My error - I meant $120 per year and not month. Still I wonder why we have to do this when the City allows many not to use such bear proof containers and does not fine all of them. What would it take to enforce the rules? Why don't the Wildlife staff call our the city for not strict enforcement instead of just saying they do not like having to kill a bear?
I thank Ms. Lee for taking the photos. However once again it is our city which passes rules about bear proof receptacles but then fails to really enforce the rules. For years they have likewise failed to enforce rules about putting out receptacles the night before garbage pickup. Now some of us pay $120 per month for the bear proof cans only to see some others are not doing so. Hey, City Council and City Manager - why can't you enforce the rules you put in place? Time to change out the Council and Manager.
I do not know if you are serious but sending bears to Alaska might be attractive to those up there. We just got back from Alaska's coastline and never saw a bear - something tourists hope for. So might help bring more tourists to the state.
Amazing that a university that worries about what it spends on the Conference on World Affairs and is trying to reduce its share of those expenses from 60 to 50% does not show any concern about absorbing all the extra costs associated with having this debate on campus. Yes, out of state folks will hear of CU but that does not justify the added expense not being charged to the GOP or the cable network. While the Camera has reported about the limited seats available to the university and even local GOP supporters, they failed to find out and mention who got the thousand tickets. Camera staff - do some reporting this week and let us know who was chosen to sit there and how they were chosen.
From what I read in the Camera Don Cote appears to bring common sense and some real knowledge regarding environmental matters. Unfortunately he is relatively unknown and has so far very little financing for his campaign for city council. So it is likely we'll get more of the same - another inept Council and possibly worse with George off of it. Check on what Cote is advocating. He is definitely against the Muni and right sizing streets.
This is quite a stupid op-ed for sure. I will only comment on how this proposal would affect housing values of single family homes as it is obvious Mr. Abelson is either totally unaware of how real estate values are affected or is just as some say trying to scare others. Yes, if this "Livable Boulder" proposal is passed it might - and note I say might - affect how many new apartment houses are built and then affect rental costs or condo sale prices of apartments. That is obvious. Is that all Mr. Abelson thinks is an issue? For homeowners, home prices will rise if more people compete for the homes that exist. There is no reason homeowners will oppose changes in zoning that will negatively affect their home values and in fact any action they might take will most likely protect their home values. Sorry Mr. Abelson, your attempt to trick us is not going to work.
Good editorial. My only slight disagreement is that in my opinion the staff - or at least the City Manager, City Lawyer, and heads of such departments as Planning, lost credibility long ago. They act like puppets doing exactly as they sense the Council wishes and rarely seem to give honest evaluations/feedback.
Why is it the Camera always has to include a comment from Cowles? Don't they know most in Boulder do not care what he has to say? Aren't there other Council members they can quote? Hopefully after November they stop with Cowles statements.
While Boulder talks about climate change and the need to reduce our carbon footprint, we've really made no progress at all. If only the Council understood a bit more about the necessary significant steps to reducing our carbon footprint. Cowles statement that "Boulder took a strong step in the direction of environmental protection with its new "right-sizing" experiment with protected bike lines on Folsom Street" is a perfect example of the Council foolishness. Whether one wants the changes in lanes or not, this will not be a meaningful step toward reducing our carbon footprint. Cowles is leaving but will we have a Council that has any understanding of the key steps necessary to reduce global warming?
Amazing isn't it that with 9 on the Council the Camera so often goes to Cowles for some ridiculous comments. Perhaps the reporters just want to agitate us early in the day. Most of us cannot wait for Cowles to be off the Council but I expect more of his foolishness until then.
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