Committee Opposed To Metro Rail Tax

In a potential setback to the proposed second phase of the Metro Rail subway, a coalition of business owners on Monday said it had collected enough signatures to force the RTD to hold an election on a controversial tax that could raise $627 million for the project. Members of the coalition, known as COMET--Committee Opposed to Metro Rail Tax--said the tax would unfairly place much of the burden for funding the subway on businesses lining the 13.

In a potential setback to the proposed second phase of the Metro Rail subway, a coalition of business owners on Monday said it had collected enough signatures to force the RTD to hold an election on a controversial tax that could raise $627 million for the project. Members of the coalition, known as COMET--Committee Opposed to Metro Rail Tax--said the tax would unfairly place much of the burden for funding the subway on businesses lining the 13.