Are two tax amendments threatening Colorado’s ability to sustain some of its most essential community services?

RBC | Panelists at Club 20’s March 31 conference in Grand Junction targeted the so-called “Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights” or the TABOR amendment, as a major cause of the growing fiscal dilemma in Colorado.

TABOR was added to the Colorado constitution in 1992. The amendment limits government agency tax revenues (tied to the Consumer Price Index) and requires taxpayer approval of any taxation increases.

Rapidly increasing population and the number of homes, together with the…