Bridge Over Troubled Financial Waters

by Joshua Sharf | 1:14 am, May 24, 2012

Transportation funding in Colorado has been a problem for, like, ever. Typically, capital spending is funded by what’s left over after the general fund expenses have been taken care of, but in recent years, to quote Geoffrey Rush from Shakespeare In Love, “There’s never any profits.” Which means that highway maintenance has been suffering. In [...]

“FASTER” Goes to Court

by Jon Caldara | 2:34 pm, May 21, 2012

The Denver Post is reporting on a lawsuit that challenges the 2009 “FASTER” legislation. If you can remember, Bill Ritter signed FASTER into law in order to raise money for transportation repairs – specifically bridges and roads. How did they raise the money for the repairs. Simple: new “fees.” Under the Taxpayers Bill of Rights [...]

Colorado Supreme Court Justice Alex Martinez announces impending resignation, takes city job in Denver

by CTBC Director | 8:24 pm, August 24, 2011

Colorado Supreme Court Justice Alex Martinez unexpectedly announced earlier today (Wednesday, August 24th 2011) that he intends to resign his seat on the state’s highest court in order to take a job with the City of Denver as Manager of Safety.
Justice Martinez, who was retained in office November 2010 with the lowest percentage of “retain” votes [...]

National Outlet Defends TABOR from FASTER

by Jon Caldara | 9:35 am, June 7, 2011

Bravo WorldNetDaily! If you haven’t seen this remarkable write-up of what FASTER has meant for taxpayers in Colorado then check this piece out. The article does a wonderful job of explaining the intention of our Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) to those unfamiliar with it and explaining how former governor Bill Ritter’s fee infested FASTER [...]

Life in the FASTER lane – updates on the Colorado Car Tax

by CTBC Director | 2:55 pm, May 26, 2011

Surely make you lose your mind…
The Colorado Car Tax (er, “fee”) increase – ironically dubbed ‘FASTER’ – passed in the 2009 legislative session made another lap in media coverage this past week with a broadcast on the ‘Devil’s Advocate‘ television program and publication of a pair of “Issue Backgrounder” papers.
The “Issue Backgrounder” papers each address [...]

The Bridge to Higher Taxes, More Debt

by Jon Caldara | 2:51 pm, May 24, 2011

Since the moment it was passed, politicians have been trying to circumvent TABOR and its restrictions on taxes and debt. Sometimes their attempts fail, but sometimes they are wildly successful. Take for example the 2009 FASTER legislation. This bill created the Colorado Bridge Enterprise – a government owned business tasked with fixing and maintaining bridges [...]

The FASTER Way to Ignore TABOR

by Jon Caldara | 3:46 pm, May 19, 2011

Tune in to Devil’s Advocate this Friday night as I am joined by Rich Sokol of Legacy Capital Group and Tom Ryan of Analyst Strategy Group for an examination of how the 2009 FASTER legislation has allowed Colorado to issue $300 million of new debt without bothering to ask permission from Colorado voters as required [...]

Friday Funnies: Colorado Supreme Court promotes lawlessness

by CTBC Director | 9:33 pm, September 3, 2010

A rash of recent thefts may have been inspired by a Colorado Supreme Court ruling…
The Colorado Supreme Court’s ‘Gang of Four’ under their ringleader Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey (who’s skipping town rather than face justice in November) have gotten away with a series of crimes against our Constitution over the last few years, including:

‘Mill Levy [...]

Continued partisan spin and misrepresentations of Attorney General Suthers statement on Colorado Supreme Court justices

by CTBC Director | 9:12 am, June 22, 2010

Political enemies of Attorney General John Suthers are STILL attempting to use his principled (albeit uncharacteristically bold) statement that he would vote “NO” on retaining 3 of the 4 Colorado Supreme Court justices on the ballot (Justices Michael Bender, Alex Martinez, & Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey) as a political club with which to rhetorically beat him – continuing [...]

Continued partisan spin and misrepresentations of Attorney General Suthers statement on Colorado Supreme Court justices

by CTBC Director | 9:12 am, June 22, 2010

Political enemies of Attorney General John Suthers are STILL attempting to use his principled (albeit uncharacteristically bold) statement that he would vote “NO” on retaining 3 of the 4 Colorado Supreme Court justices on the ballot (Justices Michael Bender, Alex Martinez, & Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey) as a political club with which to rhetorically beat him – continuing [...]

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