ballot initiative
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Polis says fracking battle will only get ‘bigger, more acrimonious’
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis on Monday told The Colorado Statesman that the battle for greater local control over oil and gas drilling will keep coming back every two years if the State Legislature is unable to take action on the emotionally charged issue of fracking in and around neighborhoods. “Issues are always best addressed legislatively,…
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Dueling studies on health care before voters
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In its first year of operation, the proposed ColoradoCare statewide health care program would either have a $2 billion surplus or a $253 million deficit. Voters now have separate financial analyses that resulted in those two opposite conclusions to consider when they fill out their Nov. 8 general election ballot and decide whether they favor…
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Politicians, business owners debate: Is Initiative 101 friend or foe of franchise model?
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Robert Cresanti, president and CEO of the International Franchise Association, calls the nationwide push for mandated minimum wages such as Colorado’s Initiative 101 an existential threat to the uniquely American and highly successful business model of franchising. “There’s the extremely corrosive, challenging and destructive business environment stuff, which falls into the $15 minimum wage [movement],…
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Tobacco tax backers ready to go
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Backers of a proposed Colorado constitutional amendment to raise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products are beginning their efforts with $850,000 in the bank as they seek more funds while they promote the measure. Taxes on a pack of cigarettes would triple in January, if Colorado voters approve the measure placed on the Nov.…
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Backers of five measures beat petition deadline
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Backers of five proposed ballot measures beat the Friday deadline and submitted petition signatures for verification, bringing the total number of possible ballot measures voters could face in the November general election to 11. Boxes of petition signatures were turned in that would ask voters whether to allow local governments to ban oil-and-gas development, triple…
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Fenner: Proposition 143 is nothing more than a tax that will force products off the market
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Colorado citizens typically love “sin taxes.” For voters, support for these proposals often seems like a no brainer. After all, why not vote for an issue fronted by a group with an appealing name like “Health Colorado” – a misnomer, but alluring enough to elicit checking the “yes” box. But in Colorado – a state…
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Boulder sets its sights on soda
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While attention has been focused on Colorado’s battle over beer and wine, advocates of a soda tax in Boulder have been making their move to place a measure on the November ballot. Healthy Boulder Kids has filed ballot language which proposes a two-cent-per-ounce excise tax on sugary drinks including sodas and other beverages made with sugar, sweeteners,…
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Kerns: Is ColoradoCare a magic pill or prescription for disaster?
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Just as Coloradans became accustomed to the idea of the Affordable Care Act, along came a ballot measure to replace the state’s health care exchange with a model similar to Canada’s universal health care system. Amendment 69 is a ballot initiative that promises to deliver on big goals of health coverage for all at a…
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Windholz’s bill rebuffed in latest skirmish over ballot initiative power
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Rare full bipartisan agreement Monday worked to quash a bill aimed at expanding ballot initiative power for residents of unincorporated county areas and of special districts. All nine members of the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee voted against House Bill 1071 introduced by Rep. JoAnn Windholz, R-Commerce City. Committee members said the bill…