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TABOR Fails
On Monday, April 14th, the TBRC debated and failed to place CP45 or TABOR on the ballot for consideration of a constitutional amendment. The debate which lasted more than five hours saw the defeat of revenue caps on state and local governments as well as the defeat of a supermajority requirement to increase taxes or fees. Revenue caps or Amendment 11 was hotly debated as were many amendments to Amendment 11. Once it was clear to the commission that Amendment 11 did not have the 17 votes needed to pass, a strike all amendment requiring a super majority voting requirement (Amendment 29) was adopted. Amendment 29 did not have any revenue caps but instead placed a super majority voting requirement on local and state governments before any tax increases or fees could be adopted. This amendment became CP45 and was the final consideration for the Commission. For TABOR (CP45) to be placed on the ballot 17 votes were needed and only 14 votes were obtained.
This is a victory in a long line of assaults on local governments and all those representing local governments and the services they provide deserve congratulations on a job well done.