DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Colorado Ballot Puts ‘Tax The Rich’ And ‘Trans The Kids’ To The Test. “The midterms will show whether Colorado’s leftward shift continues by default, or whether enough residents have decided it’s gone far enough.”

Amendment 87 would eliminate the state’s flat tax and gut another provision of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. Propositions 134 and 135 would make boys compete on boys teams and prohibit sex “change” surgeries on minors, respectively.