Article: Fed: Uncertain whether RTD tax hike has reduced binge drinking: inquiry

Article: Fed: Industry says health finding doesn't justify RTD ...
AAP General News (Australia);  June 3, 2008 ;     358 words ... ... health finding doesn't justify RTD tax hike CANBERRA, June 3 AAP - Manufacturers ... validated industry concerns over the tax hike. "The AIHW should be accepted ... grounds or evidence to support the RTD tax hike." The institute's report also ...

Article: BILL ALLOWS VOTE ON RTD TAX HIKE.(Local)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 12, 1997 ;     254 words ... ... committee approval Tuesday to a bill that gives a green light to the RTD board to ask metro voters for a 0.4% sales tax hike for expanding light rail and other improvements. The measure could result in an additional $88 million a year.

Article: RTD TAX HIKE GETS HEARING.(Local)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 26, 1997 ;     271 words ...Byline: Rocky Mountain News staff reports Legislation that would allow the Regional Transportation District to take a tax increase vote to Denver metro voters will be heard today by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The hearing is the last stop for SB 55 by Sen. Elsie Lacy, R-Aurora, before the

Article: RTD TAX HIKE WON'T GO TO VOTERS.(Local)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 21, 2002 ;     297 words ...Regional Transportation District officials saw one of their attempts to get on the November ballot killed by a committee of lawmakers Wednesday. The proposal failed on a party line vote in the House Local Government Committee. The plan would have allowed RTD to ask voters in the metro area to raise

Article: RTD TAX HIKE A HARD SELL IN COMMERCE CITY? ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 21, 1997 ;     600 words ...Byline: Joe Garner Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer COMMERCE CITY -- Persuading voters to increase sales tax for RTD's proposed $6 billion expansion of mass transit will be a hard sell, Mayor Dave Busby predicted Wednesday. ``There will be virtually no benefit to Commerce City, so it will be hard

Article: OPINIONS MIXED ON RTD TAX HIKE.(Local)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  October 29, 1997 ;     292 words ...Byline: Rocky Mountain News Staff The proposed sales tax increase to expand metro mass transit gained the support of the Douglas County commissioners and the opposition of the Boulder County commissioners Tuesday. Boulder Commissioner Jana Mendez said her county would not gain a fair share of

Article: A lesson for RTD? Tax-resistant voters should give ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... going to voters to ask for another tax hike to finish FasTracks. If voters won ... talking about the possibility of a tax hike during an economic downturn. But ... lawmakers will quash plans for an RTD tax election. They granted permission ...