Conservative or Liberal, it's just a matter of taste
Forget national politics; who cares? State government is much more relevant.
State of Colorado had $821 million in discretionary funding this year. Gov Polis, like Hickenlooper, mitigated against some of the most liberal dreams (for now) to spread love around to many worthy causes. It includes $30.5 million for transportation. A proposal for adding $90 million to the existing $675 million rainy day fund was ignored.
Arizona had $1 billion in discretionary funding to allocate. $542 million went to their rainy day fund, bringing it up to $1 billion to fulfill the Governors campaign promise (which the legislature ignored previously). Education will get an increase of $136 million. $325 million will go for tax cuts. This goes to the Governors promise to make AZ more business/tax friendly. Easy, quick, simple.
Note: According to
Wallet Hub Colorado currently has a lower tax burden at 8.15% to Arizona's 8.26%. With respect to corporate taxes Colorado and Arizona are currently 16th and 17th best according to the
Tax Foundation. But AZ's unemployment tax is 13th lowest while Colorado's is 40th. Ouch!
Fortunately, Metro Phoenix has their own dedicated transportation funding. The new 8-lane, 22-mile South Mountain Freeway is opening later this year. They started expanding 10 miles of the
L101/Pima Freeway in NE Phoenix-Scottsdale (that I use) from 8 to 10 lanes in March with completion scheduled for early 2021.