Prop 101

Click on attachment for county impact of Proposition 101 on ownership taxes and license fees

By John Hazlehurst
Colorado Springs Business Journal

May 15th, 2010

Three of the voter initiatives that will appear on the November ballot sure sound attractive.

Among other things, they promise to lower state income taxes, eliminate vehicle-registration fees, require government-owned authorities to start paying property taxes and forbid the state from assuming debt of any kind.

What's not to like?

A lot, it seems.

Editorial
Northern Colorado Business Report

April 23, 2010

The marquee supporting Proposition 101 sits next to Interstate 25, but it's a little hard to read driving by at 75 mph. If the citizen-initiated ballot measure passes in November, speeds that high may eventually become a thing of the past as the state fund for highway maintenance dwindles to pocket change.