Stacking taxes – the Rollie Heath way!

by Kelly Maher | 6:10 am, September 21, 2011

Sen. Heath – whom we’ve anointed “The Taxman” – may think that if people will vote for one tax hike, they’ll vote for them all. Not so…

The statutory trap door under Prop. 103 tax hike

by Kelly Maher | 8:12 am, September 19, 2011

The answer from state Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, to the question of Proposition 103 as a statutory measure is troubling. What assurances do Colorado voters have that – if the $3 billion tax hike passes – that the new revenue over five years would actually go to the stated purpose?

Don’t worry, Prop. 103 won’t actually fix the problem

by Kelly Maher | 8:53 pm, September 17, 2011

After Colorado’s experience with Referendum C, the idea of Proposition 103 as a temporary tax increase being billed as a “band-aid” awaiting a “Big Fix” totally makes me want to vote for it…Not.

Prop. 103, Hickenlooper and Colorado’s appetite for taxes

by Kelly Maher | 9:17 pm, September 13, 2011

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s humorous riff in January that “there’s no appetite for taxes anywhere, all over the state. Well, maybe a couple neighborhoods in Boulder…,” is reverberating in September, now that Proposition 103, the $3 billion tax hike pushed by state Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, is on the Nov. 1 ballot.

WhoSaidYouSaid: tracking “The Taxman” in Colorado

by Kelly Maher | 5:46 pm, August 27, 2011

Coloradans will be voting on a $3 billion tax increase in November, being pushed hard by state Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder. We’ve been there from the beginning, recording and documenting all the twists and turns of this misguided proposal.

Heath’s $3 billion tax increase: Open for business?

by Kelly Maher | 3:06 pm, August 23, 2011

Colorado state Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, argues that a $3 billion tax increase for education would send the message that Colorado is “Open for business.” I think it’s more like putting up a “Closed” sign.

Heath’s tax increase: spurred on by Colorado teachers union

by Kelly Maher | 12:59 pm, August 19, 2011

Political spending by the teachers unions in Colorado is funded by dues; which comes from paychecks provided by taxpayers; who are then asked to pay even more in taxes by state Sen. Rollie Heath and his union backers. Get the picture?

Heath’s tax increase: It’ll go to the kids…right?

by Kelly Maher | 4:53 pm, August 16, 2011

Colorado state Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, is pushing a $3 billion tax increase onto the ballot for “education” funding. But assuming you even wanted such a tax increase (and I don’t) what are the assurances it would actually go for education?

Is Heath’s tax hike for Colorado a great “grass-roots” effort?

by Kelly Maher | 2:17 am, August 2, 2011

If Colorado state Sen. Rollie Heath aspired to a standard of “the greatest grass-roots effort that this state has seen,” there’s a level of disingenousness when a majority of his petition gatherers were getting paid to do so.

Phantom support for Sen. Heath’s Colorado tax hike

by Kelly Maher | 11:09 pm, May 20, 2011

Colorado state Sen. Rollie Heath’s $3 billion tax-hike proposal appeared to be without significant business or non-profit backing at this week’s press conference – as observed by Tim Hoover of The Denver Post. HOOVER: “Where’s the business and the non-profit community? I mean no one’s standing here with you today. Is the Denver Chamber on [...]

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