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Tax limitation’s author, Douglas Bruce, gets no satisfaction from the El Paso Co. Commission

Sep 6, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Sure, it’s a commission on which he once served. In his hometown. Where he first conceived and wrote the taxing and spending limits that, since voter approval in 1992, have been part of the Colorado constitution. Yet, the current crop of commissioners stiff-armed Douglas Bruce on Tuesday, voting 4-1 Tuesday to move ahead with a…
Who eats crow and then spits it back out? Douglas Bruce, of course

Feb 27, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Douglas Bruce can’t be the first felon who ever tweaked his backstory to fit his circumstances. No doubt plenty of perps have told a prospective employer, for example, that they regret their bad choice – only to turn around and tell mom, “I was framed!” Yet, it takes someone with Bruce’s trademark audacity – unmitigated gall, if you prefer – to change his tune quite so publicly as…
After yet another stint behind bars, Douglas Bruce is back at bat

Jan 25, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

To its true believers, the unending battle against higher taxes requires an unrelenting and unflinching warrior to do its bidding. Hence, Douglas Bruce. The near-mythic Colorado Springs tax-cut crusader; author of Colorado’s taxing and spending limits; sometime politician; all-round political curmudgeon – and, in more recent years, convicted felon – emerged from months of seclusion this…

tax limitation

Tax limitation’s author, Douglas Bruce, gets no satisfaction from the El Paso Co. Commission

Who eats crow and then spits it back out? Douglas Bruce, of course

After yet another stint behind bars, Douglas Bruce is back at bat