Yes, Numbers Look Smaller When You Subtract 1/3

by Jon Caldara | 1:28 pm, November 2, 2012

The education funding mafia is making a sport of touting false education spending numbers in order to scare voters into voting for higher taxes. They continue to spread the lie that Colorado ranks near the bottom in per pupil funding, and often cite the statistic “$6,500 per pupil.” Meanwhile, if they cared to look at [...]

Report Challenges K-12 Tax Hikes

by Jon Caldara | 4:03 pm, September 27, 2012

School districts seeking tax increases face the challenge of persuading voters whose incomes have taken a harder hit in recent years. Senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow’s colorful, two-page issue backgrounder “Colorado K-12 Tax Hikes Challenged” shows four of the five largest school districts with mill levy and/or bond issues on the ballot increased per-student [...]

JeffCo’s Teachers Unions Shell Game

by Joshua Sharf | 11:53 pm, July 23, 2012

The unions favoring JeffCo’s 3A & 3B are using the usual scare tactics, of course. But this year, thanks to Sheila Atwell at Jeffco Students First (among others), they’re having to play defense on a number of issues, including the district’s PERA contributions.

VIDEO: Ryan Call, Tim Farmer

by Jon Caldara | 2:48 pm, May 2, 2012

Ryan Call on the GOP state assembly and all things Republican:

Tim Farmer of PACE on the “Options for Teachers” legislation:

CONSERVATIVES READY FOR THE BIG FIGHT: New Group Compass Colorado To Take Aim At Tax & Spend Crowd

by ColoradoPeakPolitics | 1:37 pm, October 18, 2011

For years conservatives have grumbled amongst themselves that there is no conservative group with the financial firepower and skilled operators that could take on the Pat Stryker brigade of the Colorado Democracy Alliance (CODA). Well, conservatives, g…

How much does the teachers union love Prop. 103?

by Kelly Maher | 9:39 pm, October 10, 2011

I e-mailed the largest teachers’ union in Colorado to ask if they planned further support “in time or money” of Prop. 103, the $2.9 billion tax hike on the Nov. 1 ballot. Here’s the response…

Reality Over Hope – Three Jobs Saved

by Vande Krol | 8:39 am, September 12, 2011

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein President Obama has explained his new stimulus program. Let’s see how the old one did. Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) reports that th…

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?

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