Could it happen here???
In researching further the TABOR II issue, I came across a 2005 newsletter from the Colorado Library Association (October-November, Vol. 4, No. 5) urging its members to vote to curtail Colorado’s version of TABOR which had been enacted a few years earlier. The newsletter pointed out that during the time of TABOR in Colorado libraries lost 76% of their funding. A significant amount of local funding ($11M) was also lost during that time. As could be expected there serious cutbacks in library services statewide.
Those who oppose TABOR II in Maine have sponsored visits from Coloradians who experienced the negative effects of that state’s version of spending and revenue raising limits. Maybe we should give them a very serious listening to……
