The invisible B.C. government and your rights to property
In May 2005 I notice a parking ticket on my motor home for $100.00 the ticket said that I was guilty of parking a large vehicle for more that 3 hours abutting private residents. Ok I am choked. You see I work in the movie industry as a first aid attendant and work long hours..
4000 is too many
In 1984, Colorados adult prison population was less than 4,000 inmates. As of October, 2004, including community corrections, but excluding county jails, parole and probation, the inmate population was over 19,800. Moreover, in just the last decade, corrections spending has more than doubled to over $469.7 million in FY 03-04 and more than half a billion dollars has been appropriated for prison expansion and new prison constructionand it is still not enough.
Getting Smart on Crime: Time to Reform Colorado’s Drug Offense Sentencing Policies
Colorado is in the midst of a prison population crisis. Overburdened state prisons and a demand for yet more new prison beds are in conflict with a state budget dilemma. The legislature can begin to address the prison problem by rethinking Colorado’s sentencing structure as it relates to drug offenses, which are a major cause of prison population growth. Two fundamental reforms are needed:
Poll Shows Little Support to Weaken TABOR or Raise Taxes
The results of a new poll commissioned by the Independence Institute and the Colorado Club for Growth shows a lack of voter support for modifying Colorado’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) or seeking a TABOR override (known as De Brucing).
According to a scientific survey by the nationally-recognized polling firm TelOpinion Research, only 33 percent of likely Colorado voters who voted in the most recent election approve reducing their TABOR tax refunds or removing the so-call ratchet mechanism…
More than half (52%) of the survey’s 600 respondents altogether opposed weakening TABOR or giving up $500 million in tax surplus refunds. Only 33% are in favor of a proposal.
