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 💰 CAP COLORADO'S PROPERTY TAX INCREASES BEFORE WE GET CRUSHED

By Michael Fields for the Denver Post

Both parties in the legislature have said that affordability is their top priority this session, municipalities have identified “inflation” and “lack of affordable housing” as two of their most pressing concerns, and voters consistently identified the affordability crisis as their biggest issue in this most recent election.

The goal for our legislature this session should be clear: make life more affordable for everyday Coloradans. The easiest – and possibly the most impactful – way to do this is for legislators to turn away from the property tax cliff we’re about to dive off of in 2024.

I won’t bury the lede. Residential assessed property values are set to increase by a whopping 26.5% in 2024. This legislative session is the last chance for the legislature to put a fix in place to avoid that hike, barring the governor calling a special session later this year...

Read the rest of the opinion editorial on the Denver Post website.

 👉 HISTORY OF SCHOOL CHOICE

Ready Colorado–our state's leading education reform advocacy group–released an excellent new research brief entitled "The History of School Choice in Colorado."

It's available on the web or in PDF form. If you're unfamiliar with how the school choice movement started and progressed, this is a great read!

Also worth looking at is the polling done by Ready Colorado regarding public sentiment around school choice.
The History of School Choice in Colorado

 ⚠ DENVER CRIME REPORT

Our friends at the Common Sense Institute have a new report out on Denver's 2022 crime rate statistics. We'll warn you, it isn't pretty.

Since 2018:

Property crime is up 59.5%.

Aggravated assault is up 60.2%.

Auto theft is up 176.0%.

Burglary is up 24.0%.

(Denver Average Monthly Crime Rate per 1,000 residents)
Spotlight on Crime Rates in Denver

 📰 NEWS YOU CAN USE

FOX31- February 15, 2022
Denver among top 10 in nation for auto theft, property crime, rape

Colorado Politics - February 10, 2022
Veteran tax relief bills from Colorado Springs lawmakers killed in committee

Denver Post- February 10, 2022
Colorado leaders urge IRS to keep hands off TABOR refunds

Denver Post- February 10, 2022
Should Denver open a safe drug use site? The Colorado legislature may finally let it.

Colorado Politics - February 10, 2022
Candidates address affordability, homelessness in Denver's first mayoral debate

Colorado Sun (Associated Press) - February 3, 2022
Colorado, 9 other states mull cross-border licensure rules to tackle teacher shortage

Colorado Sun - February 2, 20227
780 affordable units or 3 houses? Telluride is latest Colorado town where housing, conservation clash

Aurora Sentinel - February 21, 2022
EDITORIAL: Colorado ‘Fair Workweek’ bill is a schedule for disaster not better jobs

Colorado Politics - February 21, 2022
Opinion: Cap Colorado’s property tax increases before we get crushed

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