Tax or Just Spend? Colorado Ballot Box Fight Echoes U.S. Divide
- Fight over how to pay for road work mirrors national debate
- Two propositions on subject differ on taxes, size of bond sale
"I Voted" stickers sit on a table at a polling station.
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The national debate on infrastructure funding has come to a head in Colorado, where voters are considering two clashing measures on the November ballot that propose record bond sales for much-needed road repairs in a state struggling to keep up with its rapid growth.
The key questions underlying the two measures, propositions 109 and 110, are whether the state should raise taxes or use existing revenues to pay for billions of dollars in transportation projects and whether some of the money should be spent on public transit.