From the Aspen Daily News (Brent Gardner-Smith):
“Chances are very good that two out of the three of these will pass,” [John Lay of Coloradans for Responsible Reform] told a group of managers of local health and human services organizations this week in El Jebel. “And I just want everybody to hear that.” Lay said his organization recently spent $250,000 on polling for the ballot questions. The polling found that voter sentiment toward Amendment 61, which would sharply curtail borrowing by local governments, is “running 57 positive.” Amendment 60, which cuts property taxes in a variety of ways, especially for school districts, is seen as a positive measure by 50 percent of those polled, Lay said. Proposition 101, which cuts vehicle registration and telecommunication fees, has the support of about 48 percent of those polled…
Proponents of the three measures have not publicly identified themselves, will not send representatives to debate the measure and will not provide a spokesman to talk to the media on the record. “There is no one that shows up,” Lay said. “There is no one that has presented themselves as being the proponent.”[…]
Chris [Treese], the external affairs manager for the Colorado River Water Conservation District (CRWCD), said the district’s board is appointed by member counties, not elected. He added that Amendment 60 prohibits districts with un-elected boards from levying property taxes, which the CRWCD currently does — via a very small mill levy across 15 Western Slope counties. [Treese] said the loss of property tax revenue, and the loss of vehicle registration fees from Proposition 101, would leave the district just enough money “to figure out who stays to turn out the lights.” “So if protecting Western Colorado water resources is important to you, think carefully, and talk to your friends about what these amendments mean,” [Treese] said.
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