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Education-tax backers are 1st to file petition signatures for Nov. ballot
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Proponents of an education ballot measure became the first of many who will turn in petition signatures for proposals they hope will make it to Colorado’s November ballot. Backers of the “Great Schools, Thriving Communities” ballot measure turned in what they said were between 170,000 and 180,000 signatures in 61 boxes just after 2 p.m.…
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LOMAX | ‘Raise the Bar’ restored as court lowers the boom on anti-biz groups
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Talk about a short-lived victory. Anti-growth and single-payer healthcare activists barely had a chance to celebrate a single judge’s ruling against Amendment 71, passed overwhelmingly by voters in 2016, before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver restored the constitutional provision in full. All told, it took just over two weeks for the 10th…
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Lawsuit aims at Colorado voters’ decision to raise bar on amendments
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A Denver judge says proponents behind two recent ballot proposals can go forward with their lawsuit to overturn Colorado’s Amendment 71. U.S. District Judge William Martinez denied the state’s motion to dismiss the case. The lawsuit is a long way from decided, however, and plaintiffs don’t expect it to affect this year’s ballot, unless some…
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Coloradans have shown they can answer the call to compromise
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If you turn on cable news or open your social media feed, you’re likely not to see much to cheer about. Our national politics have been consumed by division and conflict. While that’s true, it is also not the whole story. Despite our divisions, here in Colorado there have been times of compromise and progress…
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Amendment 71 gets its first test: a limit on Colorado housing growth
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The first ballot initiative to test an amendment that makes it harder to change the state constitution will seek to limit housing growth in Colorado, the Secretary of State’s Office said Wednesday. Initiative 4, as it’s called, would allow county or municipal voters across most of the state to cap housing. In the nine metro…
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Amendment 71 claims first known victim; bar raised too high for growth limits measure
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The backer of a proposed new home construction limitation amendment to the Colorado constitution plans to resubmit the measure as a proposition for the 2018 general election ballot instead of an amendment. Daniel Hayes of Golden, who authored the City of Golden’s growth limitation measure 21 years ago, said he decided to make the change…
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The Hot Sheet – Trump is growing on Hick, Hey – big (political) spender, cities investing in Christmas, Boulder is paying for WHAT? and MORE …
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VOL. 01 NO. 196 | DECEMBER 1, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 (2016 Colorado campaign cash) DENVER – Happy Thursday to you and yours from all of us at the Colorado Statesman. Has it been hard for you getting back in the swing of things following the long (not long enough) Thanksgiving holiday? There,…
