{"id":800392,"date":"2019-10-15T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373018"},"modified":"2019-10-15T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T23:00:00","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-vote-yes-on-proposition-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-vote-yes-on-proposition-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Vote yes on Proposition CC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/LettersWebCard-SDN1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Colorado<br \/>\nhas the best economy in the country, but despite record corporate profits and<br \/>\ntourism revenue, one in four roads are rated as being in poor condition and<br \/>\nalmost 500 bridges have been labeled \u201cstructurally deficient.\u201d Colorado ranks<br \/>\nas one of the worst states in road conditions and urban congestion, adding up<br \/>\nto more than $500 per year, per person, in car repairs.<\/p>\n<p>How are we the best economy with some of the<br \/>\nmost woefully inadequate roads and bridges? It started almost 30 years ago when<br \/>\nvoters narrowly approved what were \u2014 and still are \u2014 the most restrictive state<br \/>\nspending limits in the country. When our economy shrinks, like other states, we<br \/>\nreduce spending. But unlike other states, when our economy rebounds, we can\u2019t<br \/>\ninvest the funds we already collect, instead delivering that money in the form<br \/>\nof a small rebate to individual Coloradans.<\/p>\n<p>These<br \/>\nrebates are projected to average $27-$44 per person next year. Proposition CC<br \/>\nis asking voters to pool these funds next year to the tune of $264 million for<br \/>\nthe state and likely more in years to follow. With one vote, we can untangle an<br \/>\noutdated budget rule and invest the money the state already collects equally<br \/>\namong transportation, K-12 education and higher education. That\u2019s $88 million<br \/>\njust next year, just for transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody\u2019s<br \/>\ntaxes will go up under Proposition CC. These are taxes that already have been<br \/>\npaid. This ballot measure won\u2019t fix all of our roads, tunnels and bridges or<br \/>\neliminate Colorado\u2019s education inequities, but it\u2019s a big step forward.<\/p>\n<p>With<br \/>\na yes vote on Proposition CC, with no new taxes, we can start fixing our<br \/>\nbridges and roads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/letter-to-the-editor-vote-yes-on-proposition-cc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado has the best economy in the country, but despite record corporate profits and tourism revenue, one in four roads are rated as being in poor condition and almost 500 bridges have been labeled \u201cstructurally deficient.\u201d Colorado ranks as one of the worst states in road conditions and urban congestion, adding up to more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-800392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 19:00:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}