ballot initiatives
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LaFaive and Nesbit: Colorado smuggling to rise along with tobacco tax hike
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An initiative that may appear on Colorado’s November’s ballot would, if adopted, nearly triple the state’s current cigarette excise tax. This, we believe the evidence shows, will usher in a wave of cigarette smuggling and other undesirable consequences. Voters should think twice before adopting this tax increase. Research shows high excise taxes invite scofflaws to…
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Boulder residents challenge ballot initiative to tax soda
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A citizens group is challenging the validity of a citizen ballot initiative that proposes an excise tax on soda and other sugary drinks. The Daily Camera reports that Mark Gelband, with the backing of the Colorado Beverage Association, is arguing that the coalition Healthy Boulder Kids did not use accurate language in its ballot petition to have…
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Polis donates $25K to group pushing oil, gas amendment
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Democratic Rep. Jared Polis has given $25,000 to a group pushing to allow local government more say over energy production. Polis gave the money to Yes for Local Control Over Oil and Gas, according to campaign finance disclosures posted Monday. The group supports a ballot measure to amend the state constitution to give local governments…
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Letter: Nurses proud to support ColoradoCare
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Editor: While receiving my nursing degree many years ago, I recited the Florence Nightingale pledge to “devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.” To this day, I take my pledge very seriously. In my job as a public health nurse, “those committed to my care” included the entire community. I am…
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Fields: The ‘Frightening Four’ Colorado ballot issues
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In 2015, Susan Ricks hit the jackpot – literally. After winning $250,000 from the Illinois Lottery, Susan planned on cutting back on her seven-day-a-week work schedule, fixing up her house, and visiting her daughter in Minnesota. That was until the state of Illinois sent her an IOU instead of her winnings. Why? Because the state…
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Lundberg: Disenfranchised? Are you serious?
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Two proposed November ballot initiatives funded by deep pockets in the Denver business sector are making troublesome claims about Colorado having “1.3 million disenfranchised voters.” If true, this is a national civil rights scandal! Who are these alleged victims of discrimination? They are Colorado’s unaffiliated registered voters, the 34 percent of active registered voters who…
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From lobbying to campaigns, Fofi Mendez devoted to protecting vulnerable
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Twenty-five years later, lobbyist Fofi Mendez, the principle at Mendez Consulting, Inc., says the memory still sends a shiver down her spine. She had an established career in Colorado working in the anti-violence realm, directing victim’s services for the Rape Assistance and Awareness Program – now known as the Blue Bench – starting in the…
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Meek: Colorado Priorities initiative gives Coloradans control over spending
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Coloradans, start your research. With 24 ballot proposals approved for petition circulation, your signature is highly desired and you are the deciders as to which ones reach the ballot. These initiatives have a direct impact on our quality of life in Colorado and it’s our responsibility to be informed, engaged and part of this process.…
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YESTERYEAR: Denver grapples with economic challenges in wake of oil price plunge
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Thirty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Cities across the country were facing challenges in the face of economic pressures – a recent study showed that 60 percent of 660 American cities surveyed were anticipating budget deficits in 1986 – but Denver was not demoralized, said Mayor Federico Peña in his State of the…
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Lockwood: Hickenlooper’s torrid red-light camera love affair continues
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Coloradans are still left wishing Gov. John Hickenlooper knew how to quit red-light cameras. His torrid love affair with the red-light camera industry continues to be exposed with his latest move to veto, for the second year in a row, a bipartisan bill to restrict red-light cameras in Colorado. We have said it before, and…
