Tag: Cory Gaines

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project They take your TABOR refund, not by removing it from your hand, but by taking away the possibility there will be one in the first place.When I've written in the past about gas stoves or internal combustion cars, one thing I've noted is that the government doesn't necessarily outright ban those things, they merely take away your ability to find them and/or buy them.Something similar happened this last legislative session.  The state (depending on the estimates) either took your TABOR refunds for the future or it took a huge chunk of them.And like with what I said about the stoves, they didn't take them by direct action, that is, but taking the check out of your hand.  No, they took them by taking away your ability to ...

By Cory Gaines | Colorado Accountability Project We have finally approached the end of our settlement.  I won't go into the gory details (if you want more, I linked to Rachel Gabel's contemporaneous op ed below), but back in January of this year, I testified at a Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners meeting.  I was quite critical of the way that they handled their business.   I was cut off by the head commissioner and then booted from this meeting.  Thanks to the Public Trust Institute taking my case pro bono, I was able to do more than just gripe to friends. I truly appreciate their taking my case, because, outside of Mrs. Gabel and a tiny mention by Shaun Boyd, no one else in the media seemed to care about the loss of my First Amendment rights an...