Letter: Democrats ignoring voters’ judgment by trying to overturn TABOR

HJR 1023: Colorado lawmakers' constitutional ignorance on display - Complete Colorado

The resolution authorizes a legislative lawsuit to void TABOR as unconstitutional.

Colorado Democrats’ bid to launch TABOR lawsuit clears first committee

Democrats’ latest attempt to uproot a state constitutional amendment that severely limits officials’ spending authority narrowly passed its first committee vote Monday night. House Joint Resolution 1023 would commit the Colorado General Assembly to suing the state over whether the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, passes federal constitutional muster. Voters passed TABOR as an amendment to the state constitution in 1992. Among other provision…

GUEST OPINION: The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights is ‘here to stay’

Once again, TABOR is under attack. This time, liberal politicians aren’t pretending to hide the ball. Instead, they’re openly berating the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights on the House and Senate floors, every chance they get. Denver state Rep. Sean Camacho…

​Colorado's unique tax-limiting amendment could face legal challenge from Legislature • Colorado Newsline

Colorado state Rep. Sean Camacho, a Denver Democrat, speaks with a colleague on the first day of the 2025 session of the Colorado Legislature on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Colorado Capitol. (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)Colorado Democrats want to pursue a lawsuit challenging a state constitutional amendment that limits how much tax revenue the state can retain and spend, a Colorado-specific provision that Democrats have criticized for a long time …

Letter: Democrats ignoring voters’ judgment by trying to overturn TABOR

The April 3 issue of the Vail Daily (page A12) reports that Colorado’s Democrats want to kill the Taxpayer Bill of Rights so they can spend more taxpayer money. Just like their fellow Democrats in Washington, D.C., Colorado’s Democrats rush to the courts when they can’t muster voter support for their policy goals. Colorado voters should ask themselves why the Democrats don’t trust the voters’ judgment. Gerald KatzEdwards

Colorado taxpayers may have to pay for lawyers on both sides of Democrats’ lawsuit to dismantle TABOR

Colorado taxpayers may foot the bill twice if Democratic lawmakers manage to pass a resolution directing the legislature to sue the state in an attempt to invalidate the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.  That’s because not only will taxpayers likely be responsible for paying the lawyers hired by the legislature to bring the case, but they’ll also be on the hook for the costs incurred by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to defend against the lega…