Bob Ewegen higlights John Andrews' opposition to Referendum C in yesterday's Denver Post [July 16, 2005, "More toll roads, fewer schools"]. Ewegen writes, "John Andrews let the cat out of the bag Thursday, admitting that if Referenda C and D are defeated in November, Colorado will be forced to slash billions of dollars from public school budgets over the next decade.
"Actually, that's the third cat Andrews has let out of the 'anti' bag, which apparently just swarms with felines. On June 16, he admitted that defeat of Referendum D - by killing the $1.3 billion in highway funding Gov. Bill Owens is fighting for - would force Colorado to build more toll roads, a step he hailed as 'bringing Colorado into the 21st century.'
"Andrews was off by a couple of centuries. Actually, it's a pair of 19th century laws passed in 1877 and 1896 granting eminent domain powers to private highways that developer Ray Wells wants to use to build his controversial 'Super Slab' toll road east of Interstate 25.
"The third mouser liberated by Andrews was his admission that defeat of Referendum C would force massive tuition increases for Colorado college students. Actually, Andrews thinks that higher tuition is a great idea."
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
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