COLORADO BUDGET DISASTER KNOWN AS TABOR BEING PROMOTED NATIONWIDE: Right-wing radicals are continuing their campaign to make states adopt an artificial limit on revenue and spending known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), even though in Colorado, the one state where it has been adopted, the measure is crippling the economy. As Stateline reports, TABOR has now put Colorado "in the strange position of facing a $234 million budget shortfall over the next two years – at the same time it must refund $345 million to state taxpayers," forcing Gov. Bill Owens (R) to recommend softening some of the measure's strict revenue-choking rules. Nevertheless, "that snag hasn't stopped Owens from personally visiting Kansas and touting the merits of TABOR amendments to control government growth." The measure – promoted by nationwide tax opponents like the Heritage Foundation and Grover Norquist – is being introduced for consideration in 16 states, with the best chances for passage in Arizona, California, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon and Wisconsin.