Using “for the kids” to sell tax increases in Colorado
by Kelly Maher | 11:48 pm, October 28, 2011
Tax increase proposals in Colorado often seem to come under the guise “for the children,” as is the case with Proposition 103, the proposal on the Nov. 1 ballot to raise taxes $2.9 billion over the next five years.
Rosen airs WhoSaid’s take on Prop. 103 robo-dial
by Kelly Maher | 8:41 am, October 14, 2011
850 KOA radio show host Mike Rosen played the audio from our video on Proposition 103, noting that a robo-dial for the $2.9 billion tax increase somehow fails to note that it’s a…tax increase. Prop. 103 itself is a bad idea, as we’ve documented.
Citizens’ Budget on KNUS and 850 KOA
by Jon Caldara | 2:27 pm, January 21, 2011
Citizens’ Budget project director Penn Pfiffner continues his mission of spreading the good word about the solutions found in our Citizen’s Budget project. This past week found Penn on two different radio shows. The first was on Ross Kaminsky’s Backbone Radio program on KNUS. Filling in for Ross that day was Krista Kafer, who did [...]
Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold discusses role of Colorado Supreme Court in redistricting, potential replacements for outgoing Chief Justice Mullarkey on Mike Rosen Show
by CTBC Director | 5:56 am, August 27, 2010
Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold called in to the Mike Rosen Show Wednesday following up on an interview with nationally syndicated analyst Michael Barone regarding Congressional redistricting and state-level reapportionment of legislative districts.
Michael Barone spoke broadly on the issue of redistricting nationwide – and was almost certainly unaware of the peculiarities of how [...]
Mike Rosen v. Ben Franklin on the Arizona immigration law
by David K. Williams, Jr. | 10:18 am, May 7, 2010
“I’ve been asked to show my ‘papers’ when traveling in foreign countries. Big deal. The upside is that by cracking down on illegals in their state, Arizonans . . . will be protected from trespass and violent crime, and save hundreds of millions of dollars in education, medical, social services and criminal justice spending associated with illegal immigrants. I’d take that tradeoff.”
“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
Hickenlooper can’t answer the tough questions
by Kelly Maher | 5:15 pm, April 28, 2010
A Facebook page titled Mayor Teflon John Hickenlooper’s Glass Jaw appeared today…The Denver mayor needs to figure out soon how to answer tough questions because many more are coming his way as he runs for governor of Colorado.As highlighted on Comple…
Mike Rosen commentary on Colorado Supreme Court retention elections in Nov. 2010: “a great time to balance the scales”
by CTBC Director | 10:23 pm, November 18, 2009
The Clear The Bench Colorado message – ‘vote “NO” on the unjust justices of the Colorado Supreme Court in November 2010 to restore accountability to the judiciary and bring back balance to the bench’ – is being picked up by an increasing number of astute observers of the state of affairs in Colorado.
Thanks to an [...]
Colorado Supreme Court & School Funding: Case to Clear the Bench now overwhelming (Ben DeGrow on Face The State radio)
by CTBC Director | 2:23 pm, November 4, 2009
Cross-posted from the Peoples Press Collective and Mount Virtus websites, from commentator Big Ben (big, but “not as big as Rasmussen“) DeGrow:
“Despite all the hoopla (much of it well-deserved) about the election results, let’s not lose focus on an easily overlooked issue that should factor into some of our important decisions for 2010 — namely, the Colorado [...]
Colorado Springs Gazette decries “the ol’ Bait and Switch” – Budget raiding turns fees into taxes
by CTBC Director | 10:00 am, October 31, 2009
An alert reader (hat tip to Live Free Colorado) brought the Colorado Springs Gazette editorial criticizing the tax and “fee” ‘bait and switch’ tactics employed by the current administration – thanks to the Mullarkey Majority’s unconstitutional ruling last November – to my attention this morning.
The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights clearly says that voters have to [...]
“Courts shouldn’t mess with school funding” – more commentary on the latest Colorado Supreme Court outrageous ‘Lobato’ ruling
by CTBC Director | 2:23 pm, October 30, 2009
“A sense that the Colorado Supreme Court is growing out of control continues to pick up momentum after the October 19 Lobato v State ruling (PDF), in which the 4-3 liberal majority arrogated to itself the power to determine school funding policy.”
The Independence Institute’s expert analyst on Education Policy (and frequent online commentator) Ben DeGrow is part of [...]
Featured Posts
- Printing Money Doesn’t Work in Britain Either
Of course not! Why would anyone conclude that errors are geographical? Errors are errors and attempts to reinflate the British economy using the same hot air compressors that we use here aren’t going to work any better over there than they have here.
- Oklahoma’s Constitutional Amendment Would Pit Taxpayers Against Unions
- Friday’s Unemployment Numbers: Correcting the Corrections
- Romney Woos Grand Junction, Earns Sen. King’s Endorsement
- The Borking of Netflix: movie service finds privacy law to be an inconvenience
- Rich Americans Are Fleeing the Country
- ObamaCare Advisers Predict Death of Health Insurance Companies




