ADVANCE COLORADO & COLORADO CONCERN

TO PUT TAX ROLLBACK & CAP ON BALLOT

With Colorado taxpayers experiencing property tax sticker shock as they opened their local tax bills in recent days, Advance Colorado and Colorado Concern – which have taken opposing views on property tax issues in the past -- are locking arms in support of a ballot measure to provide real relief to Colorado’s homeowners and local businesses this November.

The ballot measure would return property taxes paid by homeowners and businesses to near-2022 levels, and cap revenue from future property tax increases at 4 percent. Only a vote of the people would allow governments to collect more than 4 percent in new property tax revenue in a year, a mechanism that will protect homeowners from huge property value spikes like those experienced in Colorado recently.

The measure would help both homeowners and local businesses alike, with 75 percent of the property tax relief going to residential and homeowner taxes, and the remaining 25 percent benefiting local businesses.

Under the plan, local governments would still collect more revenue each year, just not the massive windfall that they are set to receive thanks to a surge in property values over the last several years.

The legislature would also have to provide additional funding to local districts over and above the 4 percent cap, thanks to the ballot measure’s backfill requirement. This ensures that local priorities such as our schools, public safety and emergency services are protected.

The measure received very positive coverage in Colorado media. Here are some highlights:

CBS Colorado

Colorado Public Radio

Colorado Politics

Colorado Newsline

COLORADO STRONG BUSINESS ALLIANCE FIGHTS 400% TAX HIKE

Quadrupling taxes on short-term rentals, as is being proposed at the state Capitol, would hurt local communities across the state that rely on tourism, threaten thousands of tourism-related jobs and eliminate a source of extra income for thousands of Colorado families.

It's also yet another illegal end run around the constitutional protections in our Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR).

Kristi Pollard, on behalf of the Colorado Strong Business Alliance, is fighting this legislation that is a huge threat to Colorado’s tourism economy.

Read her op-ed in Sunday’s Grand Junction Sentinel HERE

WANT TO FIX COLORADO’S HOUSING CRISIS? STEM NEEDLESS LAWSUITS

Colorado has a housing affordability crisis that must be fixed. While the solutions to resolve this crisis are complex, one piece of the puzzle is to increase the supply of affordable and
attainable housing units, including condominiums which are severely lacking due to construction liability lawsuits.

Let your legislators know that SB 24-106 -- the Right to Remedy bill -- offers solutions to the barrage of lawsuits and rising insurance costs by decreasing the magnitude and frequency of claims. It also lets homeowners resolve their disputes faster and outside of the time-intensive, highly expensive court system. Building more condos can open the door for more Coloradans to own a home – one of the keys to starting to build wealth.

Click HERE to learn more about SB24-106

Click HERE to take action on SB24-106 today

THE TOP 5 "LIST OF LEGISLATIVE LOSERS" ... SO FAR

Colorado faces several major challenges, including rising crime and illegal drug use, soaring local property taxes, homelessness and questions about the quality of our kids’ education.

Instead of facing these issues head on — which is hard work — our legislature has instead introduced irresponsible bills that either worsen these challenges or create entirely new problems on their own.

As the Legislature passed the one-third mark in its 120-day session, Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown compiled “Top-5 List of Losing Legislation.”

Giving criminals a $3,000 cash payment when they get out of jail

A requirement to register and tax your pet

Empowering government to censor online “misinformation and disinformation"

Shutting citizens out of legislative meetings

Quadrupling taxes and targeting TABOR

These are just five bills that would push Colorado sharply away from our 150-year pioneer tradition of common-sense, open and limited government.

And they aren’t even halfway through the legislative session

Read Kristi’s entire piece HERE.

NEW POCAST FEATURING

KRISTI BURTON BROWN

ON EDUCATION REFORM

Improving our schools and expanding parental rights are just two of the education reform issues that are heating up at the State Capitol.

Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown talks the latest in school safety with Tim Kistler, former Superintendent of the Peyton School District.

Click HERE to listen.

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