News from Colorado Senior Lobby
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Greetings!
Tomorrow's Colorado Senior Lobby’s Legislative Committee is a special one. The meeting starts at 9:30 AM on Monday morning. At the meeting we will hear information on two ballot initiatives regarding transportation funding from Ann Rajewski, Executive Director of Colorado Association of Transit Agencies, representing
Let's Go, Colorado
at 9:30 AM and John Caldera, representing
Fix Our Damn Roads
, at 10:30 AM.
Fix Our Damn Roads Initiative BallotPedia -
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You can attend in person or call in and listen to the meeting.
Call in number is 888-537-7715 – code 47220300#.
Use *6 (star 6) to mute and unmute your phone.
The meeting is at the Disability Law Colorado Offices – Main Conference Room, located at 455 Sherman Street, Denver (just south of Speer Blvd., on Sherman). Please let us know if you plan to attend in person as space is limited - call 303-832-4535.
Visit this page for all the details on the CSL Legislative Committee -
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We have a video from the
Colorado Forum
on Senior Property Tax Exemption
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We recorded the main presentation and have posted the video on the Colorado Senior Lobby website along with other resources about the Senior Property Tax Exemption - here is a link to the video -
CLICK HERE or click on the image
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In the Senior Property Tax Exemption on August 14th, you would have noticed in the presentation by the state economist, and from the two legislators who spoke to us,
our state’s dramatically changing demographic requires fresh, new thinking to create a different vision for the future of Seniors in Colorado
- Link to PowerPoint
Yesterday’s solutions will not fix tomorrow’s problems
For those of you who attended, your input and active participation help to shape that vision; fulfilling the vision requires action. By participating in the Senior Property Tax Exemption Forum on August 14th, you took action and made a difference - one that our governor and legislature have taken notice of and will continue to do so.
We, the host organizations: Colorado Gerontological Society, Colorado Senior Lobby and Strategic Action Planning Group on Aging continue to compile, analyze, and draw conclusions from all the excellent comments and questions we received. We will be getting answers to the written questions out to you in the next couple of weeks, along with further details from your feedback.
We are also preparing fact sheets for each state program related to property taxes and will post those on the Colorado Senior Lobby website when they are available (and we’ll let you know).
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In the meantime, please see the following summary of key takeaways pulled from the surveys so many of you completed (thank you) and from the roundtable discussions.
- The majority of you say leave the Homestead Exemption alone; at the same time, portability and means testing and renter assistance appeared often in the discussion groups. Of those who thought a cap on property value would be fair, most said $350,000 and above.
- You told us that state budget spending for Seniors should be increased (we are working on getting better numbers of what that spending is now, relative to the overall state budget).
- You want to know more information about other ways (other than Homestead) to save on property taxes. There are qualifying seniors who likely know little to nothing about any of the following programs; suggestion was made to spend some state money to get the word out.
- Property Tax Work Off Program
- Property Tax Deferral Program
- Property Tax Rent Heat Credit
- Seniors have very limited earning capacity, yet property values/taxes are increasing, as are other taxes, and health care costs continue to outpace inflation. (Medicare premium increases outplace annual Social Security increases.)
- You said you would be interested in future events on: Affordable housing for Seniors, Drug Costs, Employment Opportunities for Older Adults, Advocacy training, Retirement/financial and advance directive planning.
Thank you again for attending. Please contact us with your questions about Colorado Senior Lobby and the Senior Property Tax Exemption and suggestions for additional follow up information via this email address:
treasurer@coloradoseniorlobby.org
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Mark your calendar for March 13, 2019
Senior Day at the Capitol
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Other upcoming events of interest ...
- September 10th - Monday - CSL Legislative Meeting - Topic: Transportation
- September 12th - Wednesday – Jefferson County Legislative BBQ
- September 12th - Wednesday – Webinar Presentation on The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)
- September 24th - Monday - CSL Legislative Meeting
- September 24th - Monday - Arapahoe County Council on Aging Monthly Meeting
- September 24-25th - Denver Startup Week Panels on Longevity Economy
- September 29th - Saturday - Boulder County Senior Law Day
- October 6th - Saturday - Engaging in Aging Explore the Future of Aging
- October 11th - Thursday - Jefferson County 2018 Legislative Meet and Greet presented by Jefferson County Council on Aging and Colorado Senior Lobby
- SAVE THE DATE - March 13, 2019 - Senior Day at the Capitol!
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Learn more about our
2018 Senior Day at the Capitol Sponsors
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In case you missed it, here are photos and the video
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Have you paid your dues for 2018?
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eNewsletter
. The electronic format allows us to share more and deeper information. The eNewsletter also saves us money and the precious time of our volunteers. If you need assistance with navigating this eNewsletter please send us an email and a volunteer will reach out to you -
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