Californication? Not on our watch.

Colorado Pols has a nice retort to the nonsensical argument that some head-in-the-sand critics keep making about Colorado turning into California. The problem? We already are on the same path as California with our unsustainable and confliction fiscal system.

SB 228, which repealed Arveschoug-Bird, was a long overdue step that will help us avoid California's fate.

The fiscal reform naysayers are unwilling or unable to see the true nature of the fiscal problems in Colorado. The same tired old, failed ideas need not apply to this fiscal crisis. Our fiscal system is broken and it’s a threat to our collective future. Fixing it will require creativity, political will, and the recognition that to move forward Colorado must invest in job-creating areas like education, health care, higher education, transportation, and other key priorities that we all share.