Tag: Budget Deficit
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Respondents strongly oppose property tax increase in Manitou Springs budget survey
A survey sent to Manitou Springs residents saw stronger support for increasing taxes that would impact visitors rather than residents, while respondents were mostly opposed to cutting public safety services like firefighting. The questionnaire gauged community feelings on ways to reduce a city budget shortfall that was anticipated to exceed $4 million last year. The…
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EDITORIAL: Robbing TABOR to pay pols
The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, has served as a wise and workable limit on government growth in Colorado ever since the policy was amended into the state constitution by voters in 1992. Which of course means politicians and special interests have toiled tirelessly for decades to outflank TABOR — sometimes cleverly, other times…