Opinion: The proposed Lafayette community bill of rights
A group of citizens called East Boulder County United has put what they are calling the Community Bill of Rights on the November ballot in Lafayette. Although this charter amendment focuses on limiting fracking in Lafayette, the implications are potentially game-changing in how we view the rights of people versus the rights of corporations. As you might expect, this threat to corporate profits has not gone unnoticed, and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association is pulling out all the stops to prevent its passage. Their tactics will be familiar to many readers. For example, according to Cliff Willmeng, spokesperson for EBCU, apparently COGA had someone register to vote and then file a complaint against the amendment a day later. The complaint was quashed by the city clerk, so then came the inevitable innuendos. As noted in this week’s Daily Camera, COGA implied that existing gas supplies to Lafayette might be affected, presumably referencing the language in paragraph i-3 in the amendmen...