Owens two-faced on TABOR, foes say Colorado governor in anti-TABOR ad

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http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/061028tabor.html

Opponents of a government spending cap referendum rolled out a new TV ad on Friday featuring footage of Colorado Gov. Bill Owens, who is also appearing in an ad for supporters of the initiative.

The ad shows footage of Owens praising Maine's Taxpayer Bill of Rights proposal and separate footage of him telling voters in Colorado last year that TABOR has brought economic troubles to that state.

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In the new anti-TABOR ad, Owens is shown telling Coloradans that the state was in trouble and facing a fiscal crisis because a "glitch" in TABOR had slowed the state's economic recovery from a recession earlier this decade.

In the pro-TABOR ad in Maine, Owens tells Maine viewers that TABOR has worked in Colorado and that he has "no doubt" it will work in Maine as well.

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