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Stories Posted on July 28, 2008
Romanoff leads TABOR crusade
Category: TABOR · State: Colorado · Source: Denver Post
The man flagging down passersby outside the Colorado Convention Center wanted change — not quarters, but a controversial change to the state constitution that would undo part of the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. The petition-wielding House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, the state's third-most powerful politician, manned the walkway Saturday trying to find a pitch to stop DNC volunteers streaming by and convince them to support his ballot initiative. After Gov. Bill Ritter, the teachers union and fellow lawmakers stopped short of fully supporting his initiative, Romanoff launched his own quest for the ballot, personally collecting 1,500 signatures and speaking across the state. The campaign is underfunded and faces both a saturated ballot and a distracted public — but with 90,000 signatures collected and more than a week before the Aug. 4 deadline, analysts say voters will likely see the proposal on the November ballot.