Broomfield, Colorado
Carl Honaker is a treasury analyst for Whiting Oil and Gas and taxpayer advocate. He volunteers with the Colorado Union of Taxpayers and Liberty Caucus, focusing on TABOR protections and energy industry rights.
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Carl Honaker is a taxpayer advocate and policy analyst with a background in both the energy industry and conservative policy organizations in Colorado. He has served as a treasury analyst for Whiting Oil and Gas and as a policy analyst with the Colorado Union of Taxpayers.
Honaker is an active volunteer with the Liberty Caucus of Colorado, advocating for energy industry rights, fiscal responsibility, and taxpayer protections. His professional experience in the oil and gas sector gives him firsthand knowledge of how government regulations impact Colorado's energy industry.
A Broomfield community member, Honaker has been particularly vocal in defending TABOR (Taxpayer's Bill of Rights) protections at the local level. He led opposition to Broomfield's Ballot Question 2C, which he warned would surrender TABOR taxpayer protections in perpetuity.
A recurring guest on the Kim Monson Show with three appearances between 2019 and 2020, Honaker has discussed topics ranging from early childhood taxing districts and government overreach to oil industry challenges and local ballot measures, consistently advocating for limited government and taxpayer rights.
August 27, 2020
Ballot Measures & TABOR
TABOR tax protections, healthcare reform, education policy, and suburban voter engagement on the August 27, 2020 broadcast.
“It's really the idea of who has the right to reach into your pocketbook.”
April 13, 2020
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Kim Monson explores freedom vs. fear with Casper Stockham, Carl Honaker, and genocide survivor Christine Coleman. April 13, 2020.
“I think what's most interesting about it is that oil and gas activity at the state level, Jared Polis even recognized it as an essential business, and the fact that these, you can just call them local tyrants, at the local level decide that they are even going to go against the state orders on essential businesses, we really shouldn't be giving our local representatives so much power to decide what's essential and what's not essential.”
July 17, 2019
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Carl Honaker and Kevin Lundberg join Kim Monson to discuss TABOR, Gallagher Amendment, and Proposition CC on Wednesday, July 17, 2019.
“Parents know best, and we really don't want to make this a political issue.”
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