Press Conference to Mark the End of Ref C “Time-Out”
Colorado taxpayers now have something to celebrate: the return of the Taxpayers Bill of Rights, the nation’s most effective tax-and-spending limits. July 1 marked the end of the Referendum C five-year “time out,” the largest tax increase in Colorado history.
On Tuesday, July 13 at 10:00 AM, a group of state and national organizations, including the Independence Institute, will gather in the third floor pressroom at the Colorado Capitol to highlight what the end of the Ref C “timeout” and the return of the best taxpayer protections in the country means to Colorado working families.
Participants include:
* Jon Caldara, President of the Independence Institute
* Amy Oliver Cooke, founder of Mothers Against Debt and director of the Colorado Transparency Project for the Independence Institute
* John Stephenson, State Government Affairs Manager, National Taxpayers Union
* Colorado State Senator Shawn Mitchell
* Joshua Culling, State Affairs Manager, Americans for Tax Reform
* Marty Nielson, President, Colorado Union of Taxpayers
* Laura Carno from Americans for Prosperity, Colorado.
“We plan to celebrate the return of TABOR, which is great news for Colorado families and bad news for big government spenders,” said Independence Institute President Jon Caldara.
He added, “There is a reason why the tax-and-spenders hate TABOR, it works. It forces lawmakers to do their job, prioritize the budget and live within their means.”
[...] of Mothers Against Debt, gave a blistering defense of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights at an event Tuesday at the Colorado statehouse, celebrating the end of Referendum C, a five-year TABOR [...]
23 Feb 2011 at 8:07 am