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EDITORIAL: A new take on highway robbery

Colorado Springs Gazette·The Gazette Editorial Board·22 days ago
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As the legislature wraps up its 120-day session this week, ruling Democrats are working to undermine the will of Colorado voters — before they even vote — on a much-needed ballot proposal to fund the state’s roads. House Bill 26-1430 attempts to preempt a pending ballot initiative that would make lawmakers use transportation dollars on the highways and roads they were supposed to fund all along. Initiative 175 — whose supporters are now gathering signatures from the public to place the proposal on the fall ballot — would direct $700 million in current revenue from transportation-related taxes and fees to roads, highways and bridges.  In anticipation, the lawmakers’ treacherous HB 1430 would cut those very gas taxes and vehicle fees by that same $700 million. The bill is sponsored by Democratic Reps. Andrew Boesenecker of Fort Collins and Emily Sirota of Denver, and Democratic Sens. William Lindstedt of Broomfield and Judy Amabile of Boulder. A real tax cut would be welcome, of course.…

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