Colorado

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👍🏻 Proposition LL: Retain and Spend Revenue for School Meals

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Allows the state to keep and spend $12.4 million in tax revenue already collected under Proposition FF for the Healthy School Meals for All Program, rather than refunding it to households earning $300,000+ annually. Also maintains current tax deduction limits for high-income households.

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TABOR is stupid and kids need lunch.

👍🏻 Proposition MM: Increase Taxes for School Meals and SNAP

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Increases state income taxes on households earning $300,000+ annually by reducing deduction limits from $12,000/$16,000 to $1,000/$2,000 (single/joint filers). Revenue would fully fund the Healthy School Meals for All Program, implement local food purchasing and wage increases for meal workers, and support SNAP.

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As above, kids need lunch and the Trump Administration is too busy building a ballroom to feed kids.

Denver

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👍🏻 Ballot Issue 2A: Transportation and Mobility Bond ($441.4M)

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Without imposing any new tax, authorizes $441.4M in bonds (max repayment $906M) for transportation infrastructure improvements including safety upgrades to roads, bridges, intersections, and pedestrian crossings. Extends existing bond mill levy rather than allowing it to phase down.

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I’m not a fan of any subsidies going towards the new Broncos stadium, and there’s definitely plenty of worse bridges to fix, but the other projects in here are worthwhile and shouldn’t suffer.

👎🏻 Ballot Issue 2B: Parks and Recreation Bond ($174.75M)

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Without imposing any new tax, authorizes $174.75M in bonds (max repayment $357M) for parks, pools, playgrounds, and recreation centers. Includes Park Hill Golf Course transformation, Southeast Recreation Center, Sloan's Lake improvements, and upgrades to 22 facilities.

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Absolutely not. We’ve wasted enough resources on Park Hill. We could have had a free park and housing, but the people of Denver voted to keep it a golf course. We’ve wasted enough money keeping the hoi polloi away from Wellington Webb.

👍🏻 Ballot Issue 2C: Health and Human Services Bond ($30.1M)

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Without imposing any new tax, authorizes $30.1M in bonds (max repayment $57M) for health facilities including a new Denver Health Westside Family Health Center and expansion of the Denver Children's Advocacy Center for child abuse victims.

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People need healthcare.