When is a Tax Increase Not a Tax Increase? Only in Castle Pines North

I found this well written response to the recent Connection articles and thought it was worth sharing....

When is a Tax Increase Not a Tax Increase?...Only in Castle Pines North
The posting by Lisa Crockett on the CPN website and reprinted in Castle Pines Connection, "City Asks Voters to Consider Re-worded Ballot Questions," emphatically states seven times that the CPN ballot issues will result in "no increase in property taxes!"The article attempts to portray the new tax measures as simply technical corrections. Voters should be aware that ballot questions 2D and 2E potentially extend current taxes beyond their current expiration. As such, residents will spend more tax dollars in the future to fund city services. That, my friends is a new and additional tax and the first line of the Ballot Question tells you so.A copy of the article follows. I have added my comments and corrections in red.

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