mike kopp
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Colorado property tax rates poised to skyrocket in coming years, report by business group finds
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Coloradans are facing massive property tax increases in the coming years due to a combination of the state’s surging real estate market, the tax system’s biennial assessment calendar, and the looming expiration of measures adopted to ease the shock of tax hikes, according to a study released Friday by business coalition Colorado Concern. “You look…
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Q&A with Mike Kopp | ‘The advancement of ideas is the goal’
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Colorado Concern is one of those star-studded stakeholder groups that wields its clout quietly in the world of politics and policy. Which is probably why Mike Kopp is the group’s point man. After all, he’s not only a former state Senate minority leader, Republican national committeeman and onetime GOP candidate for governor, but he’s also,…
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Q&A with Vera Ortegon | ‘… a strong work ethic and an unshakable religious belief’
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There are probably as many iterations of the American dream as there are people who have dreamt it. Among them is Vera Ortegon – Colorado politico, Colombian-born immigrant and devout Republican. A veteran of local elected office, a onetime candidate for lieutenant governor and currently the state’s Republican National Committee member, Ortegon has been around…
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Phony endorsement of Republican gets Hickenlooper’s dander up
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A mailer that Democrats see as falsely implying that Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper supports the re-election bid of Republican state Sen. Tim Neville of Littleton has the administration seeing red. The mailer, which showed up in mailboxes in Senate District 16 this week, comes from the independent expenditure committee Business Opportunity Fund. It says in…
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Study cites costs of oil and gas measure; Ken Salazar calls it unconstitutional
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A study by a business coalition released July 27 crunched the costs of putting 2,500-foot setbacks between homes and oil and gas operations in Colorado. “If passed, this initiative will have a devastating impact on our economy,” Earl Wright, chairman of the Common Sense Policy Roundtable Board of Directors, said of Initiative 97, whose backers…
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COVER STORY | Bob Beauprez: Colo.’s partisan past should bend toward the middle
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COALMONT- The high country air chops like the beating of helicopter blades next to Bob Beauprez’s farmhouse in the heart of his 1,300-acre ranch in Colorado’s North Park. He doesn’t notice until a visitor points it out. “Isn’t that great?” he replied about the sound of wind energy helping power his family business in Jackson County.…
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Colorado House advances transportation compromise
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The Colorado House of Representatives on Monday evening gave preliminary approval to a transportation compromise worked out by Democratic and Republican leaders in the legislature. Senate Bill 1 calls for an additional $50 million annually in transportation spending, as well as money from last year’s Senate Bill 267 to borrow $2.35 billion. The bill depends on $495…
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Business leaders urge Colorado House to fund transportation
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A group of business leaders Monday called on the legislature to do, well, something to make sure more tax dollars go into Colorado’s long-neglected transportation system. At a Capitol press conference, they urged the passage of Senate Bill 1, which is pending in the House. The bill would obligate $250 million a year from the state…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, April 8 edition
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STEP BY STEP … When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Donna Lynne, Colorado’s lieutenant governor and chief operating officer, announced plans to walk the entire 26-mile length of Colfax Avenue on April 8, the stratagem echoed a pair of signature campaign exploits that propelled a couple of Colorado’s most successful politicians in decades past, as well as…
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Colorado Concern has a radio message for lawmakers: Fix roads
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DENVER – The business alliance Colorado Concern has a message for state lawmakers coming to a car radio (and traffic jam) near you: Make a deal to fund transportation. The organization is spending $25,000 to run that message during morning and afternoon drive-times on far-reaching Denver AM radio stations 850 KOA and 630 KHOW, including…
