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Public Finance

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Five acts with more taxing problems than you

    See Also: • Tax Evasion: How to live like a rock star -- and pay taxes like one, too. As the saying goes: There are only two things that are certain and unavoidable in this life -- death and taxes. And while both might be causing folks to lose sleep these days (you didn't forget tax time is upon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    New taxes on gas, electric cars?: CDOT says it's just talking about them right now

    ​Is the Colorado Department of Transportation looking at hiking taxes on gasoline and electric cars? That's the implication from an Independence Institute report, which quotes from CDOT e-mails. But spokeswoman Stacey Stegman says there's no proposal yet, and one is unlikely this year.

  • News

    August 11, 2011

    Abstinence-only funding was refused, but that didn't stop a state school-board member

    ​Is the Colorado Department of Transportation looking at hiking taxes on gasoline and electric cars? That's the implication from an Independence Institute report, which quotes from CDOT e-mails. But spokeswoman Stacey Stegman says there's no proposal yet, and one is unlikely this year.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Brenda Stewart, who fronted prostiution ring linked to Michael Hancock, cops a plea

    A past Player.​Amid the controversy over a report tying just-elected Denver mayor Michael Hancock to Denver Players, the prostitution ring that brought down Judge Edward Nottingham, much of the attention has focused on previous Players owner and alleged burglary victim Scottie Ewing. But there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Mike Rosen plagiarizes himself in Denver Post column? He says he did nothing wrong

    Mike Rosen.​Update below: This week, a tipster informed yours truly (and Colorado Pols) that KOA talk show host Mike Rosen had basically copied a 2008 column he wrote for the Rocky Mountain News and republished it in December as a Denver Post piece. Rather than simply running side-by-side exce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Cha-ching! Federal Reserve's Money Museum downtown expected to blow minds

    The Money Museum got mad billz​If you think about it, the concept of money in general is pretty weird: Basically, we assign a value to a random object and, as a society, agree upon its representative worth -- there's nothing intrinsically valuable about a $20 bill, for example, but neither is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    David Zamzow, two others named in 25 racketeering counts: Read the indictment here

    David Zamzow.​"If you are looking for a blend of personal service and expertise, you have come to the right place!. I offer a broad range of services for business owners, executives and independent professionals." So reads the welcome message on Fort Collins CPA David Zamzow's website. No men ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Scottie Ewing, swinger entrepreneur, pleads guilty to tax evasion for prostitution business

    A former Denver Sugar girl.​The really wild ride of Scottie Ewing, former ski pro turned porn purveyor and swinging entrepreneur, took another turn yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion in connection with the sale of the Denver Sugar/Denver Players prostitution business ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Amendments 60 & 61, Proposition 101: Is $6 million not enough to defeat them?

    Douglas Bruce​Opponents of three tax-slashing ballot initiatives say their polling shows that the measures might actually be approved by voters -- despite a multi-million-dollar ad blitz starting this weekend designed to crush them. Coloradans for Responsible Reform recently spent $250,000 on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    John Hickenlooper and Dennis Gallagher proud of letting us know how feds have stimulated state

    ​In February 2009, Barack Obama showed up at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to sign the $787 billion federal stimulus package. Since then, anyone who has been stuck behind an army of trucks on I-25, delayed by spates of lane closures on I-70 or winced at the infestation of orange cons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Chipotle is gunning for 50 percent local produce this year

    ​Chipotle Mexican Grill, the ever-expanding Denver-based burrito chain, which just opened its first international store in London, is now upping the ante in the local produce department by committing to use 50 percent of at least one produce item from locally grown sources in its restaurants. ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Why is Denver's tax money going to Dallas?

    ​Chipotle Mexican Grill, the ever-expanding Denver-based burrito chain, which just opened its first international store in London, is now upping the ante in the local produce department by committing to use 50 percent of at least one produce item from locally grown sources in its restaurants. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Tax day warning: U.S. Attorney will bust your ass if you file incomplete/inaccurate returns

    A Flickr photoForty-eight hours is about all you've got left...​April 15 -- the deadline for filing income-tax returns -- is just two days away. And in case your stress over that fact isn't already overwhelming, the U.S. Attorney's Office has a message: "It is important to file complete and ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Throw the bums off the Colorado Supreme Court, says Clear the Bench Colorado -- and John Suthers seems to agree

    ClearTheBenchColorado.org's Facebook profile picture gives you a pretty good idea where Matt Arnold's coming from.​It took the better part of a week, but Matt Arnold, the man behind ClearTheBenchColorado.org, has finally gotten the Denver Post to blink. On Tuesday, the paper published, "AG Su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: No moratorium on dispensaries in Denver

    ​Think the lines at the airport are long? They're nothing compared to the lines at the Denver Treasurer's office, where would-be dispensary operators are lining up to get their sales-tax licenses before any city ordinance might put limits on dispensaries. But the dispensaries will definitely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Attorney General John Suthers has to admit: Medical marijuana can be taxed

    "When I said, 'Put that in your pipe and smoke it,' I didn't mean it like that!"​Attorney General John Suthers has been the high-ranking state official most likely to imply that the sky is falling in relation to medical marijuana. No wonder he cheered a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Gov. Ritter's Colorado cash coupons

    Every week it seems like another $300 million must be slashed from the state budget. Even if there is no money left to pay for the 2009 state income tax refunds next year, Governor Ritter should plan to send out one "Colorado Cash" coupon for every $100 worth of state income tax owed by the state. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    John Hickenlooper's budget-cut pitch

    John Hickenlooper.​The first specific cut listed by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper in a letter to the citizens of the city about his budget-cut proposal involves reducing the programming on Denver's Channel 8 to "public-meeting coverage and select programming." The latter apparently includes a ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    Colorado's new Medicaid funding plan will leave disabled adults on the outside

    John Hickenlooper.​The first specific cut listed by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper in a letter to the citizens of the city about his budget-cut proposal involves reducing the programming on Denver's Channel 8 to "public-meeting coverage and select programming." The latter apparently includes a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    Chrysalis Graduates Two More

    John Hickenlooper.​The first specific cut listed by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper in a letter to the citizens of the city about his budget-cut proposal involves reducing the programming on Denver's Channel 8 to "public-meeting coverage and select programming." The latter apparently includes a ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    A Pain in the Assets

    John Hickenlooper.​The first specific cut listed by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper in a letter to the citizens of the city about his budget-cut proposal involves reducing the programming on Denver's Channel 8 to "public-meeting coverage and select programming." The latter apparently includes a ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Fire Sale

    The cost of cigarettes could go up in smoke this November.

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    In Sickness and in Wealth

    Medicaid patients could be facing death by a thousand cuts.

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    Off Limits

    Dialing for dolours.

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    The Money Pit

    Mildred Bennett's lost her home, but she's got a $35,000 consolation prize.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Home Sick

    Is this crazy, or what? The only way Mildred Bennett can get her house back is to prove she's mentally disabled.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Someone to Lien On

    Is this crazy, or what? The only way Mildred Bennett can get her house back is to prove she's mentally disabled.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    No Taxation Without Misrepresentation

    A state property-tax goofup means that a poor Colorado county has to pay back a huge oil company.

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Calling to Collect

    The City of Denver declares war on the state legislature over a telephone bill.

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Pack Contributions

    Tobacco lobbyists do a smokin' business with politicians.

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    Letters

    Tobacco lobbyists do a smokin' business with politicians.

  • News

    October 17, 1996

    Off Limits

    Tobacco lobbyists do a smokin' business with politicians.

  • News

    October 10, 1996

    Due Unto Others

    Next month, Colorado voters will decide whether the state's $5 billion worth of tax-exempt properties are all charity cases.

  • News

    August 22, 1996

    This Property Is Condemned

    The EPA messes with a widow over a Commerce City warehouse and winds up making its own mess.

  • News

    May 23, 1996

    Heaven is a suburb

    The streets aren't paved with gold down in the brand-new city of Lone Tree --yet.

  • News

    May 9, 1996

    That Fits the Bill

    Need some special-interest legislation? Here's how this year's session measures up

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    Alms for the Not-So-Poor

    A "nonprofit" hospital gets its lucrative office buildings taken off the tax rolls.

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    THE BREAKS OF THE GAME

    THE HISTORY OF A TAX LOOPHOLE--AND HOW IT GOT PLUGGED.

  • News

    February 7, 1996

    OFF LIMITS

    THE HISTORY OF A TAX LOOPHOLE--AND HOW IT GOT PLUGGED.

  • News

    January 31, 1996

    LETTERS

    THE HISTORY OF A TAX LOOPHOLE--AND HOW IT GOT PLUGGED.

  • News

    January 3, 1996

    A SWEET DEAL

    NEED A TAX BREAK FOR THE NEW YEAR? CONSIDER RAISING BEES, DONKEYS, HAY OR, AS A LAST RESORT, A STINK WITH THE COUNTY ASSESSOR.TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE? FOR A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPER SEEKING A TAX BREAK, THAT'S NO QUESTION. BUT TAXPAYERS GET STUNG.

  • News

    December 20, 1995

    BOWLEN FOR DOLLARS

    DENVER'S FAVORITE CANADIAN MILLIONAIRE WANTS A STADIUM SUBSIDY. HERE'S WHAT HE WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT IT.BRONCO BULLY PAT BOWLEN PLAYS SMASH-MOUTH POLITICS IN HIS QUEST FOR A NEW STADIUM.

  • News

    October 4, 1995

    SHADOW OF A DOUBT

    THE DEFECTION OF PHILIP ANSCHUTZ IS JUST THE LATEST RED FLAG IN THE PEPSI CENTER DEAL.

  • News

    August 30, 1995

    LET US PAY

    THE DEFECTION OF PHILIP ANSCHUTZ IS JUST THE LATEST RED FLAG IN THE PEPSI CENTER DEAL.

  • News

    June 14, 1995

    WIN SOME, LOSE SOME

    THE DEFECTION OF PHILIP ANSCHUTZ IS JUST THE LATEST RED FLAG IN THE PEPSI CENTER DEAL.

  • News

    May 31, 1995

    GIVE ME A BREAK

    THE DEFECTION OF PHILIP ANSCHUTZ IS JUST THE LATEST RED FLAG IN THE PEPSI CENTER DEAL.

  • News

    November 23, 1994

    RISKY BUSINESS

    THE CITY LOANS $270,000 TO A BUSINESSMAN WHO PILED UP DELINQUENT DEBT.

  • News

    September 14, 1994

    IT'S 11 P.M. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR FUNDING IS?

    DENVER PLAYS THE SAFE CITY SHUFFLE.

  • News

    September 7, 1994

    UNECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    DID A SQUABBLE WITH COLORADO SPRINGS COST FORT COLLINS $300 MILLION?

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