Comments on: TABOR for Dummies http://www.markhillman.com/2009/01/17/tabor-for-dummies/ Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Michael Riggs http://www.markhillman.com/2009/01/17/tabor-for-dummies/#comment-862 Michael Riggs Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:55:41 +0000 http://www.markhillman.com/2009/01/17/tabor-for-dummies/#comment-862 They will whine and cry about amendment 23, however nothing prevents the state from asking the districts for the money back after they have sent it out. So while they may initially have to pony up the amendment 23 money, the state will get it back. They will whine and cry about amendment 23, however nothing prevents the state from asking the districts for the money back after they have sent it out. So while they may initially have to pony up the amendment 23 money, the state will get it back.

]]> By: Todd Shepherd http://www.markhillman.com/2009/01/17/tabor-for-dummies/#comment-859 Todd Shepherd Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:43:34 +0000 http://www.markhillman.com/2009/01/17/tabor-for-dummies/#comment-859 Over at Coloradopols, they're saying that TABOR was built with the specific goal of doing damage. http://coloradopols.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8651 Also in the article titled, "Slaying the TABOR Dragon," the author(s) also concede..."And it's not just TABOR, but TABOR's interaction with numerous other spending mandates and limitations in the constitution that leaves lawmakers powerless to do anything besides cut when times get lean." But of course, they make no mention of Amendment 23, which is so innocuous, it gets a free pass, and is so harmless it doesn't deserve to be mentioned by name. Over at Coloradopols, they’re saying that TABOR was built with the specific goal of doing damage.

http://coloradopols.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8651

Also in the article titled, “Slaying the TABOR Dragon,” the author(s) also concede…”And it’s not just TABOR, but TABOR’s interaction with numerous other spending mandates and limitations in the constitution that leaves lawmakers powerless to do anything besides cut when times get lean.”

But of course, they make no mention of Amendment 23, which is so innocuous, it gets a free pass, and is so harmless it doesn’t deserve to be mentioned by name.

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