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Webb: Looking back on Election 2016
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As we begin to digest the 2016 election results, let me begin with our successes. First, I want to congratulate Denver voters on our 80 percent turnout, which is outstanding. I also want to congratulate Emmy Ruiz for running a great campaign in Colorado for Hillary Clinton. She helped make Colorado blue and bring Hillary…
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Gorman: Amendment 72 is constitutionally guaranteed revenue for state bureaucracies
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Amendment 72 supporters claim that raising tobacco taxes will reduce smoking. That’s a smokescreen. What the amendment really does is create a constitutionally mandated stream of revenue for two state health bureaucracies that seek to shake off the shackles of legislative budgetary oversight. Under Amendment 72, the state tax on a pack of cigarettes will…
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Aid in dying, constitutional reform petitions filed
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Shortly before Monday’s deadline to submit petition signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, backers of two measures each turned in well over 100,000 signatures to get their issues before voters. Supporters of an initiative to make it harder to amend the state’s constitution on Friday, Aug. 5, turned in more than 185,000 signatures…
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Fenner: Proposition 143 is nothing more than a tax that will force products off the market
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Colorado citizens typically love “sin taxes.” For voters, support for these proposals often seems like a no brainer. After all, why not vote for an issue fronted by a group with an appealing name like “Health Colorado” – a misnomer, but alluring enough to elicit checking the “yes” box. But in Colorado – a state…
