This is a follow up to bink's diary on Colorado Springs.
Taxpayer message in Colorado Springs: "Shrink government"
By Michelle Malkin • November 4, 2009 10:14 AM
Skyrocketing property taxes were a huge issue in the NJ governor’s race.
They were on the ballot here in Colorado, too. And the limited government message was sent loud and clear:
"The people of Colorado Springs don’t seem to believe the claims that the heavens will fall if the city isn’t allowed to raise these taxes," he said.
...Voters agreed, calling the proposed 2010 budget cuts "scare tactics."
"I kind of resent the scare tactics," Michael Hagen said Monday after dropping off his ballot.
Exactly. The politics of government-induced fear is losing steam.
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In Maine and Washington, not such good news as taxpayer initiatives go down. Try, try again.
Thankfully Washington's voters weren't as easily hoodwinked by Michelle Malkin and her government is the enemy mem as the voters in Colorado Springs were. Here in Washington we have a Grover Norquist disciple turned highly paid initiative huckster for the elite named Tim Eyman, who cranks out a new anti-tax initiative every year.
Colorado Springs is turning into Michelle Malkin's idea of paradise for wealthy taxpayers.
Colorado Springs cuts into services considered basic by many
• Turning out the lights, literally, is one of the high-profile trims aggravating some residents. The city-run Colorado Springs Utilities will shut down 8,000 to 10,000 of more than 24,000 streetlights, to save $1.2 million in energy and bulb replacement.
If their street is pitch black on these long winter nights, the freedom loving patriots of Colorado Springs can build a bonfire in the street out of uncollected garbage from their city parks. They just better make sure the bonfire doesn't get out of hand, since the Fire Department has been cut back.