Common-sense Voices in Denver Push Back Against Carbon Tax That’s “Not Ready for Prime Time”

Voices of reason in Denver – including Democratic Mayor Michael Hancock and the reliably progressive Denver Post editorial page – are pushing back on Denver’s proposed energy tax increase to fund an undetermined slate of climate change initiatives.

The proposed tax on city energy bills – which could cost commercial and industrial users an average of thousands per year, according to Xcel Energy – is drawing huge caution flags from a wide spectrum of groups, including organized labor, concerned about the proposal.

Read the letter here. 

This combined with a Hancock spokeswoman who cited the closed-door process and lack of dialogue in the crafting of the climate tax, shows how out of step advocates are. 

And the Denver Post editorialized on the numerous flaws in the proposal saying it’s “not ready for prime time.”  

With jobs, and tax revenue, already headed for rough seas in the wake of anti-energy Senate Bill 181, further efforts to stomp on economic vitality in the name of progressive ideology are getting strong and much-needed push back.