The Colorado legislature is gaveling in Monday for its second special session in a year aimed specifically at stopping rising property tax bills. And already, lawmakers and special districts are publicly blasting the process. Supporters of the session hope that a three-day dash will lead to two seismic property tax measures being yanked from November’s ballots and an end to — or at least a reprieve from — the political battles over the policy that have raged since voters axed the Gallagher Amendment in 2020. Others — including representatives of impacted special districts and several lawmakers in the Democratic majority — expressed skepticism and frustration about another backroom property tax deal they’re now tasked with supporting, involving unelected interests and deeper cuts to local governments and services on top of those already bearing down. “They are expecting us to be rubber stamps.