“The hallmark of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights is that taxpayers have the right to vote on tax increases,” Penry said. He noted that the Democrat tax measure will raise the property-tax bill for a typical small business in his Western Slope district from $3,500 to $4,200 and added, “If that’s not a tax increase, I don’t know what is.”
Owens effectively killed TABOR at the end of his term.