Three cheers for Boulder County resident Mark Cage: Boulder County’s three amigos don’t speak for me – Longmont Times-Call.
So when the three amigos make joint public statements like “80 percent of county residents consistently approve of the open space program,” just remember they are not speaking for rural residents, they are speaking for their city electorate, and they are not speaking the truth. The last vote to raise taxes for more open space extravagance — the true test of approval — only passed by a razor thin majority, nowhere near 80 percent. Let’s take that vote again with the current economy and we’ll see just how many voters want higher county taxes, added to higher state taxes, added to higher federal taxes, to buy more cornfields with no-trespassing signs.
They don’t speak for me either. I haven’t voted for a County Commissioner that won in 15 years (or longer).
