Colorado policymakers faced growing calls Monday for a special session on property taxes — for the second time in less than a year — to cut taxes even more and head off a pair of ballot…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, center, signs Senate Bill 233 on property taxes into law at the Boettcher Mansion in Denver on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. He is flanked by lawmakers, including, to the immediate left of Polis, bill sponsors Sens. Chris Hansen and Barbara Kirkmeyer.
Democrats, who control both legislative chambers and the governor’s office, are in a standoff with the conservative advocacy group Advance Colorado over property tax rates. Advance Colorado is running ballot initiatives 50 and 108, which together would restrain property tax collections and growth. “We are encouraging these conversations,” she added, “and are hopeful a deal can be reached and implemented to end this debate on property taxes for the foreseeable future while protecting funding for our schools and vital local services.”
Kirkmeyer said the framework being discussed by lawmakers now is effectively a continuation of those negotiations. She supports passing the new property tax reductions so people won’t end up priced out of their homes.Opinion: From Colorado lands smeared with my ancestors blood to a Wyoming sacred hot springs stolen from us, the dispossession continuesThe threat seen by local government leaders and advocacy groups in the ballot measures put them in alignment with Kirkmeyer.
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