By Beth Skinner, biskinner@comcast.net Props to El Paso County Republicans who decided to act like real Republicans Monday night and unanimously denounce Referendum C & D.
Help us stop Ray Revenue & Debbie Debt
Ray, Debbie, and all the other liberal Democrats want stack on more taxes, borrow more billions, and trash TABOR. They admitted in on the radio. Will you volunteer to help us stop them? Click here to volunteer. And read on to see what they're planning. Ray Revenue – As Democrats, we believe Coloradans should be paying more taxes.
Debbie Debt - The Democratic Party has officially endorsed the Referendum C tax increase. It would mean $3000 out of the pocket of an average family over the next five years.
GOP vs. C & D: Take Our Survey
Here's our preview for "Backbone Radio" on Sunday, August 14. Listen if you can, and scroll down for a soul-searching survey we hope you'll complete and return. With voters facing an important decision on taxes, spending, and public debt in the upcoming fall election, Colorado Republicans are on the spot.
Do they still stand for keeping taxes down, keeping TABOR strong, and balancing the budget on the spending side -- a signature issue for most Republicans? Or does the GOP now believe, contrary to Reagan's view, that bigger government is the answer?
*olora*o politi*s getting weir*er by the *ay
Rumor has it that the campaign for higher taxes and deeper debt will soon roll out their new slogan, "Without C and D There's No Colorado." (Get it?) This gem, besides taking the prize for megalomania and bathos, starts a game that two can play. Because those same two letters are indispensable to Democrats -- and as Jon Caldara points out, to dildos and condoms as well.
Then again, without C and D there's no Caldara either. High stakes indeed.
I'm still going to take my chances and vote no, even if it means we have to spell our state's name as *olora*o from now on. If the end result is keeping taxes down and keeping TABOR strong, it's a chance *al*ara and I are willing to take.
Taxpayers to spending lobby: 'Hit the road'
It really made my Monday when I heard that Sens. Ken Gordon, Democrat majority leader, and Norma Anderson, Republican minority leader, were organizing a bipartisan hike-fest to promote the $5.6 billion tax and debt plan called Referendum C and D. That happened to be a day afoot for me as well -- climbing Gray's Peak with my son, daughter, and a friend -- and all the way up to 14,270 feet I just smiled at the mental picture of these earnest soles, er, souls, taking to our Colorado highways and leading a jolly sing-along for bigger government.