It is unclear whether Allard has ever made or worn jewelry or has ridden a motorcycle. This week, Allard's office did not issue a press release stating his position on the recycling of trees or whether he favors the Millennium tree's return to Colorado. Yes, the parents have beaten Douglas Bruce . On Jan. 4, the country's foremost financial newspaper put Colorado at the leading edge for a growing willingness by parents to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for public education. And, as he's done in the past, Bruce was quick to blame the voters for failing to see the brilliance of his ways.
Voters are so unbelievably ungrateful, ignorant and able to be stampeded.
After his early success, Bruce's proposals have gone down in flames, including his latest bomb, the so-called TaxCut 2000. His personal efforts to win a seat in the state Senate have also failed. The state's own Student Finance Act of 1988, which was designed to equalize school funding statewide, has never been fully financed. While they rejected Bruce's measure, voters approved Amendment 23, designed to force the state to keep its educational funds at the same rate as inflation. Some Republicans joined Bruce in their opposition to Amendment 23, including state Treasurer Mike Coffman , Department of Corrections Director John Suthers and state Transportation Chief Tom Norton , who argued that education money would take away from prison funding and roads.