r/ColoradoPolitics

Taking food assistance away from children, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and Coloradans experiencing homelessness is cruel. More than 33,000 Coloradans, including nearly 12,600 children, have already lost access to SNAP, not because hunger has disappeared, but because Washington made it harder to get help. Colorado is working hard to protect food access, but no state can make up for the largest SNAP cut in American history, and Congress must reverse these harmful cuts.

So do we really have a chance to stop this data center development or is this just another dog and pony show to tell us how great this data center will be for our city?

This was in a news article I read:

Colorado Springs City Council said it will hold a special meeting in September in response to appeals of Project Taurus. The appeals are of the Planning Commission's decision on July 23, in which it was decided the development plan submitted to the Planning Department met legal requirements, but did not signify that the data center was unquestionably happening.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: City receives two appeals of Project Taurus approval Due to anticipated increased attendance, the special meeting will be held at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, located at 190 South Cascade Avenue, on Sept. 17, at 9 a.m., according to City Council.

City Council said public comment during the appeals will be limited to a total of 120 speakers, including those in support and opposition.

Each speaker will be limited to two minutes. Speakers will not be allowed to cede time or display multimedia during their comments. Advance sign-up to speak is encouraged and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Those wanting to provide public comment should send an email to allcouncil@coloradosprings.gove or call (719) 385-5480 and provide your name, address, and whether you support or oppose the project.

This is what we have come to, a president blackmailing an entire state over one person.

Independent congressional candidate Shimon Blau's race against Democrat Melat Kiros is complicated by years of right-wing online posts.

Look, I'm new to understanding tax at all, so I expect to hear "it's not that simple" a lot. But I'd really like to understand the details and be more informed. So thank you for constructive, patient conversation!

Instead of increasing sales & grocery (luxury goods included) tax and continuing to squeeze money from people who don't have any -- Is there any good reason that we can't shift tax burden in the following way:

[Researched with the assistance of Gemini]

Pied-à-Terre Surcharge: A graduated annual surcharge on non-primary luxury residences and second homes valued over $1 million (with rates scaling from 4% to 6.5% for properties above $5 million) was passed to generate roughly $500 million annually.

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​The surcharge does not apply if the property is occupied by a tenant or subtenant who uses it as their primary residence under a bona fide, arm's-length lease (typically 1 year or longer).

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People with multiple "homes" can pay about 4-6% more on their extra houses, Colorado still remains the one of the most affordable places to own homes in the country, and rent burden is not increased.

Please don't try to use beaurocracy limitations or hurt feelings as a legitimate counter argument. Being taxed on your "success" is what capitalism is all about.

My personal and likely inaccurate opinion is that the only reason this doesn't exist already is because so many of our lawmakers have multiple houses.

Please change my view.

Edit:

3:45pm TIL that a tax of this kind may be highly impactful for certain municipalities in CO, but it isn't helpful as a general state policy.

Also, i knew that everything devolves to TABOR eventually, but today I'm learning that everything devolves to TABOR rather quickly. It's like a ceiling that progressives keep hitting their head on when they try to make things better via public service.

[P.S. I have A LOT to learn about TABOR. Apparently EVERYONE does though.]

Today, I took Executive Action to strengthen Colorado’s economy, boost investment and infrastructure in the state, and create good-paying jobs by creating a statewide permitting portal and directing certain agencies to streamline permitting to make it easier and faster for important industries to secure permits in Colorado.