Can anyone tell me how legalizing Marijuana has affected the state? (Pueblo: real estate, brokers)

[sammy87]

Originally Posted by Katarina Witt

The marijuana tax was not supposed to supplant the property tax for schools.

This story is a pretty good explanation:
Where does all that Colorado pot tax go? | 9news.com

Here's some info about the Jeffco School Ballot Issues:
Support Jeffco Schools
Note there are several community forums you can attend.

You supplied info that only supports 3A and 3B. How about an unbiased view point of it? Some of the things Ive read is a 10% hike on property tax. What happens when the county and schools blow all that money and teachers are still leaving due to pay? 4A and 4B? Funny how the last board past a pay raise for teachers but since they were anti union they were bad and evil. Not that I support either one, its just funny how the real issue isn't about the kids, its about the unions.

[wilberry]

well shoot I was going to move to Pueblo in a few years now it will become like the rest Of Colorado OVERPRICED , over crowded, urban sprawl, traffic and scraggly beards everywhere .....

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by sammy87

You supplied info that only supports 3A and 3B. How about an unbiased view point of it? Some of the things Ive read is a 10% hike on property tax. What happens when the county and schools blow all that money and teachers are still leaving due to pay? 4A and 4B? Funny how the last board past a pay raise for teachers but since they were anti union they were bad and evil. Not that I support either one, its just funny how the real issue isn't about the kids, its about the unions.

You can go to one of the info sessions, or do the research on it yourself. I don't live in Jeffco, but I saw that on Facebook. I seriously doubt that it's a 10% property tax hike.

[sammy87]

Jeffco ballot initiatives 3A and 3B: Vote no – The Denver Post

According to this 15% increase on property tax.

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by Chaffeetrekker

People that are FOR legalized Pot will not be FOR it after they get robbed by some drifter/stoner who will use the money to buy more Pot...

This^^^ I am so glad I live in a state where drugs are illegal and there is no crime and certainly no drugs.

But seriously, it is hilarious that you live in a racist propaganda movie from the 1930s. Is that a VR thing? I'd love to try that out. I hear its better than drugs.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by sammy87

Jeffco ballot initiatives 3A and 3B: Vote no – The Denver Post

According to this 15% increase on property tax.

According to this, $4.12 per month for every $100,000 in home value. Roughly, $50/year/$100,000 in home value.
Jeffco Public Schools – Mill/Bond – 3A and 3B

[McGowdog]

Originally Posted by Chaffeetrekker

People that are FOR legalized Pot will not be FOR it after they get robbed by some drifter/stoner who will use the money to buy more Pot...

You evidently lack attention, as you haven't been paying much.

I thought stoners were too lazy to steal and hung out in mom's basement.

Originally Posted by TCHP

One side effect not mentioned yet is that since personal grows are legal here, we still have elements of organized crime entering the state, buying houses or property, and setting up personal grows. The kicker is that these far exceed the allowable legal quantities so they can perform exports to other states. However, the water and electricity required to run these set ups make them somewhat easy to trace through traditional utility companies. We regularly see busts of these types of facilities in southern Colorado. We also had seen creative individuals who have set up grows in the National Forest using reservior water and pumps to attempt to start grow farms in the woods. I'd imagine they may be plenty of illegal grows in NorCo where there is more easily accessible water than what we have down south.

Not exactly.

I'm not meaning to boast, but I've been somewhat tracking some of the Pueblo County and/or Southern Colorado busts in here somewhere.

https://www.city-data.com/forum/color...l#post45659302

Oh there it is. And if ever there was a thread already in circulation that we could merge this redundant thread into, it might be that one.

[TCHP]

One side effect not mentioned yet is that since personal grows are legal here, we still have elements of organized crime entering the state, buying houses or property, and setting up personal grows. The kicker is that these far exceed the allowable legal quantities so they can perform exports to other states. However, the water and electricity required to run these set ups make them somewhat easy to trace through traditional utility companies. We regularly see busts of these types of facilities in southern Colorado. We also had seen creative individuals who have set up grows in the National Forest using reservior water and pumps to attempt to start grow farms in the woods. I'd imagine they may be plenty of illegal grows in NorCo where there is more easily accessible water than what we have down south.

[eatsDEN]

Originally Posted by SQL

Hate 'em or love 'em, at least they're doing a job.

Invest in a good pair of headphones or ear buds and play music while walking. That's how you adapt to getting around peacefully in a lively city environment.

I would not advocate for blocking out your surroundings...
leaves you as an easy 'mark' should some nefarious person with bad intent happen to notice your
peacefully oblivious to the environment.

[SQL]

Originally Posted by eatsDEN

I would not advocate for blocking out your surroundings...
leaves you as an easy 'mark' should some nefarious person with bad intent happen to notice your
peacefully oblivious to the environment.

Who said anything about being oblivious to your surroundings? I still have vision and my other senses that give me the wherewithal to be aware of my environment.

Earbuds in just allows me to look at them with a blank stare and shrug my shoulders to alert them that I didn't hear them. And then I keep walking. It's not like I'm walking in some dark alleyway with my head down and music blaring.