Club 20 reversed it's former stance on Saturday and now opposes the proposed fall ballot issue, Amendment 52. The Amendment is designed to tap the growing pot of severance taxes to fund improvements to I-70.
The amendment would come at the expense of water projects and that was the basis for the reversal. Water providers all over Colorado are struggling to deal with tougher regulations from the EPA and the state. Infrastructure repairs and new construction are also taking their toll on budgets. These providers need state help in many cases.
Spending earmarks do not belong in the state constitution. It is way too hard to remove them in the future. Voters need only to revisit the perfect storm of Amendment 23, TABOR and the Gallagher Amendment when state tax revenues plunged earlier this century.
For a list of the many fall ballot issues check out the Wash Park Prophet.
Category: Colorado Water
7:26:00 AM 
|
