Colorado is at now...

[yqtszhj]

Went for obummer twice and I read that they were right up there in marijuana dispensaries with CA. Yep, sounds conserve give to me.

[deadeye]

Have the same problem in my area. People move in from California, Chicago and NY to "get away from the conditions there". Then why do they then bring their damned liberal ways with them? Before long it is just the same. Then they cry about it!!! I agree with cokeman. If a liberal starts losing the argument or seeing he may be wrong, he talks non-stop and loud. You'll get nowhere.

[Fxstchewy]

I cringe whenever i hear about people moving from a mess they made to a place that is free, they will do it again, a few years back we had a couple that moved to town from up north and the "lady" wanted to get on city council to bring and i quote "fresh" and "progressive" ideas from where she was from.....i didn't like the sound of that. needless to say she didn't get voted in.
I think that the biggest threat to freedom is....Big City's, they control what laws are in the state they are in and when you have what goes on in ny, chicago, denver, san fran and others your freedoms will slowly go away.
This is also something that was talked about in the constitution. more people...more problems = less freedom for you and me.

[MikeyKahr]

Re: Colorado is at now...

I am so proud of Magpul and the stands they have taken in opposition to pending legislation in CO! It is fascinating to watch the twists and turns of Democratic lawmakers and the waves they are creating in the mad dash against the 2nd Amendment.

[Cubby]

Don't think it much matters either way. They already THINK they give us our rights anyway, otherwise we wouldn't even be talking about it. The modern politician totally misses the point and has zero understanding of the Constitution.

Maybe so, but I still believe in "States Rights"!!!

[downtownv]

Crap, CO was on my possibles list too. Well scratch that one off the list, one less thing ya know?

New York is waiting for you.... They want some of those fine guns you have!

[chrish]

Second, Colorado hasn't significantly raised property taxes since 1992....increases been constitutionally limited since then.

Constitutionally limited tax increases? That's the argument that a government hasn't gone too far off the deep end? Wow. Just wow.

If this goes thru, I personally hope MagPul leaves the state and refuses to ship anything back there as well.

[muggsy]

For a time I thought that Colorado was a part of the Old West. I didn't realize that it was just a suburb of Chicago. What happened to that Old West spirit?

[OldLincoln]

Property taxes.... CA put in Prop 13 many years ago so folks wouldn't have to sell their homes and move down. Part of the idea was to keep the gvmt spending in control by restricting revenue. Well that hasn't gone so well for CA so now there are advances on multiple front to attack Prop 13. Since it takes a 2/3 or maybe a 3/4 vote to overturn it they are going after that part first. They have tried propositions a few times but they hardly get out the gate. People in general know we have a spending problem and they resist raising property taxes but are an individually greedy bunch so if promised something for them individually they will do it.

Used to be a saying to "Think locally but act nationally." It was a good thought intended to avoid the stuff we see going on today.

[AJBert]

For a time I thought that Colorado was a part of the Old West. I didn't realize that it was just a suburb of Chicago. What happened to that Old West spirit?

The majority of the state is still pretty much the Old West. Get away from I-25 and I-70 and you'll find the real CO.

Problem is, the front range has probably 90% of the state's population and you know how Dems have to live in urban areas. They seem to need to be surrounded, closely, by their own type.

[Colocg]

Oh, give me a break. First, this is now just a Dem sponsored bill. Second, Colorado hasn't significantly raised property taxes since 1992....increases been constitutionally limited since then. Third, if you can't make it here, you won't be able to make it anywhere in this country. Guessing that's why your friend moved out.


This place is conservative rural, conservatively liberal urban, and geographically isolated from the serious whackos which suits me just fine.

Hi all, I'm new here and from Colorado. But I must live in a different part of the state than Itxi, because my taxes seem to go up almost every year including this one. Colorado used to be conservative, but there is nothing coservative about Denver and Boulder and is home to the serious wackos.

I love the state itself, but am starting to think seriously about moving.

Charlie.

[deadeye]

I have the answer to all these problems. Let's pass a law against murder - and, gosh I don't know - maybe enforce it. No matter how it's done. Somehow if it's with a gun it is horrifying. If it's with a tire iron, 2X4, crowbar, bomb or someone shoved off a roof it just gets passing attention. This is weird!! Sometimes I wish I were a liberal so I could understand things better.

[mr surveyor]

Hi all, I'm new here and from Colorado. But I must live in a different part of the state than Itxi, because my taxes seem to go up almost every year including this one. Colorado used to be conservative, but there is nothing coservative about Denver and Boulder and is home to the serious wackos.

I love the state itself, but am starting to think seriously about moving.

Charlie.

maybe a "Thank You" to the late John Denver would be in order

[ltxi]

Constitutionally limited tax increases? That's the argument that a government hasn't gone too far off the deep end? Wow. Just wow.

It was part a grass roots initiative to limit government taxing and spending power that passed in '92. The TABOR Amendment. It was initiated and passed as a constitutional amendment so the legislature couldn't tamper or amend without the people's popular vote. It's had negative issues in the recession and some governmental entities have modified bits of it....but only with consent of the people.

[ltxi]

Hi all, I'm new here and from Colorado. But I must live in a different part of the state than Itxi, because my taxes seem to go up almost every year including this one. Colorado used to be conservative, but there is nothing coservative about Denver and Boulder and is home to the serious wackos.

I love the state itself, but am starting to think seriously about moving.

Charlie.

My property taxes get adjusted every two years also. From $1660 in 1993 to about $2300 this year on a now street value maybe $375K to $400K home. Douglas county. Twenty years...I got no complaints.

The real problem causing CA escapees mostly arrived in the mid-late 90's to early 00's. Denver is an issue, I agree. Boulder is useful because of it's strong magnetic attraction for the seriously nut case liberals....better to have them mostly all in one place where they can internally freak out and throw old ladies into jail for dying their poodles pink then have them pollute my neighborhood.

I spent over three decades roaming this country and the world as an adult before settling here. Even lived in New Jersey and CA. So I ain't no innocent.