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[[File:Colorado-Rep-Douglas-Bruce.JPG|thumb|Douglas Bruce]]{{tnr}}'''Douglas Bruce'''(b.1949) is a political activist in [[Colorado]] in the city of Colorado Springs. He was the Deputy District Attorney and is a former member of the [[Colorado General Assembly|Colorado General Assembly]].  While is the Colorado legislature, Bruce authored and supported the Colorado TABOR amendment, which passed in 1991 and later the El Paso one which passed in 1992. Bruce was later an [[El Paso County, Colorado ballot measures|El Paso County]] Commissioner, District 5, in 2004 when he was elected into office. In 2008 Bruce was voted in to fill the state House District 15 seat. Since 2007 Bruce has been actively working towards cutting taxes and smaller government structures. 

==Ballot Initiatives==
===2009===
For the [[November 3, 2009 ballot measures in Colorado|November 3]] ballot Bruce heavy petitioned for the [[Colorado Springs City Enterprise Measure, 2009|Issue 300]] which passed by 54%. But city officials have now called a meeting with Bruce to discuss this measure due to legal issues that have arisen after the fact. The measure would take away millions of dollars of city revenue and although the city council wanted to take the issue up with the city judge, they thought that discussing the issues with Bruce would ensure the residents that the council was not trying to circumvent their opinion. The issue is that the city council believes that another section of the city charter overrides this issue. Bruce disagrees, saying that the city needs to acknowledge the fact that they lost.<ref>[http://www.gazette.com/articles/city-89428-measure-ballot.html ''The Gazette'', "City to Bruce: Can't we all just get along?," November 18, 2009]</ref>

* [[Colorado Springs TABOR repeal vote (2009)]]

==See also==
* [[Local ballot measures, Colorado]]

==External links==
* [http://www.douglasbruce.com/ Douglas Bruce's Official Website]

==References==
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