Ritter should reject weakening of identification standards

Rocky Mountain News Editorial

      ...Gov. Bill Ritter has the chance to prevent Colorado from retreating in the battle against identity theft and fraud: He should veto House Bill 1313.

      The bill was sold as a way to clarify the requirements Coloradans must satisfy before they obtain official identity documents from the state. Confusion has reigned in part because of draconian implementation of a law passed last summer that was meant to bar the access of illegal immigrants to state services...

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By David Harsanyi

Denver Post News Columnist

5/3/07

      In this column space, a "tax hike" will always be defined as a change in tax policy that nets more dollars for government coffers.

      Sadly, it's necessary to clarify the obvious because in recent years a host of weasel euphemisms have been employed to avoid, at any cost, calling a tax hike what it is: a tax hike.

      But make no mistake, Gov. Bill Ritter wants to raise your property taxes.

By MIKE SACCONE The Daily Sentinel

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

      A plan to freeze property tax rates across Colorado will head to the governor’s desk after a debate Tuesday in which Republican lawmakers excoriated the measure as a “massive,” unconstitutional tax increase.

Right or wrong, Suthers has right to weigh in

Rocky Mountain News Editorial

      ...A memo produced by Attorney General John Suthers' office last week concluded that the Democratic plan to raise more revenue for schools by freezing mill levies should go to a vote of the people.

      Whether Suthers is right or wrong - and we happen to believe he's right - he does have the authority to issue an opinion whether it's been requested by the governor or not...

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