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The U.C.C.S. Center for the Study of Government and the Individual presented: T.A.B.O.R. -- Overview and Perspectives on Friday, February 27, 2004 at the Antler’s Adams Mark Hotel, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
[LISTEN TO THE AUDIO TRACKS: Click the name of various speakers to listen online or download to your computer the streaming audio of their talks.]
| 8:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:30 am |
Opening Remarks
Dr. Jim Null, Executive Director, C.S.G.I. / 17 minutes |
| 9:00 am |
Why Tax Limitation?
Douglas Bruce, writer of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment / 33 minutes
Dennis J. Gallagher, City Auditor, City of Denver / 30 minutes |
| 10:00 am |
Constitutional Problems with T.A.B.O.R.
Dee P. Wisor, Esq., Member and Manager of the Public Finance Department, Sherman & Howard L.L.C. |
| 10:30 am |
Impact of TABOR and Gallagher Across Colorado
Carol Hedges, Senior Policy Analyst and Director, Fiscal Policy Project, The Bell Policy Center / 33 minutes |
| 11:00am |
Local Reaction to TABOR -- Panel Discussion
Stephen Golding, Vice President for Budget and Finance for the C.U. System
Terry Harris, El Paso County Administrator
Lorne C. Kramer, City Manager, City of Colorado Springs
Dr. Norman F. Ridder, Superintendent, S. D. # 11
John Taylor, Director, Legislative Affairs, Colorado Counties, Inc. |
| 12:00 noon |
Tax limitation and the Economic Environment
Luncheon/ Speaker: Phil Burgess, President, The Annapolis Institute, Washington, D.C. |
| 1:00 pm |
TABOR –related legislative initiatives
Fred Holden, Policy Specialist, Speaker and Author of "Total Power of One in America." |
| 2:00 pm |
Elected official’s response to TABOR -- Panel Discussion
Keith King, Majority Leader, Representative from School District 21
Richard Skorman, Vice Mayor, City of Colorado Springs
Wayne Williams, El Paso County Commissioner |
| 3:00 pm |
Wrap- up/Evaluation |
Registration was: $25.00; Students $10 with student id.
For more information on coming events, please call: 719-262-4093.
URL: http://www.uccs.edu/csgi/tabor-feb27schedule.shtml
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