Gov. Bill Ritter, persistent as ever when it comes to tax increases, is refusing to accept a decision by Denver District Court Judge Christina Habas, who ruled that a mill levy freeze in the 2007 School Finance Act is an unconstitutional tax increase.
COLORADO'S FRONTPAGE
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Content Index: John Suthers
Follow this topic by RSS"Not long ago, this blog pronounced dead the political career of our Colorado Attorney General Suthers, among others, and commented:
Some of those politicians might still be trying to keep their corpse moving to create the impression of life, but few will be fooled.
Sure enough Attorney General Suthers pushed his corpse’s pale boney hand out of the grave and waved it around claiming to the Denver Post to be a viable candidate for the 2010 US Senate nomination."
Who will challenge Salazar in 2010?
A Face the State Staff Report
December 2, 2008Amid all the gossip and speculation about which Republican is best suited to challenge Gov. Bill Ritter in 2010, another important race has all but fallen by the wayside. Little to no mention has been made of potential Republican challengers to take on U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar that year.
"Colorado Attorney General John Suthers argued his first case before the U.S. Supreme Court today during oral arguments in Kansas v. Colorado. The SCOTUS blog, one of the most authoritative sources for all things Supreme Court, has the background on the case (linked here), in case you’re interested.
Political Notebook got its hands on a transcript from the morning’s hour-long orals. Here is the blow-by-blow recap of the arguments."
Attorney General's office takes a stand for charter schools
A Face the State Staff Report
November 4, 2008In oral arguments made in a case challenging the state’s authority to create and fund charter schools, the Colorado Solicitor General maintained that charter schools have a constitutional right to exist.
"Accused by Colorado Democratic Party Chairwoman Pat Waak of issuing a partisan legal opinion on the legality of taking duplicate voter registration information out of the state’s voter rolls, Attorney General John Suthers fired back.
In a letter distributed to the press, Suthers said Waak’s attacks on him hurt the public confidence in the electoral process."
RNC Podcast, 9/4: Palin a hit in Colorado
FTS managing editor Brad Jones reports from the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. Colorado Republicans in Minneapolis react to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's remarks Wednesday night.
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Ritter banks on a liberal court
June 20, 2008SoS Defends decision to allow GOP candidates on ballot
A Face the State Staff Report
June 19, 2008While Democrats are alleging special treatment in a recent decision by Secretary of State Mike Coffman to allow three Republican state legislative candidates to appear on the November ballot, government officials, together with GOP activists, claim recent court decisions compelled Coffman to allow the trio on the ballot.
Court rules state property tax increase is unconstitutional
A Face the State Staff Report
May 30, 2008In a ruling announced Friday afternoon, a Denver District Court Judge has ruled the state acted unconstitutionally when it failed to ask voters' permission to raise property tax rates in the vast majority of Colorado's school districts.
4/28: Say goodbye to TABOR
Say goodbye to the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights if House Speaker Andrew Romanoff has his way with the Constitution.
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1/8: A high-pressure speech
Gov. Ritter presents his State of the State address today, and the pressure is on.