A note from my Independence Institute colleague Amy Oliver:Our conservative brethren in Florida need our help and time is of the essence. Right now TABOR type legislation is being debated by a special Constitutional committee comprised of 25 private citizens, not elected officials. They have the power to put a positive version of TABOR on the ballot as a proposed amendment to the state constitution. The proposal is called the "Taxpayer Protection Amendment" or CP-45. The vote will be on Friday so if you could take just a few minutes to email (email address is below) Florida's Constitutional committee about how TABOR has been beneficial in Colorado and send this email/suggestion along to some of your friends to do the same it would help … [Read more...]