Referendum C

After more than a decade of declining state investment, Colorado???s system of public higher education and adult training is nearing the breaking point. The implications are severe for our families, our businesses, our communities and our future. How did this happen? What is at stake for Coloradans and their communities? And what can be done about it? This booklet offers straightforward answers to these questions.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary supporting Referendum C, a temporary time-out from some of TABOR's restrictive spending limits.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary explaining the consequences of the state's poor funding of public health departments and other essential health services as a result of strict spending limits in Colorado.

We should make sure Referendum C is left in place and allowed to function as the voters intended. We should not do anything to limit the modest effects of Referendum C.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary exploring the dire fiscal situation of Colorado in 2003.

We can give our elected officials more of the tools they need to do their jobs and hold our elected officials and state agencies more accountable in several ways.

The Steamboat Pilot & Today reports on the Bell Policy Center's Referendum C Accountability Tour.

The The Pueblo Chieftain reports on the Bell Policy Center's Referendum C Accountability Tour.

On November 1st, 2005, the voters of Colorado passed Referendum C with 52.06% in favor and 47.94% opposed. The companion measure, Referendum D, failed with 49.38% in favor and 50.62% opposed.

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