Imagine you live in a small Colorado town in 1876 — the year we became a state.
In that small town, there are two public employees.
One spends her days teaching the children to read, write, and master math and science.
The other carves wooden statues of Benedict Arnold — for no clear purpose anyone can explain.
As election day approaches, the townspeople are told they must vote to raise their own taxes or fire one of the public employees.
If you understand that the teacher will ALWAYS be the one on the chopping block — and NEVER the traitorous sculptor — congratulations, you’ve just passed American Politics 101.
And if you know merely questioning the wastefulness of paying the sculptor will get you branded a conspiracy theorist, bigot, or anti-Semite, you’ve earned yourself an "A" in American Politics 201.
A similar story just played out in Colorado last week — and this week’s Freedom Action Report is here to connect the dots.
While government bureaucrats shook you down for more money to "feed the kids", they threw down a whopping $10M to buy some land.
If you’ve somehow gone six days without checking the election results, we have bad news: both Propositions LL and MM passed — handily, according to the figures released by the Secretary of State's Office.
Now, if you make less than $300,000 a year, you were told those tax increases wouldn’t affect you. Maybe they won’t... for now.
But those ballot measures were a clever misdirection. First, they ask if you want to “feed hungry kids.” Then, they ask if you’re fine with “someone wealthier” footing the bill.
There’s no mention of the bloated, inefficient school lunch bureaucracy already in place. No mention of food quality. No plan to make it better — just the same failed system demanding more money.
And it will always demand more.
Meanwhile, state "leaders" found millions to burn on pet projects.
Just last week, the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners (CSBLC) announced the purchase of nearly 800 acres west of Leadville.
Don’t worry — you didn't miss that question on your ballot. You never had a say in the matter.
Appointed by Governor Polis, these commissioners decided to spend nearly $10 million in state funds to buy the ranch — and plan to immediately pour another $2–3 million into “improvements.”
What happened to Colorado’s supposed budget deficit?
Oh right — take from the teacher, not the Benedict Arnold sculptor.
The hard truth is this: too many Coloradans don’t pay attention until it’s too late.
Ignoring the small votes, skipping the hearings, and scrolling past the headlines — then acting shocked when we get defrauded again.
To the Left, that silence isn’t neutrality; it’s surrender.
We are losing our state because too many good people are staying quiet. Every time we look the other way, we give away a little more of the state we love.
So here's our request of you today:
Please make sure you're engaged one way or another. The easiest thing to do right now is to click below and follow our social media pages.
And once you do, send us what you’re seeing locally. Even the smallest issue — a local tax proposal, city council hearing, or school board vote — matters. We’ll help make sure people know about it.
Because if Colorado’s freedom-lovers don’t show up, the radical Left will — and they’ll decide for all of us.
The Colorado Freedom Force Team
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