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September 29, 2008 by
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Suppose you had a son, and you gave him fifty dollars to spend on whatever items he needed for the week. Suppose your son came back to you a day later, asking for more money. What would your first question be to him? My bet’s on: What did you buy with the first $50 I gave you?
Government should be monitored the same way. There should be spending transparency in all levels, so taxpayers can trust their money is being used wisely and efficiently. If the government uses tax dollars to support a bloated bureaucracy that doesn’t use competitive bidding practices and sets inappropriate priorities, then possibly it needs to have some internal reform before three ballot initiatives pass that will raise taxes. Does Colorado have a bloated bureaucracy? No one knows, nor will know, as long as there is no transparency.
The makes the same point in another op-ed, this time for the . Read it .
If the Colorado government cannot be trusted to explain to taxpayers how their money is currently being used, why would voters give it more cash?
Keep the drum-beat going: !
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September 25, 2008 by
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Amy Oliver and Stephanie Kubala of the Colorado wrote a great op-ed discussing the need for transparency in Colorado’s government spending, especially as state taxes and fees have soared there in the last decade, nearly doubling the state budget since 2000.
And still, tax-eaters demand more. Oliver and Kubala cite three 2008 ballot measures that could raise taxes- , , and House Speaker Andrew Romanoff’s .
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According to the article, Colorado does have some leadership in the transparency movement, praising the Fort Collins city council, State Representative Don Marostica, the Colorado Press Association for their advocacy of opening the books.
Oliver and Kubala’s advice:
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