Out of Step with Public Sentiment
The whopping margin by which 2A passed shows how wildly out of touch the “No on Measure 2A” camp, and its agent, Peter T. Moore, were with the desires of Denver-area citizens. Moore’s new group, Vital for Colorado, seems to be equally out of touch with front range citizens’ desire to keep fracking away from places where they live, work and play.
Advertorials
VfC’s “Energy Chaos” ads are aimed at counteracting the growing grassroots movement in Colorado to pass a
constitutional amendment, currently called “Right to local Self-Government,” or Proposed Initiative #75, that would give cities the power to ban fracking and any other noxious pursuits, like hazardous waste dumps or factory farms, within city limits. The amendment would address the problem of overall corporate dominance and shield cities from lawsuits by corporations, their trade groups, or the state over passage of such protective measures.Competing Amendment Sows Confusion
It is less broad and hence less powerful than Proposed Initiative #75, and the question remains about whether this measure was designed to give voters a more palatable measure to consider, or to confuse them outright.
Confusion might be the name of the game, as backers of the weaker measure have organized under the name Local Control Colorado.
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