Hey y’all! Welcome back to Tuesday’s ballot breakdown. We have officially powered through all the major constitutional amendments, and now we are shifting gears into the state propositions. First up on the list for today is Proposition 136. For me, this one is a definite NO.
Look, my decision on this comes down to a fundamental issue of trust and priority. Now, let me give you the truest caveat about how I feel on this topic: I absolutely believe in helping humanitarians and providing aid, but it cannot happen at the expense of forsaking our own.
The reality is that we don’t know much about the people who are passing up several stable countries to get to us and claim asylum, only to be placed in municipal environments that are sometimes worse than what they claim to be running from. Most of these individuals are simply looking for economic freedom.
I actually met a young men several years back at the DMV, and what he told me spoke volumes. He told me that he finally got his Social Security number but was actually planning on returning home because he was just so lonely. That conversation stayed with me. It showed me the raw, human side of a broken system that drives people to make these exhausting journeys, only to end up isolated and stranded, as our country stays divided concerning people we don’t know and aren’t easily vetted.
Meanwhile, we constantly hear from local and state officials that our budgets are tight, that we are broke, and that we can’t afford essential services for our own neighborhoods. But then, we look at the news and see cities like Denver spending $350 million on housing and emergency aid.
When a government turns around and tells its own struggling taxpayers that the coffers are empty, but then magically finds hundreds of millions of dollars to spend, it forces you to ask a major “why.” If we have the money for that level of emergency spending, then we absolutely have the money to prioritize and take care of our own communities first. I’m voting no because I cannot support locking in new tax adjustments or frameworks when our current revenues aren’t being managed with true accountability to the people paying into the system.
Let’s demand transparency and proper management of what we already collect before we shuffle the deck on tax rules. Look past the commercial slogans and do your homework!
If you want to read the official arguments surrounding Proposition 136 and see the fiscal breakdowns for yourself, check out these trusted resources:
Official Colorado Blue Book:Colorado General Assembly Blue Book Portal
Non-Partisan Breakdown:Colorado Newsline 2026 Voter Guide
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