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Once again the Democrats have me hopping mad. This time it’s our underhanded governor, and his supporting cast, that have me so angry. It’s been over a month (yet I’m still fuming) since the six justices, appointed to this state’s Supreme Court by the Democrats, used 45 pages to try to justify the theft of our money by Democratic Gov. Ritter’s mill levy freeze. Wow! What a surprise, eh? Not.
The higher mill-levy rate was only approved for a finite period and when that time expired, the rate was to drop back. But the Democrats liked having that money, they needed that money and they decided to keep that money by hook or by crook. (By crook … how apropos.)
Was that money needed? Absolutely. Was it for a good cause? Absolutely. Would I have voted for it if asked? Yes. But I was not asked to vote on it, and that makes it illegal (45 pages notwithstanding).
Consequently, now that Gov. Ritter has found a way to take my money without asking, I’ll be hanged if I will ever give him any voluntarily. I’ll be voting no on any and all future state tax increases, no matter what the
purpose, until that man is out of office. I think he’s no better than a common thief.
J.E. SUNDQUIST
Grand Junction
2 Responses to “Ritter should’ve asked for the money”
Posted April 29th, 2009 at 10:08 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
if ritter would have asked for the voters to approve this legislation, he would of most likely lost at the ballot box; that is how come he never asked the voters for it and used some other political ploy to take the money. maybe it is time to ‘get rid of ritter’
Posted May 2nd, 2009 at 6:23 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
With 85 state and local groups, in areas of policy, education, working families, faith-based, disability, health care and advocacy, being seduced by legislators into supporting Colorado Senate Bill 09-228 with promises of funding each group’s social project with monies diverted from current mandatory financing of the highway users tax fund (HUTF) and the capital construction fund, Colorado’s poorly maintained highways and buildings will suffer greater deterioration.
Our legislators have sent this legislation to Governor Ritter’s desk in order to increase the Legislature’s flexibility to determine appropriate use of state revenues, without including any directives for expenditures. These supporting groups have only the promise of certain current legislators that future monies will be available for their social projects at the expense of Colorado’s capital budget-supported transportation and building infrastructure.
Now our public roads and buildings have no assurance of maintenance, something all Coloradans require, regardless of which of these or any group we belong to.
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