The Ken-Caryl Ranch Metropolitan District is asking Ken-Caryl Ranch residents to vote on ballot issue 5A on Nov. 6 with their mail-in ballots. Ballot issue 5A seeks a 2.5 mill levy increase on property taxes.
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Ken-Caryl resident
Stuart Macdonald says to "vote yes" on 5A.
Click here to read his opinion.
Ken-Caryl resident
Kathy Tourney says to "vote no" on 5A.
Click here to read her opinion.
Ken-Caryl resident
Jan Rousselot says to "vote yes" on 5A.
Click here to read her letter.
Here is the issue as presented on the Unoffical Jefferson County November election ballot:
KEN-CARYL RANCH METRO DISTRICT
BALLOT ISSUE 5A -- MILL LEVY INCREASE
SHALL KEN-CARYL RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $466,159 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, COMMENCING WITH LEVY YEAR 2007 FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2008, AND BY SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY INCREASING ITS EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY 2.5 MILLS TO BE USED BY THE DISTRICT FOR OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, THE REVENUE FROM THIS TAX AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTING A PERMANENT VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW?
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