I imagine Sparn is also against presidential elections as some neighbors support Democrats and others support Republicans and the elections pit neighbor against neighbor!
Interestingly, CU Professor Tom Mayer and his Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center never criticize Arab on Arab terrorism which in the past few years has resulted in several hundred thousand deaths and millions of refugees.
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If you think residents should have more power, vote for Ballot Initiatives 300 and 301 in the coming election to give citizens power to limit zonings if 50% of the voters in the neighborhood oppose a rezoning.
Ballot initiative 300 in this year's election will give residents some control over rezonings in their neighborhoods. The ballot initiative is not perfect, but it will prevent developers and the city from running roughshod over a neighborhood by changing zoning from single family to high-density multi-family units if 50% of the neighbors object. Consider voting in favor of Ballot Initiatives 300 and 301. Macon Cowles wife Regina is on the steering committee of One Boulder, which is working with developers to defeat 300 and 301 and she is the registrant of it's website.
At least Logan made his intentions clear before the election. This reminds me of 1995 when current Boulder mayor Matt Appelbaum ran for city council as an incumbent and quit right after he was elected. For someone as meticulous as Appelbaum, his actions appeared suspicious, and it was alleged the events were designed to allow to the city council to handpick a replacement councilmember rather than run the risk of having the voters elect a strong neighborhood activist. This suspicion was confirmed when the city council refused to appoint the candidate who ran and came in sixth in that year's election. As a result of that fiasco, the city's election laws were changed to prevent this from happening again.
Any relationship to Macon Cowles?
Don't overlook the highly-paid incompetent staff of Go Boulder which sold the right-sizing concept to the city council. Go Boulder is one of the city's sacred cows. It has a large budget and receives many federal grants. Go Boulder has absolutely no concept of costs versus benefits of a project. It wasn't until the last moment when pressed by a city council member, that the staff admitted that Iris, which carries 23,500 vehicle a day, has only 120 cyclists per day, with only 20 cyclists per hour at peak times - that's one every six minutes in each direction..
Now what is needed are some strong slow-growth candidates in the upcoming city council election and a new director for Boulder's Department of Community Planning and Sustainability, which under the directorship of David Driskell has been campaigning for the approval of dense monotonous projects designed to maximize profits for developers.
Get your facts straight. The 50% property tax discount for seniors only applies to $200,000 of the assessed valuation. For example, if a property is appraised at $500,000, 50% of the first 200,000 will be discounted, resulting in a taxable value of $400,000 - a 20% reduction.
My heart goes out to the individuals whose homes were destroyed by the flood, but the public should not have to pay inflated "pre-flood market values" for the distressed and damaged flood prone properties.
If the properties had flood insurance, is the buyout price in addition to any flood insurance that the owners may have received, which may be as high as an additional $250,000 for the property.
Both Boulder County and the City tell residents to not be concerned about costs of projects being paid for by state and federal grants, but I don't like to see any taxpayer money wasted.
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