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Boulder County Ballot Issues 1A, 1B go down
Open space and energy efficiency in homes.
Boulder County Ballot Issue 1A would have extended a sales tax to pay for open space acquisition while prices are depressed.
If it weren’t for the fact that most folks are in a financial vise right now, you might expect that issues like those would be shoo-ins for funding in Boulder County. And you’d be right — the track record is pretty strong. According to Erica Meltzer of the Camera, the Boulder County Ballot Issue 1A result is a bit of a change in course:
For the first time in 20 years, Boulder County voters have rejected a ballot issue to fund open space.
With 89 percent of the projected vote counted, Boulder County Ballot Issue 1A had received just 47 percent of the vote.
The measure would have extended by 15 years a 0.25-percent sales tax set to expire in 2019 that supports open space management and acquisition. County officials said they needed approval this year for an extension to fund long-term debt that would have allowed them to purchase open space now, while prices are lower and there is less competition.
Boulder County Ballot Issue 1C, which targeted energy efficiency in Boulder County jail, passed. Read more on all of the Boulder County Ballot Issues results at the Camera or for the raw numbers, visit the Boulder County Clerk & Recorder’s Office Web site.
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Too bad, but understandable in today's economy (and the context of news about Boulder considering charging non-residents for trail usage — and the number of non-resident users). I'm a non-resident, and I would be willing to pay — and I understand why taxpayers would resent it if I did not.