en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/641605 Comments by Boulderluv http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28825081/stephen-sparn-unintended-consequences-boulder-ballot-issue-300#IDComment995559377 Ballot Issue 300 is "a very dangerous citizen initiative" for developers, the 1%, and the far right forces ever so eager to destroy this community. I have said it before and will continue to say to: 1) Developers are BAD NEWS for this community. Boulder deserves real architects—not developers. 2) Many if not most developers are parasites. 3) Many (not all) developers seem to be devoid of real talent; their greatest talents seem to revolve around currying favor with politicians. 4) Development as it has been so often practiced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (and now the twenty first century) is all but completely obsolete. Boulder, America, and the Planet need to implement new paradigms for creating housing, infrastructure, and livable, environmentally sound urban space. The far right forces running this community (be they Republican or Democrat—it's pretty much the same corporate party in Boulder, Boulder County, and Colorado) have shown themselves completely incapable of clear thinking, well aside from lining their own pockets. 5) Far right and far left are all but indistinguishable in so many ways—just look at their buildings! Boulder is starting to look like East Berlin on a bad day; Erich Honecker would be both very gratified and very much at home along Canyon and Pearl Streets. Thu, 17 Sep 2015 23:58:17 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28825081/stephen-sparn-unintended-consequences-boulder-ballot-issue-300#IDComment995559377 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28582746#IDComment989105582 And what a disaster. Thu, 6 Aug 2015 05:05:03 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28582746#IDComment989105582 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28582746#IDComment989105350 The People of Boulder should always be concerned, very concerned, anytime a Boulder politician "gets excited." For a Boulder politician, "getting excited" usually means—you guessed it—more development. Thu, 6 Aug 2015 05:02:05 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28582746#IDComment989105350 http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-business/ci_28436044/apartment-rent-hikes-catching-boulder-county-residents-by#IDComment983170427 "When Carol Gibson's apartment complex in Superior, now called Bell Flatirons, was purchased in April by a national real estate company, she didn't think much would change." Everything changes. We need to demand Rent Control for private Real Estate companies—and no apologies. These companies probably only care about one thing: "How much money can we suck out of Boulder residents." Like many developers, many of these companies are parasites. Some time ago, I lived in a property which was owned by a wonderful Boulder family who really cared about the place. They eventually decided to sell the property to a Denver-based real estate company. Instantly the place went down the tube. The rent immediately went up $100.00 a month, in short order the property was much less well maintained, and the residents became much less civil toward each other throughout the house. I am sure this is a common story. Tue, 7 Jul 2015 04:56:55 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-business/ci_28436044/apartment-rent-hikes-catching-boulder-county-residents-by#IDComment983170427 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28359296#IDComment980118705 Really? Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:25:55 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28359296#IDComment980118705 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977366046 123 calls it "conspiracy theories" and paranoia; we call it "business per usual." He must be drinking that "harmless" glyphosate again. Thu, 11 Jun 2015 03:45:35 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977366046 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977340993 The PR industry must be very grateful to you. Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:49:34 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977340993 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977340828 What a deeply immoral and deeply inhumane remark. Such is what we can expect from the "Oil and Gas Mafia" as we call it along the Front Range. Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:48:18 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977340828 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977340350 How can one make a "substantive comment" as you put it, when you fail year after year to comprehend what intelligent schoolchildren can easily grasp? Alas, nothing new here. Perhaps Upton Sinclair said it best: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:44:27 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977340350 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977339038 Well, thanks for the tip regarding organic industry employment! I really could make a lot of money, but probably not as much as being a paid GMO advocate. P.S. Yeah, too bad about Communistic/Capitalist China. (Far Left and Far Right are often very difficult to distinguish, now aren't they?) Suffice it to say that Chairman Mao's legacy is horrible beyond words. P.P.S. And I will say it again: GMOs could yet do much good. But I am not optimistic about the status quo. Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:34:12 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977339038 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977319815 Keep up the excellent work, v_caine. "I value science..," . . . canned laughter in the background, please. What he means to say is "I value corporate pseudoscience, above all. After all, it is how I get paid!" Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:10:35 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977319815 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977316496 FOX News can't confront reality any more than the "Oil Mafia," 123, or Monsanto can. Why? $$$ Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:47:36 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977316496 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977315893 You are probably well aware that this person—or more perhaps, several persons under one name—is a full-time corporate shill. Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:44:41 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977315893 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977315546 Again, Big Oil greatly appreciates uninformed, unconcerned, and selfish citizens. Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:42:35 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977315546 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977315178 We have to keep asking: How ARE your old friends at Monsanto? Have you been keeping them well updated on the Boulder scene? Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:40:21 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977315178 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977313120 You are verbose corporate shill who says very little of worth, value, or decency. Like many in Boulder, I am tired of your endless litany of falsehoods on behalf of corrupt interests. Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:27:32 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977313120 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977310358 Quite correct: not by a long shot. Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:11:16 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28283321/editorial-is-colorados-fracking-battle-over#IDComment977310358 http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_28214720/rohan-jennings-problem-boulders-colorblind-progressivism#IDComment975712801 You are probably quite right. Wed, 3 Jun 2015 05:35:11 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_28214720/rohan-jennings-problem-boulders-colorblind-progressivism#IDComment975712801 http://www.dailycamera.com/opinion/ci_28171723/editorial-coup-detat-at-cwa#IDComment974093111 Indeed. There is much "political/social engineering" at work at CU, Boulder, Boulder County, and Colorado. This has been going on for a long time. Tue, 26 May 2015 21:03:36 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/opinion/ci_28171723/editorial-coup-detat-at-cwa#IDComment974093111 http://www.dailycamera.com/opinion/ci_28171723/editorial-coup-detat-at-cwa#IDComment974092237 Did you ever say it. Sounds rather like Washington, doesn't it? Actually it sounds rather like America, our declining America. Tue, 26 May 2015 20:56:57 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/opinion/ci_28171723/editorial-coup-detat-at-cwa#IDComment974092237