Tracking what's destroying Colorado
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
In this Complete Colorado op-ed, author Eli Bremer blasts the passage of Propositions LL and MM in Colorado's November 2025 election, claiming voters were fed a pack of lies to pass them. Sold as a lifeline for the Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA) program—framed as the only way to keep free lunches flowing for needy kids—the props were rendered obsolete by federal changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Despite no real budget shortfall (expenses stayed within $128.4 million for FY 2024-25), the legislature kept the measures alive, quietly amending Prop MM to siphon over 50% of its new tax revenue from wealthy Coloradans toward SNAP benefits instead of school meals. Prop LL de-TABORed HSMA funding, unlocking a $95 million annual windfall for progressive pet projects. Bremer argues this was a transparent scam to erode TABOR protections and hike taxes under false pretenses, with ballot language burying the SNAP diversion in fine print.
Finally, someone calling out the Democrats' classic playbook: scare tactics, half-truths, and a stealth tax grab dressed up as compassion. Props LL and MM weren't about feeding kids—they were a brazen assault on Colorado's hardworking taxpayers and the sacred TABOR guardrails that keep government from ballooning out of control. Eli Bremer nails it: with the federal OBBBA wiping out any supposed shortfall, the HSMA program was already solvent, and Senate Bill 25-214 locked in lunches for the truly needy. No crisis, no excuses—yet the legislature plowed ahead, pocketing $95 million a year from high earners to bankroll SNAP expansions and who-knows-what-else in their endless welfare wishlist. This isn't governance; it's grift. Voters, wake up: every "free lunch" promise is just another IOU on your wallet, chipping away at the flat-tax fairness that made Colorado a beacon of freedom. Time to rally for real reforms—strengthen TABOR, slash the bureaucracy, and send these progressive con artists packing in 2026. If we don't, expect more "emergencies" engineered to fleece the middle class.