The Rocky Mountain News editorial stafff blasts the Independence Institute's piglet report [July 9, 2005, "Bogus spin on Ref C"]. From the editorial, "Yes, there is waste in state government. And yes, the Independence Institute's 'Piglet Report' identifies several examples. But as an argument against two ballot measures that would increase state revenues, the report is almost laughable. And yet this is what the report purports to be. Independence Institute officials were not entirely happy with the document, either, since they ended up pulling it from their Web site. And no wonder: Anyone reduced to citing the expenditures of $10,400 on a 'Big Blue Bear film' and a few thousand dollars on fireworks at a state university as arguments against Referendums C and D is flirting with foolishness."
The Denver Post's Bob Ewegen takes on the opponents of Referendums C and D in his column today [July 9, 2005, "Colorado's true budget picture"]. He writes, "Prevarication is not unusual in politics, and it isn't limited to the opponents of the Colorado Recovery Act, as the C and D twins are labeled. But the opponents are being especially loose with their facts because they know the easiest way to defeat a ballot proposal is to sow doubt and confusion. By their cynical logic, even if they get caught in a fib, the process of trying to set the record straight may leave the voters confused and distrustful - and likely to vote 'no.'"
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
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