Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel’s Radical Agenda Forced Businesses to Flee Colorado

Out of touch Democrats Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel increased taxes and buried companies in regulations during their tenure in the State Legislature. 

Now “over 230 business and technology leaders have signed a letter calling on the state’s overwhelmingly Democratic leadership to improve the tax and regulatory climate.”

This letter follows Colorado experiencing “a net loss of 34 public company headquarters as they escaped its new anti-business climate” since 2022.

“Out of touch Democrats Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel have failed Colorado. Bird and Rutinel deserve a pink slip for their radical tax and regulation attack on Colorado, not a promotion.” – NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon

Read more from Unleash Prosperity here or see excerpts below:

Colorado on the Brink of Blue State Disease
Unleash Prosperity
April 21, 2026

Colorado, a state long known for its frontier spirit and low taxes, is now in danger of following the same blue-state model that has businesses and population moving out of states like California, New York, and Illinois.

For the better part of two decades, the Colorado legislature has been dominated by “woke” activists who have allowed taxes and homelessness to soar. Since 2022, the state has seen a net loss of 34 public company headquarters as they escaped its new anti-business climate. The latest is the high-tech firm Palantir, which has packed up and gone to Miami.

Over 230 business and technology leaders have signed a letter calling on the state’s overwhelmingly Democratic leadership to improve the tax and regulatory climate. Its signers warn that “the direction we are heading threatens the long-term prosperity of the people who call Colorado home.”

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