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Taxpayers Bill of Rights Stories Posted in April 2008
TABOR Reform May Go Straight to the Voters
Category: TABOR · State: Colorado · Source: Durango Herald
Education advocates file for ballot initiative Facing resistance in the Legislature, education advocates may be taking their case for a partial Taxpayer's Bill of Rights repeal directly to the voters. Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff introduced a bill this week to take parts of two sacred cows out of the state constitution - TABOR, which limits how much money the state can collect, and Amendment 23, which requires increased spending on education. But on Friday, minutes before the deadline, education advocates filed a ballot initiative based on Romanoff's plan. The move gives Romanoff and his allies two options - they can continue pursuing a referendum, which needs support from two-thirds of the Legislature, or they can go for an initiative, which can be put on the ballot with citizen signatures. Voters would have the final say over either one this November. "I think we should solve this problem by referendum if possible, by initiative if necessary," said Romanoff, D-Denver.
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