In magnifying tax complications, Amendment 73 could hurt special districts

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I recently debated the Moffat School District superintendent on Amendment 73 at an event sponsored by the League of Women Voters. I’m an education advocate. I have three master’s degrees from three separate institutions. I’m also the Colorado Assessors Association education chairman. When elected in 2014, my first question to my deputy was, “What’s our […]

Amendment 73 creates unintended consequences

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Amendment 73 was designed to raise $1.6 billion for Colorado schools. But because of the unintended interaction with the Gallagher Amendment, the ballot measure would divert money from all other taxing districts to schools.    Most of the increased funding for schools proposed by Amendment 73 comes from changes in state income taxes. But if […]