Taxes will have to go up not only to pay for increased litigation, but also to pay for increased needs in education and transportation. Communities with increased population densities experience higher housing costs and the supply of affordable housing decreases. Our own children will have to move out of the state because there will not be an affordable place for them to live nor will there be jobs because of the impact this amendment will have on the economy. The Intels of the world will disregard Colorado as a place to expand and relocate human capital because of the inability to offer homes, especially affordable homes, for their workforce. Even the military bases, which we have fought to protect, could possibly look elsewhere for an area offering their troops more affordable living conditions.
Growth is a legitimate problem but stopping growth is a faulty solution.
Passing this amendment is wrong for Colorado and is wrong for future generations. My family and I recently moved to the Springs from Wisconsin. The Space Command's brightly colored pamphlets show numerous new and in-process weapon systems including a laser in space beaming onto Earth, destroying its target. Missing from these slick pictures are the countless human lives that would fall victim to anonymous, technological killers. The pictures do not show the billions of our tax dollars spent on weapons that could be used for social and educational programs.