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Monday, May 23rd, 2016

Colorado City To Use $1.5 Million From Pot Tax To Help Homeless

Author:     Eleanor Goldberg
Source:     The Huffington Post
Publication Date:     05/12/2016 09:52 am ET
 Link: Colorado City To Use $1.5 Million From Pot Tax To Help Homeless
Stephan:   This is real news that few in media are paying any attention to. Colorado deserves your close attention and should be compared with Kansas, which it borders. Kansas went to Theocratic Rightist Randian Fantasyland and is now having a state wide social meltdown. Colorado took a diametrically opposite approach, and  has produced what in my view is one of the most interesting state social structures in the nation. Social policies that make wellness such as is described in this report the priority will once again prove to be cheaper, more efficient, easier to implement, more productive, and enduring. That's my prediction. You'd think the people of Kansas would see that, but they don't.
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Now here’s an idea we hope catches fire.

Aurora, Colorado’s third largest city, recently announced how it will use $1.5 million generated from a tax on recreational pot to supporting homeless people, the Aurora Sentinel reported. The city first made the announcement in September, and has now designated a number of groups to receive the funds.

The Colfax Community Network, a nonprofit that supports families living in motels, will receive $200,000 from the special fund, according to the Sentinel. Council members said they’re going to evaluate the group’s progress before committing to renewing the funds beyond the first year.

Council members also agreed to provide two groups — Comitis Crisis Center and Aurora Mental Health – with vans to be used for homeless outreach. Each van will cost between $30,000 and $44,000.

City officials forecasted that recreational marijuana sales would bring in $5.4 million, the Denver Post reported.

In addition to allocating $1.5 million to helping homeless people, about

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