{"id":807460,"date":"2020-05-14T18:22:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T00:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383364"},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:22:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T00:22:27","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-state-budget-was-overextended-before-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-state-budget-was-overextended-before-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: State budget was overextended before the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am writing in response to Enis Alldredge\u2019s recent letter to the editor addressing mine.<\/p>\n

In an April 27 Colorado Sun article, Sen. Bob Rankin is noted as acknowledging \u201cthat all options are on the table\u201d (regarding balancing a budget that is $3 billion in the red). That comment was in reference to severance tax revenue that is a most valuable revenue for Colorado.<\/p>\n

At no point, before or since the Joint Budget Committee published its recommendations for balancing the budget, has Rankin spoken out against his committee\u2019s recommendation to suspend the Homestead Tax Exemption or suspending the PERA Direct Distribution.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind, our state budget was already overextended by $1 billion before this COVID-19 pandemic was announced and addressed. Overspending was a base from which we started.<\/p>\n

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