https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/09/20/how-much-co-commits-pays-fieldworks-over-a-million-for-meager-petition/ Colorado's Conservative Bully Pulpit Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/09/20/how-much-co-commits-pays-fieldworks-over-a-million-for-meager-petition/#comment-6552 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:16:27 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=15618#comment-6552 To implement Common Core and pay for Union Pensions… Bad times…

]]> https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/09/20/how-much-co-commits-pays-fieldworks-over-a-million-for-meager-petition/#comment-3460 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:10:49 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=15618#comment-3460 […] Washington, DC firm has been paid over a million bucks to (poorly) run the signature gathering operation for Colorado’s proposed billion dollar tax […]

]]> https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/09/20/how-much-co-commits-pays-fieldworks-over-a-million-for-meager-petition/#comment-6551 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:58:31 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=15618#comment-6551 A billion dollar surplus this year and another projected next year (though the floods will likely take a large part of this – as they should) and SB 213, which this ballot measure funds, allows for several more years to determine the funding source. Why Prop 66 now? Many districts could increase their revenue by passing local mill levy overrides. If they haven't worked to correct revenue problems locally, why should all state taxpayers be asked to contribute? More money is always better, bit unlike the Fed, we can't just print it. It comes out of our pockets. Lets look at our own local needs and see how we can fund them first before demanding others pay for our needs.

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