proposition 109
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SLOAN | Colorado voters embraced GOP’s ideas; its candidates, not so much
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Election night has come and gone with the usual mix of elation or misery, allocated on the basis of whose ox has just been gored. Now come the seemingly inexhaustible homiletic exercises in post-mortem analysis. In that spirit, a few thoughts: The risk of course is that they will have to own the results of…
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CRONIN & LOEVY | Will Election Night 2018 be a double whammy?
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Two political waves could be washing across Colorado on election night this Tuesday. The first is a “blue wave” of Democratic votes from folks who dislike Republican President Donald Trump. The second is a “big dollars” wave of Democratic votes caused by the fact Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis has spent more than $20 million…
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Traffic jam: What if propositions 109 & 110 both pass?
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What if both propositions 109 and 110 were to pass? Those are the statewide ballot issues that try to solve Colorado road funding traffic jam. (First, here’s how they differ.) “If [propositions] 109 and 110 both pass, that is a good problem for CDOT to have. Projects will get built, that’s the real quick answer,”…
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Both transportation proposals on the ballot ignore user pay, are unfair to taxpayers
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Proposition 110 and 109 do not create fair funding for our highways. Currently Colorado taxes gasoline and diesel fuel, with all users of our highways helping to maintain and improve our highways. Colorado and out-of-state businesses pay over 18 percent of the Colorado fuel tax (for diesel fuel) to support highways. Propositions 110 and 109…
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Proposition 110: a ‘practical, strong and sustained’ fix for state’s transportation woes
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As a Republican, I was a late and reluctant convert to the concept that we needed to find new dollars to make significant and lasting improvements to our transportation system. But reality is a stubborn master. To find a solution that truly addresses what our citizens are demanding, not just scratch the surface to address…
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Proposition 109: it takes care of Colorado’s transportation needs — without a tax hike
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Colorado voters will have a choice this fall between two transportation funding measures. Proposition 109 focuses on road and bridge infrastructure, without a tax or fee increase, while Proposition 110 uses roads as a hook for a massive sales tax increase, a slush fund for cities and counties, and mystery transit projects mostly aimed at…
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HUDSON | Blame our underfunded highways on want of money, not waste
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It has been apparent for more than a decade that Colorado needs to spend more money on its roads. If you have had the occasion to travel across our borders recently, it is apparent that even blood red states like Utah, Nebraska, Kansas and Wyoming have figured out how to finance this central responsibility of…
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Colorado Concern endorses ‘Fix Our Damn Roads’ measure
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The business coalition Colorado Concern announced its support for the “Fix Our Damn Roads” ballot question Thursday. Proposition 109, as it’s officially called, would require the Colorado legislature to prioritize spending for transportation within its existing budget rather than through new taxes as proposed by an alternative ballot measure measure. “We believe both the bill…