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  • Solving Colorado’s Educational Finance Problem0

    • March 1, 1998

    The issue of public school finance is central to the debate over tax reform in Colorado. Several bills have been introduced in the Colorado Legislature that would significantly change the way in which Colorado finances our public schools. These bills call for replacing the property tax with a state income or sales tax as the major source of funding for the public schools.

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  • An Educational Improvement: the "Opt-In Policy"0

    • February 18, 1998

    Could your child be sexually molested at school? Boulder public schools have been in an uproar over a recent incident in which an older boy physically molested a younger boy during a classroom movie. While the Boulder incident was isolated, Colorado legislators are considering a bill to address a related problem, which exists at public schools all over the country.

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  • Towards Non-Destructive Government0

    • February 1, 1998

    At bottom, there are only two models of government. One gives the State the presumptive power to manage an individuals life. The other gives it to the individual. Throughout history State management has been by far been the most common model. In times past it was called “the divine right of kings,” in modern times it is called “socialism.” The founders of the United States broke with this tradition when they created a republic with a strictly limited government. In the American model, government was designed to serve individuals, not master them.

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  • Rail to Vail is Bound to Fail0

    • January 14, 1998

    The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) recently organized a series of “public” meetings about the weekend traffic congestion on Interstate-70 west of Denver. The so-called solution? A new high-tech magnetic levitation train that would be built along and above the existing highway from Denver to Vail.

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  • Reality, Rights, and R-Rated Movies0

    • January 8, 1998

    The Douglas County school board recently voted to ban showing R-rated films in Douglas County classrooms. The fact that a school board would find it necessary to make such a rule, and the reactions to it, vividly illustrate the pathetic state of the public debate on education. Newspaper accounts were full of criticism. The how

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  • Environmental Audits: Colorado Carrots versus Federal Sticks0

    • January 1, 1998

    Environmental regulation has experienced tremendous growth in the last quarter century. Much of this growth has occurred at the federal level, resulting in a heavily centralized, command-and-control bureaucracy overseeing virtually all aspects of environmental protection, including enforcement. State and local governments are a significant part of the enforcement scheme, but under strict federal oversight. This approach to achieving compliance has several limitations, and is beginning to show signs of obsolescence. The current system is inflexible, inefficient, costly, unduly adversarial, and does not maximize environmental protection.

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