Tag: douglas bruce
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Appeals court rules against Bruce in ‘trip and fall’ case
Douglas Bruce — author of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and a former inmate convicted of tax evasion — lost an appeal Thursday in the Colorado Court of Appeals related to a fall he suffered at the 2022 Western Conservative Summit. In April 2023, Bruce sued the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center and its…
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District Court dismisses lawsuit to remove road tax extension from Colorado Springs ballot
An El Paso County District Court judge this month dismissed a lawsuit that sought to remove the so-called 2C road tax question from Colorado Springs’ November ballot. Douglas Bruce, the author of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, filed a three-page civil lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs in late September, alleging the city…
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TABOR author sues Colorado Springs, seeks removal of road tax extension question on November ballot
Douglas Bruce, the former Colorado state legislator who authored the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, is suing the city of Colorado Springs in a bid to remove a question from the November ballot that would authorize the 10-year extension of a dedicated sales tax for road maintenance. Bruce filed the three-page lawsuit against the city…
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Stages of political leadership
Policy change typically requires leadership, both non-elected as well as elected leadership, in at least three distinct phases. In what can be called Act I, policy ideas are formulated and launched. In Act II, they are spread and support for them is mobilized. In Act III, power brokers and elected leaders modify the ideas and…
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10 memorable Colorado Springs political moments that were covered by The Gazette
Some of the city’s most significant and far-reaching political moments — like the 1971 founding of the national Libertarian Party in a Colorado Springs living room — only loomed large as the years passed and completely escaped coverage in the local paper when they happened. Other events — from the 1894 Cripple Creek miner’s strike…
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Helen Collins, former Colorado Springs councilwoman, dies at 64
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Helen Patrice Collins, a former Colorado Springs city councilwoman who drew attention — and public censure — for her political and personal alliance with anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce, has died. She was 64. Collins died Wednesday of natural causes while under hospice care, an El Paso County…
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Helen Collins, former Colorado Springs councilwoman, dies at 64
Helen Patrice Collins, a former Colorado Springs city councilwoman who drew attention — and public censure — for her political and personal alliance with anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce, has died. She was 64. Collins died Wednesday of natural causes while under hospice care, an El Paso County Coroner’s Office spokeswoman confirmed. A specific cause wasn’t available, but…
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Colorado Springs sales taxes in June post biggest increase in 12 months
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs consumers spent in May at the fastest rate in a year, fueled by the category that includes online retail giant Amazon, the latest sales tax report from the city’s Finance Department shows. Sales tax collections for June, based on transactions in May, rose…
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Bruce tax lawsuit quickly dismissed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce’s lawsuit was quickly dismissed this week in El Paso County court, foiling the man’s attempt to revise two tax-related questions on Colorado Springs ballots. Bruce filed the suit against El Paso…
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Bruce tax lawsuit quickly dismissed
Anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce’s lawsuit was quickly dismissed this week in El Paso County court, foiling the man’s attempt to revise two tax-related questions on Colorado Springs ballots. Bruce filed the suit against El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Chuck Broerman Wednesday, and it was dismissed Friday. In the lawsuit, Bruce alleges Broerman refused to…