Archive for: Ted Harvey

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  Those who got burned by Gaylord deal probably had it coming

  Jun 7, 2012

  Blake’s latest: “…politicians like TIF because…it is likely to produce extra campaign funds from favor-currying businesses.”

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  Fans, foes face off at Capitol over regional tourism tax breaks

  Apr 6, 2012

  Leslie Jorgensen / The Colorado Observer

  Senate Bill 124, which would award tax incentives to six tourism projects instead of the current limit of two a year, passed its second reading in the House on Thursday—but not without impassioned, partisan debate.

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• Panel kills effort to open up union talks at all school districts

  Apr 4, 2012

  Todd Engdahl / EdNews Colorado

  The five members of the Senate State Affairs Committee listened politely to witnesses and then voted 3-2 Wednesday to kill House Bill 12-1118, which would have required that school district collective bargaining sessions be open to the public.

  The panel’s three Democrats provided the majority necessary to kill the measure, which had only Republican sponsors and which was opposed by such traditional Democratic allies as the Colorado Education Association.

  Hearing testimony mirrored much of what was said last month during a House State Affairs Committee session.

  Sponsor Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch…

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• Taxing groceries? Panel says what’s good for Soopers is good for 7-Eleven

  Jan 26, 2012

  Debi Brazzale / Colorado News Agency

  After learning that some cities are taxing grocery sales at convenience stores but not at supermarkets, a legislative panel OK’d a measure Wednesday making clear that local governments must levy taxes on a level playing field.

  Senate Bill 94, sponsored by Sen. Mary Hodge, D-Brighton, and Rep. Libby Szabo, R-Arvada, clarifies that the state’s sales tax exempts groceries no matter where they’re purchased—and that local governments seeking to tax such products cannot discriminate.

  While Colorado’s statutory and home-rule cities may impose taxes on grocery sales—provided they secure local voter approval … —it’s the inconsistency that concerns Hodge.

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• State plan underway to curb faulty unemployment payments

  Jan 19, 2012

  Debi Brazzale / Colorado News Agency

  Lawmakers were assured Tuesday at the Capitol that unemployment check overpayments, uncovered in an audit of the Department of Labor and Employment last year, will be addressed, said the department’s executive director Ellen Golombek.

  Golombek assured legislators—in a joint meeting consisting of the House Economic and Business Development Committee and Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee—that they have developed a plan.

  The goal is to reduce the improper payments to the nationally acceptable level of 10 percent–down from 17 percent. Achieving much more may be out of reach, says Golombek.

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