On Lobato, Joshua Dunn It Again

by Jon Caldara | 1:13 pm, January 19, 2012

UCCS Professor Joshua Dunn can’t help himself. He can’t believe the audacity of Denver District Court Judge Sheila Rappaport’s decision in the epic saga we know as the Lobato case. He’s been sounding the alarm on this ruling ever since it came down last month. If you haven’t heard Professor Dunn’s argument yet, here are [...]

2011 Year in Review: Colorado Courts Continue to Play Politics

by CTBC Director | 4:11 pm, January 1, 2012

Colorado Courts Continue to Play Politics in 2011…
Another tumultuous year has come and gone for the Colorado judiciary – and once again, Colorado Citizens and taxpayers have been hammered by the gavels of Colorado judges pounding their personal preferences over the will of the people – and the rule of law.
Last year closed with Colorado being [...]

State Education Board joins Governor Hickenlooper in bipartisan appeal of Denver judge’s ruling on Lobato school-funding lawsuit

by CTBC Director | 10:27 am, December 27, 2011

Colorado’s State Board of Education voted 4-3 Tuesday morning to appeal Denver District Court Judge Sheila Rappaport’s ruling against the state in the Lobato school funding lawsuit.  Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper had officially announced last Wednesday* that the state would appeal Denver District Court Judge Sheila Rappaport’s ruling that the state’s education funding is not “thorough and uniform” as referenced [...]

Friday Funnies: …and a Leftist Judiciary! (reprise)

by CTBC Director | 7:07 pm, December 23, 2011

Welcome to the 2011 Christmas edition of the Clear The Bench Colorado Friday Funnies!
Another tumultuous year has come and gone for the Colorado judiciary – and once again, Colorado Citizens and taxpayers have been hammered by the gavels of Colorado judges pounding their personal preferences over the will of the people – and the rule [...]

Colorado Governor Hickenlooper announces state will appeal Denver judge’s ruling on Lobato school-funding lawsuit

by CTBC Director | 11:22 pm, December 22, 2011

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper officially announced Wednesday* that the state would appeal Denver District Court Judge Sheila Rappaport’s ruling that the state’s education funding is not “thorough and uniform” as referenced in constitutional language (Colorado Constitution, Article IX, Section 2). Rappaport’s 183-page ruling also paved the way for court-ordered tax increases, stating:
“It is also apparent that [...]

Colorado Supreme Court approves 40% tax increase

by CTBC Director | 3:03 pm, November 4, 2011

Although Colorado voters decisively repudiated a recent attempt to raise taxes at the ballot box this week (the “Proposition 103″ tax increase initiative, which at least did seek “voter approval in advance” as required by the Colorado Constitution, Article X, Section 20 – the ‘Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights’), on the day before votes were tallied, the Colorado [...]

Stuck With a Dishonest Tax Increase

by Vande Krol | 5:45 pm, October 4, 2011

There will be no floor debate, no committee hearings, no amendments. Proposition 103 is already written, and if we approve it we are stuck with it.Boulder Senator Rollie Heath’s Proposition 103 increases sales and income taxes to raise over $500 mill…

Selling your medical data to fund the APCD?

by Amy Oliver | 6:43 am, October 4, 2011

Could a non-profit sell your private medical data to fund the on-going operational cost of the state’s All Payer Claims Database (APCD)? Maybe.
Last week COST detailed the developments in Colorado’s APCD, a state-mandated data warehouse of all your private healthcare transactions.
The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) spun off the non-profit Center for [...]

What’s Up With Our Budget? FREE Event!

by Jon Caldara | 10:58 am, October 3, 2011

We have a brand new event for you guys on our state’s long-term budget woes. We know you’ve heard about DU’s budget study and our Citizens’ Budget report, but have you heard both perspectives in the same room at the same time?!? Probably not! Here is the information for our upcoming event next Tuesday the [...]

“Adequate Funding” unrelated to available state funds? Colorado judge rules out relevant evidence

by CTBC Director | 7:57 am, September 13, 2011

The Lobato v. Colorado school funding lawsuit concluded its fifth and final week in trial court in Denver last Friday – with plaintiffs seeking
billions of dollars of additional funding for schools, though it’s unclear where that extra money would come from. (Denver Post, “Colorado school funding trial enters likely final week“)
This educational-funding lawsuit (seeking to force even higher [...]

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