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My personal musings about anything that gets on my radar screen--heavily dominated by politics.

2007-04-27

Why The Down-Ticket Matters . . . A LOT

Like, 1.7 billion a lot.

I think there is a notable tendency among voters to not really pay much attention to state-wide races below Governors and Senators, and anything other big, obvious races that might be on the ballot. I know I used to not pay much attention.

But today one of those "down-tickets" very likely save Colorado taxpayers about $1.7 Billion.

From the highly useful Colorado Senate News:

Countering conventional wisdom around the Capitol, the Colorado Attorney General's Office has concluded that the governor's controversial proposal to raise property-tax bills statewide first must be put to a vote of the people.

The 11-page legal opinion , commissioned by Attorney General John Suthers and written by the state's solicitor general, makes clear that, "...this proposal requires voter approval under the Constitution.". . .

The governor and some of his fellow Democrats in the legislature have contended that the proposed tax measure, which would raise $1.7 billion over the next 10 years, does not have to be put to a popular vote despite a constitutional provision requiring a vote for any tax hike."

Well, thank God for a Republican who managed to hold a statewide seat in 2006--he was plenty lonely.

And lets be sure to give an assist on this one to former Gov. Bill Owens, who nominated Suthers for the post after Ken Salazar beat Pete Coors for the Senate job.

No--we don't really need to give an assist to Salazar or Coors.
Posted by: Michael / 4/27/2007 10:27:00 PM

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