Author: Joshua Sharf
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PERSPECTIVE: PERA — forgotten but not gone
On Nov. 16, 2017, S&P Global Ratings put Colorado’s credit rating on negative outlook. The finances of the state’s public pensions, the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA), were in trouble, and were getting worse. Since the taxpayers of the state are responsible for assuming PERA’s obligations, if something weren’t done, the state’s AA credit rating…
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GUEST COLUMN: Rent control repeals the laws of economics
HB23-1115 would eliminate Colorado’s statewide prohibition of municipal rent control, in place since 1980. In this legislative session of horribles, it would not merely repeal a section of the Colorado Revised Statutes, it would attempt to repeal the laws of economics — as hopeless and delusional as attempting to repeal the law of gravity. Rent…