Ballot measure passed but issue over “rain tax” not over according to city council
Douglas Bruce walked into Centennial Hall where ballots were being counted Tuesday night, faced the television cameras and tore up his Stormwater Enterprise bill, declaring an end to what he calls the “rain tax.” Issue 300, the anti-tax crusader’s ballot initiative, was passing 55 to 44 percent, with 100,597 of the mail-in votes counted by 9:30 p.m. The victory, according to Bruce, meant the enterprise that charges Colorado Springs residents for drainage projects based on the amount of impervious surface on their property must be eliminated immediately.