The most important issues on the ballot next week here in Colorado are Referenda C & D. The effect of these would be a massive tax increase.

Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment passed by Colorado voters in 1992 has been one of the main reasons Colorado's economy is in as great a shape as it is, and why we have done better than many other states. Now Referenda C & D would in essence repeal TABOR and reverse the last 13 years of progress.

For more information on C & D read "The Dirty Dozen: 12 Reasons to defeat "C" and "D"" and TaxIncrease.org

Those in favor of these massive tax increases have tried to paint pictures of all the good things Colorado will no longer be able to afford if they don't get this huge tax increase. This is nonsense. First they assume there will be a massive budget shortfall. Then they assume that this entire shortfall will be taken out of the budget items of most importance to the average taxpayer, and not out of any of the massive amount of stuff the average taxpayer would be horrified to learn he has been paying for. This is the height of dishonesty and irresponsibility. We elect our representatives to make the hard choices and decide what is worthy of funding and what is not. If they can't make such choices in a responsible way then we need new representatives. We don't need to give then even more of our money to be irresponsible with!

If you want to help defeat C & D please contact Jon Reynolds or Dick and Sue Rehg. They can show you practical things you can do to help defeat C & D in your community and church.