Colorado's TABOR laws are working exactly as planned. Taxes are down and the government in some counties and towns have been reduced in a big way.
There is a small problem though...
As property-tax rates tumble and sales-tax revenue evaporates, residents in the backyard of Douglas Bruce— the state's leading evangelist of small government and small taxes — are learning just how small government can get. So far, voters have shown no inclination to part with any more tax dollars.
Now, local leaders are warning that with no fat left to cut, basic services such as law enforcement, courts, public health and child-abuse investigations are all in jeopardy.
El Paso County's budget has shed $45 million over the past three years, clipped by the generosity of past tax-cutting county commissioners, stretched by the demands of a surging population and perpetually in the sights of limited-government forces. - Denver Post
A look at exactly what's happening after the jump...
