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Here's a link to what I think is the biggest bill, the main event, for the special session. Did the world's quickest skim, and it looks like temporary residential tax rate relief (one year I think) similar to some of the numbers in HH, with $65 million to backfill local governments and $135 mill to state K-12 school fund. There are a fair number of other bills in the special session queue as well.
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/23b-0025.pdf
At least the government isn't shutting down too, right?
Another bill – $30 million in rental assistance for people at risk of eviction or displacement:
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/23b-0015.pdf
Don't know what the legislature is likely to come up with … But yesterday's Colorado Sun article points out the difficulties: Colorado state budget concerns cast shadow over special session on property taxes
I continue to think a longer-term answer is getting rid of the taxing restrictions and moving to a spending cap. Shift to a cap on overall government spending that can only rise with a supermajority of the legislature or a vote of the people during a even-year general election. Then use a biannual budget process, with one legislative session devoted to spending within the cap, the next devoted to revenue. And let the legislature decide on the best balance of taxes: property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, and any of the other possible government revenue sources
Let the legislature control the budget with no restraint? Heresy! Doug Bruce is spinning in his
gravepadded cell.I thought part of the problem is that there are many overlapping property tax districts, each with its own mill levy. Wouldn't the offset for each one of these have to be handled separately?
Seems like an easier approach would be to define a blanket reduction in assessed values that applies to all property and all the tax districts.
On the other hand, the higher assessments reflect the higher cost of real estate, which eventually will be reflected in the costs of everything else. Reduce the property tax rate (or assessed values) now and the schools and roads will get even worse than they are now.
WOTD: Israel's 15 years of Politics of Denial. Josh Marshall at TPM.
As always, Josh is an informative source on many topics. (I've always believed that journalists should have a degree in history, or as in Mike Littwin's case, come from sports journalism where you can't lie without getting caught.).
I agree that the settler movement on the West Bank is a major problem for Israel. Netanyahu has pandered bigly to the far right that supports settlers.
However, Palestinians have had multiple opportunities to agree to a two state solution, beginning in 1948. They have always chosen war of some sort. Hard to have much sympathy for their cause, especially since the Arab world has seen them only as useful tools for its foreign policy.
(PS: this was intended to be nested in the Patk Hill thread)
John Oliver’s episode on the conflict this past week was well done. If you have a spare 30 minutes it’s worth the investment in time.
Here’s that link, Michael. It is well worth watching. I don’t know why links are’t lighting up until you click on them, but this one works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ9PKQbkJv8
Pols needs to change the embedded link color from dark blue to something that contrasts with the black regular font.
Harry, as you can see, it turns blue if the poster clicks into it after it's embedded, but that shouldn't be necessary.
Actually, it only changes color (mustard yellow for me) when I hover over the link, otherwise it is dark blue whether or not I’ve followed the link before, virtually indistinguishable from the nearby black text. It behaves the same on both Chrome/Windows and Safari/iPad for me, anyway.
I can’t recall on the old site if links were red before or after being clicked. But they were easily recognized as links, whatever the color was.
PS. Thanks, Alva — Edit works!
This is what is keeping politically-engaged Democrats awake at night
Sums up the left's hubris right now.
And if that isn't enough, there's also her emails.
Sadly, I was right
The Supreme Court has previously held that “officers of the United States” are not elective offices.