Let's Build A #BetterColorado by engaging in conversations about the structural challenges facing our state government and exploring possible solutions!
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Read our #GallagherAmendment white paper and learn what a bipartisan group of policy experts along with #Colorado citizens from 36 communities around the state had to say.
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Join our Statewide Conversation on the #GallagherAmendment - Come visit our forums to discuss this 1982 Amendment to the #Colorado constitution and explore some realities and impacts that amendments on the #2020ballot may have.
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Want to really understand the impacts of the #GallagherAmendment? We put together a 20-minute interactive video our presentation. Learn what the Amendment is, how it affects you, and what citizens from 36 Colorado communities had to say about it.
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Thanks goes to our fiscal policy experts for presenting at today’s #DLS2020 Virtual Series Why Should I Care About #gallagher @DowntownColo @bowditchcassell @BetterColorado @coloradofiscal @Elizabeth_Fire @ColoradoKidsOrg #EDCCEvents #gallagher #econdev
Coloradans only pay 1/4th as much as they used to pay in property taxes due to the #GallagherAmendment to our state constitution which we adopted in 1982. The Amendment’s effects have reduced local funding for services like K-12 schools and fire districts.
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In #FortCollins, 74% of the residents who came to learn more about the #GallagherAmendment supported Repeal of Gallagher’s frozen ratio between Residential and Non Residential property to stop the decline in the Residential
Assessment Rate. Our report - buildingabettercolorado.org/…
With Amendment B on the ballot this year, it is important to understand exactly how it affects your own community. We went to 36 communities across CO to educate citizens on implications of three key fiscal policy efforts and put together a report.
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Unpacking Gallagher: The property tax law up for a vote in Colorado 9news.com/article/news/local… via @9NEWS
The #GallagherAmendment is about to become a hot topic for #November2020 with it going to #Colorado ballot. Learn more about it from a neutral position and arm yourself with facts before you start hearing either sides "pitch". #BetterColorado
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Read our Summary of the #GallagherAmendment repeal heading for November's Ballot!
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As we head towards a possible recession, it is more important than ever to understand the fiscal impact that a recession has on TABOR, Gallagher, and Amendment 23. Colorado has some hard questions to ask ourselves.
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CDPHE confirmed 24 new presumptive positive cases in Colorado, based on overnight test results. That brings the total number of presumptive positive cases to date to 101. You can find the total number of cases for each county here: ow.ly/EseQ50yLSvv
We took our Colorado Fiscal Policy tour to 27 communities across Colorado in 2019. Now in 2020 we are bringing it to you - view our interactive presentation online and join the statewide conversation -buildingabettercolorado.org/…
What is the biggest Fiscal Policy Challenge Colorado is Facing right now?
58%TABOR
21%The Gallagher Amendment
21%Amendment 23
19 votes • Final resultsWith #PropCC Failing at the ballots, there is a good chance for another TABOR test on the ballot in 2020. Come to our "Understanding #TABOR" page to find out what we heard from Colorado citizens in our state tour of 36 communities and counting this year buildingabettercolorado.org/…
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NEW: The next fiscal fight in Colorado starts now: A bid to repeal TABOR and one to raise taxes on top earners cosun.co/2Ck9j7A via @ByJohnFrank #copolitics #coleg
Colorado citizens have spoken, and #PropCC has been defeated at the polls. To understand what impacts this may have on Colorado fiscal policy and our lifestyles, visit our non-partisan "Understanding the #TABOR amendment" page at buildingabettercolorado.org/…
Have a group or organization that would like to know more about Colorado's fiscal policy challenges? We'll go anywhere in the state and present our program to your group at no charge. Request a presentation and we'll be in touch soon.
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The most encouraging conclusion that we came to during our tour of 37 #Colorado communities this year was that despite our differences in opinion, consensus was typically found when all the solutions and ways to address our fiscal issues are discussed. buildingabettercolorado.org