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October 30, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RegisterThe Colorado Supreme Court recently decided its first case interpreting Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) in several years. In MetroPCS v. City of Lakewood, the Court held that the city’s revisions to a pre-TABOR business and occupation tax relating to telecommunications were “new taxes” and invalid without prior voter approval. TABOR experts and the lawyers who litigated the case for the city will discuss the case, the Court’s reaction to the parties’ arguments, and the implications municipalities dealing with similar tax scenarios and TABOR generally. Speakers: David Broadwell, former CML general Counsel John VanLandschoot, senior assistant city attorney, City of Lakewood Dalton Kelley, Butler Snow LLP
October 30, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RegisterThe Colorado Supreme Court recently decided its first case interpreting Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) in several years. In MetroPCS v. City of Lakewood, the Court held that the city’s revisions to a pre-TABOR business and occupation tax relating to telecommunications were “new taxes” and invalid without prior voter approval. TABOR experts and the lawyers who litigated the case for the city will discuss the case, the Court’s reaction to the parties’ arguments, and the implications municipalities dealing with similar tax scenarios and TABOR generally. Speakers: David Broadwell, former CML general Counsel John VanLandschoot, senior assistant city attorney, City of Lakewood Dalton Kelley, Butler Snow LLP
October 30, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RegisterThe Colorado Supreme Court recently decided its first case interpreting Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) in several years. In MetroPCS v. City of Lakewood, the Court held that the city’s revisions to a pre-TABOR business and occupation tax relating to telecommunications were “new taxes” and invalid without prior voter approval. TABOR experts and the lawyers who litigated the case for the city will discuss the case, the Court’s reaction to the parties’ arguments, and the implications municipalities dealing with similar tax scenarios and TABOR generally. Speakers: David Broadwell, former CML general Counsel John VanLandschoot, senior assistant city attorney, City of Lakewood Dalton Kelley, Butler Snow LLP
October 30, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RegisterThe Colorado Supreme Court recently decided its first case interpreting Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) in several years. In MetroPCS v. City of Lakewood, the Court held that the city’s revisions to a pre-TABOR business and occupation tax relating to telecommunications were “new taxes” and invalid without prior voter approval. TABOR experts and the lawyers who litigated the case for the city will discuss the case, the Court’s reaction to the parties’ arguments, and the implications municipalities dealing with similar tax scenarios and TABOR generally. Speakers: David Broadwell, former CML general Counsel John VanLandschoot, senior assistant city attorney, City of Lakewood Dalton Kelley, Butler Snow LLP
October 30, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RegisterThe Colorado Supreme Court recently decided its first case interpreting Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) in several years. In MetroPCS v. City of Lakewood, the Court held that the city’s revisions to a pre-TABOR business and occupation tax relating to telecommunications were “new taxes” and invalid without prior voter approval. TABOR experts and the lawyers who litigated the case for the city will discuss the case, the Court’s reaction to the parties’ arguments, and the implications municipalities dealing with similar tax scenarios and TABOR generally. Speakers: David Broadwell, former CML general Counsel John VanLandschoot, senior assistant city attorney, City of Lakewood Dalton Kelley, Butler Snow LLP
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