The Rocky Says, “Yes on Amendment 49″
by Justin Longo | 3:13 pm, September 18, 2008 | Comments Off
The Rocky took a stand on Colorado Amendment 49 today and decided to give it an endorsement.
As you may have guessed, we support Amendment 49 – just as we previously supported various versions of this policy at the local level. It would block state and local government agencies from deducting dues or fees from employee paychecks for unions or other membership groups.
In Hank Brown’s words, government should not be the bagman for special interests. Let them solicit and collect their own money. That burden should NOT fall on Colorado taxpayers. So chalk a victory up for the Independence Institute‘s Jon Caldara, who wrote on his blog this morning,
We can proudly add the Rocky Mountain News to the growing list of endorsements for Amendment 49, Ethical Standards. The Rocky decided that 49 is just plain good, ethical government. In other words, government that does not use taxpayer money to funnel member dues to special interests.
Jon went on to link to the PPC’s coverage of Protect Colorado’s Future and their misleading, fear mongering ads.
Makes me wonder…. what are they so scared of? 49 limits government, not individuals. Seems the opponents have taken a page out of the Ritter playbook, but instead of using children as props, they are using policemen, firefighters, and nurses to employ their scare tactics.
I can hazard a guess. Maybe they are scared that if they have to actually go to their members to collect money, maybe those members will decide that they don’t need union representation. I bet it would be scary to lose the convenience of government being your collection agency and accountant, all on the taxpayer’s dime.
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