Today, July 1, 2009, Colorado began its new fee schedule for renewing your vehicle registration. Governor Ritter instituted the new fees to pay for infrastructure improvements such as roads and bridges. I'm sorry, but didn't President Obama's stimulus package already give each state millions of dollars for infrastructure? The new fee for July-December 2010 expiration dates is going up $31, then Jan-Dec 2011 expiration's the fee will be $35 and so forth until the $40 increase is realized. I am not sure how expensive other states vehicle registration fees are, but Colorado already pays too much IMHO. This year, my 1999 (read 10 years old) car cost $68 to register. This included a $25 roadside emissions test; that means my registration was $43. Next year, the 11 year old car will be $74. Colorado is nice enough to only require a emissions test every other year. So in 2011 my 12 year old car will cost roughly $105 to register. And what do you get for that money? A colorful new sticker for the year.
So boo hoo right? Nope. I mean $31 is actually a lot of money, especially for people who are out of work or barely making it. And really, Colorado is not much for public transportation, we need cars here. Judist Priest!
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