Colorado supreme court upholds title board ruling without comment

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In this case, a ruling without comment from the Colorado supreme court means that they are upholding the action of the title board, which refused to set title on our amendment because it deemed that Subsection 9, which permitted to the bank to transfer a portion of its surplus to the general fund of the state without being subject to the restrictions of the TABOR amendment (Art. 10, § 20, of the state constitution, the so-called Taxpayers Bill of Rights), constitutes a second subject.

The state constitution has a provision (Article V, § 1 (5.5)) that limits initiatives (from the people) and referendums (from the legislature) to a single subject. The provision is applied legitimately (to attempts to rally disparate constituencies) and illegitimately (to proposals that the banks deem detrimental to their profiteering) as a means of suppressing various measures.

Essentially, in our case, the supreme court is ruling that--unlike the operations of the Bank of North Dakota and other public banks, past and present, worldwide--here in Colorado it is not essential to the purpose of the proposed publicly owned state bank of Colorado that it use some of its surplus (profits) to supplement and possibly reduce tax revenues raised by the state of Colorado, to benefit the citizens of Colorado.

What this means is that Colorado supreme court has refused to address a number of compelling arguments and, instead, do the bidding of the privately owned banks that prey upon the state and its citizens, as well as the rest of the planet, as we have documented here, here, here, and here.

Prima facie, the outcome of this particular skirmish appears to be negative; however, we would argue that we now have proof that all three branches of the government of the state of Colorado are controlled by the banks and their corporations. For this, we have Colorado's initiative process to thank.

There are many advantages of using the initiative process (in the states that have it), including the continuous education of the electorate (who will eventually vote on the measure), to directly challenge all three branches of government:

First, the legislative council (an arm of the legislature) evaluates the measure, asking a variety of questions and making suggestions regarding the wording. At the beginning of the last go around, we detailed our responses here. The prejudices of the questions are apparent, but we welcome the opportunity to set them straight.

Second, the title board (overseen by the secretary of state, in the executive branch), sets a title for the measure, which then is incorporated into the question that appears on the ballot. Or, in our case, the board refuses to to set title, based on a series of dubious (we're being generous in this characterization) and contradictory assumptions, as we noted in our brief.

And third, if the proponents and any objectors disagree with the action of the title board, they can petition the state supreme court (the judicial branch), which, as we've noted, allowed the title board's decision to stand without comment, because it is incapable of devising a legal argument that would not make themselves look like fools, especially considering that the electorate has passed two measures, one initiative (#35, 2004, "Tobacco Tax Increase for Health-Related Purposes") and one referendum (Referendum C, 2005, "State Spending"), that include TABOR exemption clauses for the revenue raised and which allow, de facto, the state to transfer the revenues from the account where they are deposited into the general fund or other state accounts, at the pleasure of the treasurer and the general assembly.

As any student of political science can clearly see, the initiative process is a perfect opportunity to test each branch and determine whom they represent. Quite clearly, the legislative, executive, and judicial branches have shown us that they represent the interests of the banks and their corporations (a pyramidal power structure that is verified here and here).

Obviously, we will be submitting a modified version of our amendment, eager for the next scene in this farce, showing how the sovereignty of the people of the state of Colorado, as defined by Art. II, Section 1, of the state constitution ("In order to assert our rights, acknowledge our duties, and proclaim the principles upon which our government is founded, we declare: All political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government, of right, originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole."), has been hijacked by the criminal banking cartel, as we have detailed here, here, here, and here.

We look forward to the next round.

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[The forgoing is an excerpt from our new book, 7 Steps to Global Economic and Spiritual Transformation, which is now available online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other sites.]