Opinion: Boulder’s way forward
The issues that were brought up in the recent Boulder election still need to be addressed. In spite of a hugely expensive and well-orchestrated campaign against 300/301, almost 40 percent voted for these ballot issues. And no doubt many other voters supported the concepts but were concerned with the details, or with the commitments involved in charter amendments. Also, during the debates the opponents of 300/301 generally supported the principles that “growth should pay its own way” and “neighborhoods should have a voice;” I know, because I was a participant. Finally, the two current council members that diverted last year’s effort to address growth issues are now gone; one was not re-elected, and another declined to run. It’s now up to the council to take on the big, interrelated concerns of excess job growth, pressure on housing prices, increasingly congested traffic, and the side effects of huge buildings and additional demands on already stressed city facilities and services. T