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 [...]

Defending the Constitution – Why 9/11 still matters today (10 years later)

by CTBC Director | 9:11 am, September 11, 2011

“It is Tuesday morning, the 11th of September… and you will not forget this date.”
(TV reporter, unknown, reporting from NYC as events unfolded on the morning of 9/11…)
10 years ago today, the most horrific attack ever carried out on American soil claimed the lives of thousands of Americans, making clear that “there’ll be no shelter [...]

Independence Files Amicus Opposing TABOR Lawsuit

by Jon Caldara | 8:06 am, September 8, 2011

Governor Hickenlooper and Attorney General John Suthers have teamed up to challenge the lawsuit against our Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR). I’ve discussed earlier why this lawsuit isn’t just about bringing down TABOR. It’s about trying to bring down the whole citizen initiative process. To help the cause, the Independence Institute filed an amicus brief [...]

Last Week in Lobato Trial – will courts decree new school taxes?

by CTBC Director | 12:00 pm, August 28, 2011

The Lobato v. Colorado school funding lawsuit enters its fifth and (likely) final week in trial court in Denver this Monday – 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 [...]

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