LTE: Seeking change in Colorado

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If you’re happy with Colorado’s rising crime rate, increased Fentanyl overdoes, more taxes and fees and a higher cost of living, keep voting for the corporate-sponsored career politicians who are responsible for our state’s decline. 

If you demand better, vote for our own grassroots candidate for House District 11, Tara Menza. 

While incumbent Karen McCormick co-sponsored a bill that imposed more fees on fuel and deliveries and helped kill a bill to lower property taxes for seniors and veterans, Menza supports limiting the size and scope of government and its ability to impose more taxes and regulations that hurt Coloradans.    

Menza also promises to protect citizens by enacting policies to deter crime while addressing the root causes of criminal behavior such as mental health issues and drug addiction. McCormick supported reducing penalties for crimes such as car theft — which Colorado tops the nation in — and decriminalizing possession of up to one gram of Fentanyl and other opiates that are killing Coloradans every day. 

I’m ready for positive change in Colorado.  It’s time for real solutions instead of party-first, divisive politics.  Vote for Tara Menza.