The United Veterans Coalition state legislative affairs committee is considering addition of the Gold Star Wives Disabled Veteran Survivor Property Tax Exemption for inclusion in the 2022 legislative agenda.
The decision will be based on input from the Gold Star Wives and other primary organization members. I encourage everyone having an opinion on the issue to voice it through their primary group representatives.
The issue was unanimously approved by the Colorado House in the session just ended but killed by the Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. The idea was to submit a referendum to the voters next term, amending the constitution's Article X Section 3.5 to include these active-duty troops' survivors. I believe the change could have been made via statute, a much easier path than changing the consitution.
The Legislative Support Staff calculated the cost to Colorado would be only $93,000, so it is very, very hard to understand why every Democrat voted against these 140 Gold Star Wives' small benefit.
