Posts Tagged ‘election’
City of Boulder Ballot Issue 2D: Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Revenue
Note: This article is part of a series of 2018 ballot issue analyses written for the Blue Line by author Richard Valenty. You can find coverage of the other 2018 ballot issues here. Ed. Issue 2D is only necessary because of Article X, [...]
City of Boulder Ballot Issue 2C: Oil and Gas Pollution Tax
Note: This article is the first in a series of 2018 ballot issue analyses written for the Blue Line by author Richard Valenty. You can find coverage of the other 2018 ballot issues here. Ed. Issue 2C, if passed, would target [...]
Rip Van Winkle returns to Boulder: Musings on 2017
Reprinted with permission. Originally posted at the author's blog. “If you don’t know your past, you don’t know your future” — Ziggy Marley After about a decade of working on political issues and campaigns at the state and [...]
Mapping the 2017 Boulder City Council Candidates
With the proliferation of organizations supporting candidates and issues in Boulder City Council elections, it becomes ever more difficult to track who is supporting whom. Fortunately, in a city where many have advanced degrees, we can use a bit of [...]
Ballot Measure 2Q: Destroying the Local Initiative Process
Ballot measure 2Q has a number of problems, but the biggest problem by far is the huge level of uncertainty it unnecessarily inserts into the local initiative process. Joe Mabel , via Wikimedia CommonsInitiatives are done because the citizens [...]
Here’s Your Homework
At the Blue Line we're not inclined to tell you how to vote but instead help you access the information you need to make an informed decision. To that end, here are some resources: NEW: Musings on the election, by Richard Valenty NEW: A [...]
Council Candidates Fora Reveal Divisions over Familiar Issues
Although the typical Boulder electoral tendency to try to blur policy differences in public with gauzy happy-talk was on full display at three recent PLAN-Boulder fora for Boulder City Council candidates, clear distinctions could nonetheless be [...]
Casas: A modern age—how about modern democracy?
To say Camilo Casas, a 2017 candidate for Boulder City Council, is running an unconventional campaign would be an epic understatement—yet those who have a chance to talk with Casas at length might receive a free extended civics lecture, and a [...]
Gerstle: Will Boulder pay it forward or cash it in?
John Gerstle, a 2017 candidate for Boulder City Council, has lived here longer than any other candidate and saw some of the formative initiatives that shaped Boulder—including the Blue Line and Open Space—come to life in real time. He believes [...]
Swetlik: Loves Boulder, but not its housing situation
Candidate Swetlik (photo courtesy Adam Swetlik) Adam Swetlik, a 2017 candidate for Boulder City Council, is the youngest candidate in this year’s race, and his concerns are very much in line with others in his generation who are not [...]
