October 21, 2005

In Colorado, Colleges Fight Anti-Tax Lobby

By KARIN FISCHER

Vote on whether to ease spending cap is being watched closely nationwide

Colorado, home of the nation's most restrictive limits on state spending, has become the scene of a much-watched vote that pits anti-tax forces against higher-education advocates.

Voters will decide on November 1 whether to roll back the state's constitutionally imposed spending cap, known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, for five years to allow lawmakers to spend an estimated $3.7-billion they otherwise

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