Grab the proverbial popcorn. Colorado lawmakers this spring appear poised to rehash a perennial fight over taxpayer subsidies for the state film industry, a program that Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper views as a critical job creator but that some conservatives have blasted as a taxpayer giveaway to Hollywood. The latest installment in the long-running political drama has a new wrinkle — an alarming audit released in June that found the state made nearly $2 million in cash payments to film production companies that didn’t even qualify for incentives. Citing the audit’s red flags, the Joint Budget Committee earlier this month deadlocked along party lines over whether to fund Hickenlooper’s request for $2 million in the 2018-19 fiscal-year budget, instead voting to renew the $750,000 the office received this year from the general fund.
Colorado Film Incentive Program Remains In Political Limbo After Alarming Audit
Brian Eason, Denver Post: Movies
Tue, 02/20/2018 - 12:20pm
Topics: democratic gov john hickenlooper hollywood june citing joint budget committee rep bob rankin republican carbondale gop-led senate colorado s senate bill colorado hickenlooper i senate film incentive program political alarming audit state million funding vote year fund fight taxpayer earlier reduced month issue legislature light industry companies office received general expenses benefits
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