League of Women Voters of the Uncompahgre Valley presents an update from the Colorado Fiscal Institute (CFI). CFI provides credible and independent analysis of fiscal and economic issues facing Colorado. We are happy to have CFI's, Chris Stiffler, Senior Economist back in Montrose to answer a range of questions, including: What did the Colorado Legislature do during the special session after the failure of Proposition HH? What are they doing this session? What long list of amendments and propositions will voters consider on the bottom of the ballot this November? What about the $750 TABOR checks from 2022 and the $800 TABOR rebates from 2023? Will those continue? Why have my property taxes spiked? Did the Homestead Exemption change? Get answers to these questions and many more as Stiffler, author of “Economics In-Other-Words; What Your Boring Economics Professor Tried to Teach You” presents an easy-to-understand and entertaining guide to Colorado’s budget, public policy, and TABOR. Stiffler is an economics professor and senior economist at the Colorado Fiscal Institute in Denver, Colorado. But he’s also worked as a high school Latin teacher, hiked the Colorado Trail and climbed all of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks. He does his best writing after weekend trips backpacking into Colorado’s wilderness away from cell service. Stiffler got his start explaining economics in 2009, writing an explanatory economics column for his small hometown newspaper in Bedford, Pennsylvania. The column was geared at explaining complicated economic concepts in simple metaphorical terms that everyone can understand. His published works include two children’s books titled, “An Igloo Half-Made" and "A Burro Named Bedford". To read a sample page or purchase Stiffler's latest book "Economics In-Other-Words; What Your Boring Economics Professor Tried to Teach You." click here: