As of August, nine ballot measures have been proposed in Denver and several, including another city sales tax increase for housing and a billion-dollar school bond initiative, are being prepared for introduction.
Denver's liberal politics and interest groups are flooding the city with tax increases, unionization proposals, cultural proposals such as bans of fur sales and a slaughterhouse.
Sample of Proposals
- Binding arbitration for fire department union
- Collective bargaining for city employees
- Denver Health sales tax increase
- Affordable housing sales tax increase (proposed)
- Denver Public School bond (proposed)
If all the taxes pass, Denver sales tax will be the highest among the metro area cities. In 2000, Denver gave 62 percent of its vote to the Democratic candidate for president (Al Gore) and 79 percent in 2020 (Joe Biden). Denver has become a liberal one-party city with little leadership that resists new taxes and regulations even if they could harm citizens cost of living and the city’s economy.
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1 comment:
A bit of editorial comment there. It is not the leadership, it is the voters declaring their preferences.
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