The supporters of C cobbled together enough people with their hand out that when combined with scaring the old people they managed to do what DeTouqueville (sp?) predicted. When a segment of the population discovers that they can vote themselves the money of another segment, then the so called democracy falls apart.
Our Governor, elected as a Republican, has become a Democrat. This would never have passed without him.
Why the Governor feels that government must grow at a rate not supported by reality is beyond me. But it has happened.
My only remaining hope is that the referendum will be declared unconstitutional because it would reset a constitutional provision. The referendum was not a modification to the constitution.
combined with scaring the old peopleThe pro-tax minions were very successful in pushing elderly voters' fear buttons. Dire predictions of cuts in Medicare and so on were filling the airwaves. I called a lot of elderly GOP couples in the last week as part of my volunteer duties lobbying against C & D, and got a significant number of angry reactions. Typical example:
[ME]: "Hi, my name is xxxxx xxxxx and I'm a volunteer here in Ft. Collins calling on behalf of Vote No On C & D, and I would ..."
[Elderly GOP voter angrily interrupting me]: "You don't know anything! You're ignorant! You haven't read anything at all about this! ......"
Huh! Amazing how much they know about me based solely on my name and the name of the group I'm calling for.