Denver’s Existing Debt - A Little Perspective

I thought it might be instructive to take a look a Denver’s existing debt. Given that the proposed bond questions for this November ballot will total $550 million, with an additional $27 million per year anticipated to be generated by the 2.5 mill levy increase on property taxes, the following may provide either an [...]

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WARNING! DIP AHEAD!

It just seems ironic that those espousing (Better Denver, Inc.) the passage of ballot issues 1A through 1I (that’s all of ‘em), would choose a yard sign universally recognized as a warning message. Go figure!

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Inflation is a Good Thing (2.5 mill levy increase) - Um, NOT!

Okay, I’ll bite.
Saturday’s Rocky Mountain News (Daniel Chacon) provided a piece on the upcoming November ballot issues. With regard to the 2.5 mill levy tax increase which, ostensibly, is pegged to provide ongoing infrastructure maintenance (estimated $27 million per year), a curious comment was forthcoming from Ed Scholz, the city’s Deputy Director of Budget. Scholz [...]

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Claws Bared on Real Cost of Proposed Property Tax Increase

Spirited discussion over at Dear Denver (The link takes you to what is now a blank page. Hmmm…) with regard to how much your property taxes will increase if Hick’s proposed 2.5 mill levy hike passes in November. Seems, Guerin Lee Green, of the North Denver News, announced in the September 7th edition of his [...]

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The Quintessence of Power Politics - Hickenlooper’s Tax/Bond Campaign

The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
“The Road Goes on Forever” - Robert Earl Keen (Best rendition: The Highwaymen - Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Willy Nelson)

If it wasn’t enough to provide an involuntary rolling of your eyes and the passing thought, “Here we go again!” when Hizzoner Hickenlooper invoked [...]

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Boigon Stacks Deck for Culturals (Or, did she???) - Denver Tax; Bond Ballot Questions

Undoubtedly, you’ve heard by now that the General Government Committee of the Denver City Council decided the order–first to last–for the tax and bond questions (explication provided here) that will appear on this November’s ballot. Two points: 1) Carol Boigon is the Chairperson of the General Government Committee; 2) It is generally believed that the [...]

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Denver Bond and Tax Questions - Homework Begins

Ten ordinances constitute the meat of the tax and bond questions that will appear on the November ballot. They are numbered 413 (2.5 mill levy increase on property taxes), 414 (Deferred maintenance on public office buildings), 415 (Deferred maintenance on cultural facilities), 416 (Health and Human Services system facilities), 417 (Park System facilities), 418 (Public [...]

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Denver’s Bondamania - Culture - Boettcher Concert Hall

Mayor Hickenlooper’s $550 million bond package has been tossed out of committee to the full city council. You will, of course, recall that there is a 2.5 mill levy property tax hike included therewith, and an additional tax hike above the 2.5 figure if all eight questions on this November’s ballot are approved. Denver’s codified [...]

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Initial Look - Detail of Proposed Bonds/New Taxes - You’ve Got Homework, Y’all!

The good news, for me, is that the Hick’s Infrastructure Priorities Task Force has detailed the projects/maintenance that will be presented as a series of bond and tax hike questions on the November ballot, and a few–yes, just a few–of those projects/maintenance items will directly affect Northwest Denver.
The Task Force divided the projects/maintenance items into [...]

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