The road to Colorado’s November ballot for a proposed transportation sales-tax hike ended in the state Senate’s Finance Committee late Tuesday, likely leaving the possibility of getting any bump in road and transit funding in the hands of outside groups looking to bring their own solutions to state voters.
The three Republicans on the committee voted down House Bill 1242 despite its co-sponsorship by Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Cañon City.
They offered varying reasons — Sen. Jack Tate…