It all started when the nine-member city council of a conservative Colorado hub asked residents to approve a substantial property-tax increase last fall. They warned of drastic cuts to services if the measure failed, of closed community centres and untended park land, police layoffs and unfilled potholes.Land of the Brave, indeed.
The tax, which would have added $27.6-million to city coffers, was rejected by more than 65 per cent of voters. “We called their bluff,” resident Douglas Bruce says. “They need to downsize. It's a good thing.”
“The government should stick to its traditional municipal role, which is police and fire services, road repair and very little else,” he says. “They're not responsible for entertaining people.”
I'll be interested in seeing...
...how this one works out...
