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TAXES: Local

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Douglas Bruce, a long time activist in Colorado and well known tax opponent, was recently arrested for petitioning at a CostCo (contact: 591-3000) to get the issue of repealing the rain tax, the storm water tax, or any number of other things that it has been called, back on the ballot. Irrespective of the name, in this case it is a fee. (It becomes a tax if any of it is diverted to the city from the enterprise that charges it.) It was not approved by the voters and violates TABOR, if not in letter then in spirit.

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 Property taxes affect homeowners, renters, small business owners, commercial concerns, farmers, factories - everyone.   Despite lower market values, property tax rates are going up and the county valuations used to calculate tax are going up.   You will hear that the legislature is cutting property taxes or making previous tax cuts "permanent", yet no one will actually experience a cut and all but a small few will experience property tax increases!   Here's the story....  

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NY Times

[now the election's over] Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he would immediately halt a popular $400 property tax rebate and he might need to raise the city’s personal income tax by up to 15% to help plug a budget shortfall expected to hit $4 billion

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USA Today

The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a "fuel surcharge" on your next speeding ticket. Drivers caught speeding will have to pay an extra $12 — to cover $4-a-gallon gas costs for the police officers who stop them.

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