amendment 73
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FEEDBACK | A week worth celebrating; a tax hike worth torpedoing
Amendment 73: Massive tax increase is missing accountability As the former chair of the House Education Committee, I was always a champion for teachers and students. As co-chair of a Legislative Study Committee which included outside research for financing our schools, I fought to be sure our schools received adequate resources. Also as a private…
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PRO | Colorado’s educators support Amendment 73. Here’s why
There is only one job that is better than being an educator – being the new president of the Colorado Education Association, representing 35,000 educators in Colorado. As the new CEA president, this is an exciting time to be taking the helm with Amendment 73, pro-public education candidates at every level and an aggressive legislative…
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CON | Amendment 73 would kill jobs, feed bureaucracy — without helping our kids
I’m passionate about public education. I have dedicated my professional life to improving schools and expanding educational opportunities for Colorado’s students. But I’m adamantly opposed to Amendment 73. Proponents of Amendment 73 make a simple pitch to voters: we should tax the “rich” to fund education. But don’t be fooled, there’s nothing simple about it,…
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Amendment 73 = crippling tax hikes + no accountability
Any good business person knows that having a quality education system is key to growing a healthy state economy. We need good schools to produce a competent workforce and attract workers and their families as well as new businesses. Unfortunately, the latest effort to improve our schools through a $1.6 billion tax hike – the…
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Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity to launch campaigns against 2 Colo. ballot measures
The Colorado arm of Americans for Prosperity, the political advocacy group backed by the Koch brothers, will launch two campaigns targeting ballot measures – one increasing oil and gas setbacks, the other increasing taxes on high earners to benefit education – the group announced Monday. AFP declined to say how much it plans to spend…
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Opponents say Amendment 73 for Colorado schools misleads voters
Opponents of a proposed $1.6 billion tax hike for schools say the November ballot question uses bad math. The ballots, however, are already printed. An opposition group called Blank Check. Blatant Deception. Vote No on 73 is playing a legal and political hand that proved successful in Arizona last month. Colorado’s Amendment 73 asks voters…
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Aaron Harber hears costs, benefits of Amendment 73 for schools
“The Aaron Harber Show” takes Colorado to the classroom this Sunday, exploring the needs and costs behind a ballot question on funding this November. Both sides will make their pitches on Amendment 73, which would raise income taxes on higher income Coloradans while also raising the corporate rate. That would put $1.6 billion a year…
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IN RESPONSE | Amendment 73 will build great schools, thriving communities
(Re: “THE PODIUM | Glut of tax measures on this fall’s ballot may be a tough sell,” Aug. 22.) We love Colorado. Like so many others who have chosen to live in our state, we love the quality of life, the open spaces, extraordinary vistas, and the feeling that this is a place where one…