to BRF2

Well I do have a petition and I don't work at the present time so if you wanted to meet, I'd be happy to do that for you. Take some of the pressure off of Chris, WW and Linda! :o)

By Cheryl

IGA with Boulder re open space

After seeing previous comments on this IGA (by Resolution 193-98 on 10/13/98), which DID NOT allow for public input or questions, I have to add a little.

The IGA provided for BF(Broomfield) to pay its proportionate share (74%) of the Boulder County's (BC's) acquisition costs for 12 properties adjacent to BF borders (a total of 1327.96 acres). As such, BF will pay for the equivalent of LESS THAN 1000 ACRES.

Yet, in typical BF fashion, BF somehow got BC to agree to let BF count all BC open space south of Baseline(Highway 7)and east of Highway 93, which is just less than 6000 acres, and "to include such open space properties in the open space calculations for Broomfield's Master Plan. Some of the property BF can count is north & west of Louisville or west of Superior. Is this shady or what?

Also, in the years 1994 through 1997, BC received $1.522 Million in open space sales tax from BF (that's $380,000 per year). So why did they settle for getting only $250,000 per year in the future?

And, lastly BC agreed not to oppose Broomfield County. I have a feeling this is all that BF really wanted in the first place.

Overall, it seems that BC came out on the short end of this IGA. Why would they agree to this? Perhaps they would do anything to get BF out of their hair and I don't think I blame them.

By BRF2

Unlikely campaign...

I don?’t believe that CVELG has ever counted on an extensive statewide campaign on the issue. Considering the amount of money at stake in Broomfield for the corporations and land developers who funded the first campaign, it would not be surprising to see a multi-million dollar campaign aimed at diverting attention away from the true purposes and effects of the issue. As ordinary private citizens, the members and supporters of CVELG simply can not compete with corporate money. We are, however, extremely encouraged by the reactions we get by word of mouth and the press coverage of the effort. Voters across the state really do care how governments conduct their business. They are upset to find out they were conned out of their first vote. I feel confident that enough voters across the state will discover that they made a mistake by voting in favor of forming the combined city and county of Broomfield. Many of us already have. Many more will follow. The margin by which the referendum passed was small enough to give our state hope for correcting the mistake.

By Adrian

Petition schedules...

There are countless volunteers who are circulating petitions on their own schedules. The core members of CVELG are out every weekend and a few days during the week. We will start posting our petition schedules on the web (this discussion board or on our site) and hopefully in local newspapers or other forms of mass information like coupon mailers or flyers. Thank you for your inquiry.

By Adrian