Pike v. SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11 IN EL PASO COUNTY

I respectfully dissent from the decision of the court. My basic exception to the majority opinion relates to its cursory treatment and disposition of the issue of sever-ability of “taxpaying.”

The only authority cited in support of the majority’s holding is School District No. 1 v. School Planning Committee, 164 Colo. 541, 437 P.2d 787. Perhaps inadvertently, the court employs part of the rule, but overlooks what is, to me, the important portion of the rule.

To illustrate my point, I quote from the cited case:

*420“* * * In such a situation, the remaining portions of the statute will be held valid…