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How The Colorado Transportation Bill Circumvents TABOR and Proposition 117 0
- FISCAL - Publications
- May 17, 2021
Year-after-year, voters continue to send a message to Colorado politicians that they want a chance to vote on tax increases regardless of whether legislators call them “taxes” or “fees.” With this year’s transportation bill (SB 21-260), legislators have found multiple creative ways to disregard the will of the people. Their legal gymnastics to get around
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Denver, Colorado Sales Taxes Increased Without Voter Consent 0
- FISCAL - Issue Backgrounders
- March 12, 2021
Denver’s 2021 budget reveals that the city expects to collect $14 million in new sales tax revenues this year by taking advantage of a 2018 United States Supreme Court ruling for the first time. The State of Colorado began collecting new sales tax revenues under the same scheme in 2019. These tax increases have come
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Fees, Enterprises, and Colorado 0
- Fiscal, FISCAL - Issue Papers, FISCAL - Publications, TABOR
- July 29, 2020
This issue paper discusses how Colorado has created loopholes, such as fees and enterprises, to bypass the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR).
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And the Vern Bickel Award goes to. . .0
- Issues
- May 4, 2020
The Vern Bickel Award for Grassroots Leadership goes to Kim Monson Denver – Independence Institute, a Denver-based free-market think tank, announces its presentation of the Vern Bickel Award for Grassroots Leadership Award to radio talk show host Kim Monson of Lone Tree. This award is typically presented in conjunction with Independence Institute’s annual Founders’ Night
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Movie Night at Independence 0
- Events, Newsletter
- January 27, 2020
I suggested we watch Animal House, or at least The Godfather, but… In celebration of this year’s National School Choice Week, our Education Policy Center will be hosting a free, public screening of Miss Virginia on Wednesday, January 29 at 6PM here at the Independence Institute. The movie tells the story of the school choice advocate Virginia Walden Ford, her
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“True Colorado”—Educating newcomers about Colorado values 0
- Constitution, CONSTITUTION - TABOR
- November 20, 2019
When asked to list Colorado values, Lemon mentions . . . .self-reliance[,] neighborly assistance, personal freedom, local control, love of the outdoors, health and fitness, and friendliness toward strangers. He further emphasizes the state’s tradition of entrepreneurship
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