Councilman Bill Murray is insisting that there be a city-wide vaccine mandate put in place to control the numbers of Covid in Colorado Springs. Contact your City Council representative and insist that they never put in a vaccine mandate in Colorado Springs. Click HERE and then select your Representative to find their contact information.
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Where Elected Officials Stand on Tax & Fee Increases and Tricking Voters
Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, helps keep state spending in check and helps keep our economy strong by permitting the voters the opportunity to approve any proposed tax increases. In November, Coloradans passed Proposition 117 to ensure any new, excessive fees are also brought to a vote of the people. Despite overwhelming support for TABOR and Proposition 117 (passed with 61.1 percent of the vote in El Paso County), politicians and special interest have worked tirelessly to circumvent both.
The new transportation-funding plan is the latest attempt to circumvent the people of Colorado and institute new taxes and fees in direct violation of TABOR and Proposition 117. These new fees account for $200 million dollars in increased spending at the expense of Colorado taxpayers. Colorado does not have a revenue problem; we have a spending problem, and we need to protect Colorado taxpayers by keeping spending in check and rejecting new taxes disguised as “fees”. We wholeheartedly oppose the new tax and fee hikes proposed in the new transportation plan and we find them to be a slap in the face of voters who passed Proposition 117 just months ago:
U.S. Congressman Doug Lamborn (R)
State Representative Mary Bradfield (R)
State Representative Terri Carver (R)
State Senator Bob Gardner (R)
State Representative Tim Geitner (R)
State Senator Dennis Hisey (R)
State Senator Larry Liston (R)
State Senator Paul Lundeen (R)
State Representative Andres Pico (R)
State Representative Shane Sandridge (R)
State Representative Dave Williams (R)
CU Regent Chance Hill (R)
Fourth Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen (R)
El Paso County Commissioner Cami Bremer (R)
El Paso County Commissioner Carrie Geitner (R)
El Paso County Commissioner Longinos Gonzalez (R)
El Paso County Commissioner Holly Williams (R)
El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf (R)
Mesa County Commissioner Cody Davis (R)
Mesa County Commissioner Janet Rowland (R)
Teller County Commissioner Bob Campbell (R)
Teller County Commissioner Erik Stone (R)
Teller County Commissioner Dan Williams (R)
El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Chuck Broerman (R)
El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder (R)
El Paso County Treasurer Mark Lowderman (R)
El Paso County Assessor Steve Schleiker (R)
Colorado Springs City Councilman Dave Donelson
Colorado Springs City Councilman Randy Helms
Colorado Springs City Councilman Wayne Williams (opposes bill and believes it violates spirit of TABOR and Prop. 117)
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Elected officials who support the tax and fee increases in the transportation plan as well as the effort to trick citizens with their scheme to end-run the voter approved Proposition 117:
Colorado
Springs Mayor John Suthers (R)
State Representative Marc Snyder (D)
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Contact these elected officials and urge them to oppose this funding scheme and sign onto this statement:
State Representative Tony Exum, tony.exum.house@state.co.us, (303)866-3069
State Senator Pete Lee, pete.lee.senate@state.co.us, (303)866-6364
Colorado Springs Councilwoman Yolanda Avila, yolanda.avila@coloradosprings.gov, (719)385-5492
Colorado Springs Councilwoman Nancy Henjum, nancy.henjum@coloradosprings.gov, (719)385-5483
Colorado Springs Councilman Bill Murray, bill.murray@coloradosprings.gov, (719)385-5485
Colorado Springs Councilman Mike O'Malley, mike.omalley@coloradosprings.gov, (719)385-5491
Colorado Spr. Councilman Richard Skorman, richard.skorman@coloradosprings.gov, (719)385-5470
Colorado Springs Councilman Tom Strand, tom.strand@coloradosprings.gov, (719)385-5486
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