Municipal Facts: Volume 5 Number 1, 1955 April 20

              You Didn't Know It, Did You
?
*
That for the Calendar Year of 1954
the City of Denver, Just for City
Purposes, Collected from You, Thru
293
Separate and Distinct
Taxes, Fines, Licenses and
Other Sources of Income
$48,942,445.48
and then the City Spent
$536,726.47
more than it took in
Going into the "Red", for 1954
(On pages 2 and 3, inside, is a complete, accurate, detailed list of all monies received by the City of Denver
in 1954* Never before in the history of our city have
such vital facts and figures been made available to
the public.)
YOU!
Young or Old, Rich or Poor—Workers, Renters and Home Owners—
Paid in ALL of This Money—
You are entitled to see the figures
and learn the truth.
Landlords and business firms —
large or small—must add all taxes,
licenses, etc., to their cost of doing
business—and pass that increased
cost along to you, the consumer, by
raising the prices of their rents,
products or services.
Their only concern with high taxes,
is that the necessarily high prices
of their rents, products or services
become so high they are "priced
off the market," making for vacancies, lost business, declined production, unemployment and depression.
As a Stockholder (resident) in
Denver, you are entitled to ALL
the facts and figures.
Pass this copy to a friend or
neighbor, after you have finished reading it.
An informed public can and will
straighten out any mess—even
to paying off the City debt.
Look well to your ballot, and vote for the best interests of Denver, and Yourself