Posted on 09/12/2013 6:40:28 AM PDT by george76
Leaders of the campaign to pass a $950 million education tax increase are laying plans for their campaign, but they’re being close-mouthed about what those strategies are.
With just 35 days until county clerks can start mailing ballots for the Nov. 5 election, Colorado Commits to Kids has yet to stage any public meetings or air any advertising.
On Tuesday, Colorado Commits convened representatives of groups supporting Amendment 66 for a meeting on the Auraria campus. The emailed invitation said, “We plan to update you on our success thus far, and explain our road to success in the coming months.”
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the campaign has no intention of being public about its plans for fear of tipping off opponents to its strategies.
People who attended the meeting said later that campaign leaders generally discussed polling, campaign strategy and get-out-the vote efforts. Participants were told that campaign literature and other materials would emphasize the phrase “Yes on Amendment 66.”
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The campaign has been low profile from the start and only started circulating petitions in late June, about six weeks before they were due. The petitions for Amendment 66 were certified only last week because the Department of State had to verify all 165,710 signatures submitted, of which 89,820 were valid. State law required 86,105 valid signatures.
Campaign officials were similarly tight-lipped during the petition circulating campaign about how it was going.
While several observers have estimated that Colorado Commits will need $6 to $10 million to mount a winning campaign, the committee had raised only about $1.6 million through a Sept. 3 filing deadline.
Sources have told EdNews that the campaign intends to make significant use of social media and will have field offices staffed with paid canvassers.
(Excerpt) Read more at ednewscolorado.org ...
We already have mandatory tax increases built into the Constitution. When will the insatiable maw of socialism finally have had enough? Oh, I see I’ve answered my own question: it’s insatiable.
...campaign to pass a $950 million education tax increase... Amendment 66... will need $6 to $10 million... had raised only about $1.6 million through a Sept. 3 filing deadline... intends to make significant use of social media and will have field offices staffed with paid canvassers.
Vote NO on this $1 billion annual tax increase that takes control away from your local schools and gives more of your money to union bosses.
1. This is the largest tax increase in Colorado’s history.
2. Up to 50% of this tax increase will likely go to backfilling the Public Employee Retirement Associations’ unfunded pension liability.
3. It’s not Re-form. It’s Re-distribution.
4. This bill destroys control at the local level.
Less than half of Colorado’s public school employees are actually teachers.
http://www.coforrealedreform.com/
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ACORN, SEIU, Union thugs
Directors of Club 20, the influential Western Slope civic and promotional group, have voted to oppose Amendment 66, the proposed $950 million education tax increase.
Thank you, george76—very important.
Don’t feel too bad, yours is only for $1B, we got screwed by about 10x that...but seriously...I do hope you all are successful in defeating this...sounds eerily familiar to this one passed last year in CA...read the “Arguments Against” section in the link...IOW, KILL IT!
http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_30,_Sales_and_Income_Tax_Increase_(2012)
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