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Colorado State Measures: Proposition 112 vs. Amendment 74
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. Normally, statewide ballot issues are not of substantially [...]
Boulder County Issue 1A: Alternative Sentencing Facility
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. Overcrowding at the Boulder County Jail has long been [...]
City of Boulder Ballot Question 2I: Planning Department Budget Recommendation
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. Question 2I would amend City Charter section 78, to [...]
City of Boulder Ballot Question 2H: Advisory Commissions
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. Question 2H would amend Section 130 of the City Charter [...]
City of Boulder Ballot Question 2G: Electronic and Online Petitions
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. Question 2G would amend three sections of the City [...]
City of Boulder Ballot Question 2F: Initiative Petition Signature Verification
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. Question 2F addresses petition signatures and the [...]
City of Boulder Ballot Question 2E: Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Process
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. Briefly, Question 2E amends a number of City Charter [...]
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 [...]
