Medical marijuana sales yield $2.2
million for state and local governments
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Fiscal
policy
The Denver Post: Medical-marijuana sales tax nets
$2.2 million for Colorado this year
Medical-marijuana dispensaries are
now putting hundreds of thousands of dollars a month into state and
city treasuries in Colorado.
Colorado Springs Business Journal
commentary: TABOR, Gallagher, the business
personal property tax and the tunnel under Pikes Peak
It's tempting to believe that
lawmakers at every level have deliberately conspired to milk
business for the same reason that Willie Sutton robbed banks:
Because that's where the money is. If things were that simple, you
can bet that the tax would have been x'ed out years ago, when
Republicans controlled the governor's mansion and both houses of
the legislature.
Salida Mountain Mail: Salida budget falls
short
Salida officials attempted to
overcome shortfalls as they prepared the 2011 budget facing revenue
predicted to be less than expenditures.
Canon City Daily Record
editorial: Easy budget cuts won't be
enough
It's a campaign trail staple: A
politician promises to cut the federal budget by "eliminating
waste, prosecuting fraud and cutting redundancies." Depending on
his political leanings, the candidate also may call for cutting
public funding to the arts, the Public Broadcasting Service,
military contractors and others. A report issued recently by the
president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
should dispel the myths that those types of cuts will do the
trick.
Health
care
Colorado Springs Gazette: City council mulls Memorial's
future
Should Memorial Health System become
an independent nonprofit? The city council had praise for the idea
Monday, but also some sharp questions, as the commission charged
with recommending a course for the city-owned hospital presented
its vision.
Pueblo Chieftain editorial:
Doc fix redux
As it has done under previous
agreements, Congress appears ready to adopt a temporary "doc fix"
to Medicare compensation for the month of December.
Colorado Independent: Lamborn, Coffman join
Christian-right suit against health care law
In its latest move against this
year's federal health care law, Pat Robertson's Christian-right
American Center for Law and Justice filed a brief in Florida on
behalf of 63 members of Congress Friday, challenging the provision
of the law requiring Americans to buy health insurance. Among the
parties to the suit are Colorado Republicans Mike Coffman and Doug
Lamborn.
Jobs and economic
security
Denver Business Journal: Colorado urban foreclosure sales
at 19-month low
Foreclosure sales at auction in
Colorado's largest counties fell to a 19-month low in October as
the mortgage industry slowed down action on foreclosures, the state
Division of Housing reported Monday.
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