The Denver Post shared that more than 82,000 people rejected the plans and Gov. Polis listened! Only 3,300 people said that they wanted it. GREAT JOB EVERYONE!! It's a good thing to demand fiscally responsible spending in Colorado!! The truth is, if we don't have the money for it we cannot do it! Every good business owner knows that to be true.

ARPA (Covid) funds gave the state government permission to build tons of new programs and to hire tons of new staff. I was in the meetings, hearing how CDEC was going to send that money as direct industry support to YOU. The plan went to the Governor's office and came back as indirect funds to you only if you met specific criteria through 15+ new government programs. NOW we hear "we need TABOR funds" so that we can continue to do these things we never could afford to do in the first place.

When Colorado passed TABOR, we passed it because we believed in small government. To authorize the release of TABOR surpluses (which are OVER COLLECTED TAXES) to the government means that you believe in large government. If you believe in large government then you like having the government tell you what you can and cannot do with your business.

Just something to think about.