The No on C&D crowd has tried just about everything else -- legal, legally dubious, downright crooked, whatever -- and it's not working, so the next logical step is obviously the race-bait. Sound that bottom, fellas.

Referenda C and D supporters decry critics' campaign tactic

One of the more vocal opponents of a ballot proposal asking voters to give up state tax refunds for five years is defending a campaign tactic involving phone calls telling voters the state would spend taxpayers' money for services for illegal immigrants.

Supporters said the already nasty campaign hit a new low with the calls, which are being made to voters who requested absentee ballots in Larimer, Weld and El Paso counties.

The recorded calls, paid for by Vote No, It's Your Dough, say Referendum C would "take away your tax refunds and allow the state to use them on programs such as services for illegal aliens."

Katy Atkinson, spokeswoman for the Vote Yes on C and D campaign, said the calls smacked of racism...

Not to mention:

The only state money that goes to illegal immigrants is the funds required when immigrants receive certain Medicaid services such as emergency procedures or birth, said Dan Hopkins, spokesman for Gov. Bill Owens, who supports the measures.

"Once again Jon Caldara is using misleading rhetoric to draw attention away from the real issues," Hopkins said. "He's played loose with the facts throughout this entire campaign."

Or maybe he really would like to see illegal immigrants dying in the street outside the hospital or having their babies in McDonald's bathrooms. Either way, the biggest problem with Jon Caldara these days seems to be predicting just how low he'll go...