After ballot defeat, new idea from Colorado disability advocates
December 3rd, 2008From the Denver Post, 9News.com (NBC affiliate in Denver), Rocky Mountain News:
Advocates in Colorado are promoting the creation of a state-backed investment fund to help pay for the long-term care of people with developmental disabilities. The proposal comes after the resounding defeat last month of Amendment 51, which would have raised the state sales tax by a fraction of a percent to provide services for the thousands of people who are currently stranded on state waiting lists.
Under the plan, unveiled at a meeting of the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, the state would contribute 25 cents for every dollar invested on behalf of a person with a developmental disability. Committee members made no commitments.
Amendment 51 failed with 62.4 percent of voters saying no.

