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Maine Center for Economic Policy. An independent, nonpartisan research organization. Homepage includes a link to an Information On TABOR page that is predominantly non-favorable to the proposal.
Maine
State Chamber of Commerce. Includes links to PDFs of a press
statement, analysis from a business perspective, and the Coalition Action
Plan (alternative to TABOR), all released October 18, 2006.
Citizen's
United to Protect Our Public Safety, Schools and Communities' page includes links to outside resources and online news articles favoring opposition.
Democracy
Maine: Maine Voices Against Extremism. The homepage links to several
recent Lewiston Sun-Journal news articles and one from the Maine Sunday
Telegram.
Maine Heritage Policy Center - A conservative public policy organization. The Maine View publication on their website contains articles in support of TABOR.
Maine Municipal Association's webpage on TABOR.
Taxpayer Bill of Rights site - Includes legal briefs, FAQs, info on petition initiator Mary Adams, news, and other pro-TABOR information.
Chamber
of Commerce rejects TABOR, seeks alternative plan / Elbert
Aull. Morning Sentinel. October 19, 2006.
Groups
to offer TABOR substitute. Portland Press Herald. October 18, 2006.
[Colorado's
Governor] Owens backs TABOR in Maine. Denver Business Journal, October
16, 2006.
Study
: TABOR will not cut taxes / Trevor Maxwell. Portland Press
Herald. October 4, 2006. The report is available
at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' page linked below.
Articles about
TABOR appearing in the Brunswick Times Record's
online archives.
Taxpayer Bill of Rights . Part of MaineToday.com's In Depth reporting
series. Contains news coverage, reader comments, and related
links.
Ready, set, campaign
: Battle over TABOR heats up / Trevor Maxwell. Maine Sunday
Telegram. September 3, 2006.
Maine gets a taste of TABOR truth by John Andrews.
Denver Post. April 2, 2006.
Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities' page containing general info, streaming video of The Real
Story Behind TABOR, and analyses of states' spending limits
(including Maine's TABOR).
The Bell Policy Center's publications page about Colorado's experience with TABOR since it's adoption in 1992 and info on the 2005 referenda C and D.
Info on Colorado's Referendum C, a five-year TABOR suspension which voters narrowly enacted in November 2005. Includes links to the ballot wording, a briefing paper from the Cato Institute, and pro and con statements.
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission's webpage on the tax expenditure limit (TEL) proposal in that state. Lots of good links, especially towards the bottom of the page, including to pro and con groups. Ohio's proposal will be on the November 2006 ballot.
Proposed Ohio TEL - TABOR Amendment. A page of links from Ohio's Highland County District Library.
TABOR:
a threat to education, health care and social services. A page from the
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that includes
the video, The Real Story Behind TABOR, articles of analysis of other states' proposals (including
several on Maine) and a link to
a document on the status of 2006 legislative
proposals. The Center focuses on budgetary policy impact on low to moderate income levels.
TABOR Lives : Lessons from a taxpayer setback in Colorado / Michael J. New. National Review. November 2, 2005.
Talking Points on TABOR. Information about TABOR in Colorado, prepared by the National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Tax expenditure limits (TELS): the latest. NCSL's 2006 update to their 2005 working paper on TELS.
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