Colorado Republicans turn to ballot questions as elections fail – The Durango Herald
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Bennet s orphan well legislation embodies good stewardship
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As always, the government gives and the government takes away. Redistribution is the American way.
Iâve been doing this for decades, and Iâve never seen anything like 2021 when it came to the exercising of a checkbook.
Lawmakers handed out $3.9 billion in federal stimulus money and another $800 million in state recovery aid, which is about 15% of what the legislature would spend in a normal yearâs budget, simply as a coronavirus bonus.
Those who use the roads for all kinds of reasons will have to pay more to cover a $5.3 billion transportation package. Coloradans will pony up a little extra for gasoline, electric vehicle registration, deliveries and ride-sharing services, a little here and a little there.
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DENVER After a constituent called Colorado state Rep. Alex Valdez last spring and complained that some local businesses weren’t accepting cash, the Denver Democrat started noticing cashless businesses everywhere, from restaurants to his local coffee shop.
Valdez thought refusing cash due to the COVID-19 pandemic made no sense, as merchants were still willing to touch debit and credit cards. And he feared such policies could shut out people without bank accounts, a group that’s disproportionately low-income, Black and Hispanic.
So this year Valdez sponsored a bill that would require retailers to accept cash, with a few exceptions. “We really just need to reaffirm that cash is currency,” he said.