District Court dismisses lawsuit to remove road tax extension from Colorado Springs ballot

An El Paso County District Court judge this month dismissed a lawsuit that sought to remove the so-called 2C road tax question from Colorado Springs' November ballot.

Douglas Bruce, the author of Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights amendment, filed a three-page civil lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs in late September, alleging the city violated TABOR requirements a dozen times in its approved ballot language for ballot issue 2C that asks to extend a dedicated sales tax for local road maintenance.

On Nov. 5, voters will ultimately decide whether to extend the current 0.57% temporary sales and use tax for the next 10 years, from 2026 through the end of 2035. The 2C tax equates to 5.7 cents on every $10 purchase. The current tax is scheduled to sunset Dec. 31, 2025.

In a four-page order dated Oct. 10, district court Judge David S. Prince found a Colorado Supreme Court decision in a 2006 appeals case that applied to Bruce's legal claim against the 2C ballot language.



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