Three November state ballot issues—Proposition 101 and Amendments 60 and 61—would collectively cripple state and local governments in Colorado, Alan Boles reported Aug. 23 on the Boulder-based website The Blue Line.

His report continues:

“The measures have so far drawn strong support among the electorate, despite near-universal opposition from business and civic groups and both major political parties, according to Abigail Hinga, outreach director for the Bell Policy Center, Rollie Heath, Colorado state senator from the Eighteenth District, and Richard Valenty, a former Colorado Daily reporter and now aide to Senator Heath, at a PLAN-Boulder forum on Friday, the 13th of August.”

The three ballot initiatives propose revenue-slashing measures such as lowering the state income-tax rate and eliminating all state taxes on telecommunications, Boles reports.

And guess who's behind all this frugality: "Although the originators of the three ballot issues have deliberately (and probably illegally) obscured their identities, they are widely believed to be allies of [anti-tax activist] Douglas Bruce and probably to include Mr. Bruce himself."

Read the rest of the article on The Blue Line