Author: Mark Hillman
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Will Colorado courts curb lawmakers’ backdoor taxes
During its August special session, the Colorado General Assembly passed several bills to raise tax revenue and partially fill the growing chasm between federal tax policy and progressive Democrats’ insatiable spending. Although the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) in our state constitution requires a public vote on any “tax policy change directly causing a net…
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GUEST OPINION: Legislators bleed us again, promise more to come
I miss John Hickenlooper — and I really miss Roy Romer. While I often disagreed with their policies, at least we lived on the same planet because they understood that Colorado businesses must prosper to sustain the functions of government. The recent “extraordinary” session of the Colorado legislature starkly illustrated how the Democratic Party has…
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GUEST OPINION: Here’s why Coloradans can’t have good roads
’Tis the season when Colorado highways are teeming with summer travelers, all confronted with the inescapable reality that the state government has absolutely failed in its responsibility to maintain our highways. Last month, the American Society of Civil Engineers quantified this dismal state of affairs: Barely one-third of our state roads are in “good” condition,…
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Remember when Democrats were the party of free speech?
Remember when Democrats fiercely defended freedom of speech and freedom of expression with few limitations? That was when Colorado Democrats still had to compete with Republicans for statewide elected offices and legislative majorities. Having grasped the political upper hand, Democrats are sadly in thrall to progressivism and its requisite censorship of dissenters. Instead of proclaiming,…