hike seeks to cover collapsing ‘free’ lunch program and SNAP

10Sep

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Complete Colorado, Approved, State

November ballot tax hike seeks to cover collapsing ‘free’ lunch program and SNAP

By Savana Kascak | Complete Colorado DENVER–Colorado voters are set to decide further hiking taxes on high-income earners to prop up the state’s dwindling “free” school lunch program as part of the November statewide ballot. But under a recently amended version of the measure, any excess revenues would be used to also subsidize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps. Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program began shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic, when the legislature fully funded “free” school meals for every kid in the public school system for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years. With funding set to end after the 2022, lawmakers asked Coloradans to approve Proposition FF, which raised taxes on Coloradan...

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Were Colorado voters sold a bill of goods on Props LL and MM?

Voters Misled on Colorado Ballot Measures LL and MM as Costs Outpace Promises

Colorado buys the socialist sandwich: Free lunches and fewer freedoms

Last-minute voter? Your refund might be on the menu

Conservatives Cannot Afford to Sleep on this Election

Vote smart, Colorado: Your TABOR refund and your schools depend on it

Voters face a $56 million question: Should “free lunch for all” come from your refund?

Griswold Finalizes 2025 Ballot, Voters to Decide on New Tax and Meal Programs

November ballot tax hike seeks to cover collapsing ‘free’ lunch program and SNAP

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