UPDATE ON COLORADO'S END THE WAIT LIST CAMPAIGN

July 10, 2008

Our petition gathering and fund raising is doing very well. It appears a

near certainty that we will have gathered enough valid signatures for the

measure to appear on the November Ballot. If it passes, the Colorado wait list

will be a thing of the past. So far, in my and other's volunteer petition

gathering process, the public response has been almost 100% supportive. The

professional (paid) petition gatherers have also remarked that getting

signatures

on this petition has been very easy, with the public being supportive. Here

is the web page and the actual official ballot measure that will be voted

upon.

The ballot proposal will appear on the November ballot is as follows:

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $186.1 MILLION ANNUALLY AFTER FULL IM

PLEMENTATION BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES CONCERNING AN

INCREASE

IN THE STATE SALES AND USE TAX TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR LONG-TERM SERVICES FOR

PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,

INCREASING THE RATE OF THE STATE SALES AND USE TAX BEGINNING ON JULY 1, 2009,

BY

ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT IN EACH OF THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS; PERMITTING THE

STATE TO RETAIN AND SPEND ALL REVENUES FROM THE NEW TAX, NOTWITHSTANDING THE

STATE SPENDING LIMIT; REQUIRING AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE NET REVENUE FROM THE

NEW TAX TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE NEWLY CREATED DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

LONG-TERM SERVICES CASH FUND; REQUIRING THE MONEY IN THE FUND TO BE USED TO

PROVIDE

LONG-TERM SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; AND

PROHIBITING REDUCTIONS IN THE LEVEL OF STATE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE ANNUAL

GENERAL

APPROPRIATION BILL EXISTING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS MEASURE FOR LONG-TERM

SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES?

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