Steve Pomerance

Some of the current Boulder City Council are considering asking the citizens to increase the council’s pay. To me the real issue is whether the council’s performance is up to snuff. If it is not, then paying people more money to perform the same way seems rather foolish. In my opinion, it would be far better for the council members to first work on improving their performance. Having served when meetings ran to all hours with zero pay, and council members (other than the mayor) only putting in around 20 to 25 hours per week, I know it can be done more efficiently. This brings me to the unprecedented spate of formal complaints that have been recently filed against various council members, including at least one against the whole council, for violations of the city code, charter, etc. Why do Boulder citizens feel the need to take such serious actions? Maybe they think that council members won’t pay attention otherwise. Interestingly, many of these complaints were about the Police Oversig...

 You can find the most current bill under consideration here: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-213

Trying to keep up on the latest nonsense on SB23-213, Gov. Jared Polis’ land grab bill, is brutal. The bill keeps getting amended, first in the Senate and now in the House, and no doubt more to come in a joint session. The Denver Post captured the basic flaws perfectly in their Wednesday editorial: “Colorado lawmakers’ attempt to completely overhaul planning and zoning in almost every municipality across this state with a single piece of legislation was ambitious, drastic, and rushed. “We can think of nothing this session that would have affected the lives of home-owning Coloradans more than the original proposal in The Land Use bill to eliminate single-family-only zoning across the state in favor of more density. And sadly, we are not convinced by the data that it would have made housing any more affordable for those who are still struggling to buy.” In short, the whole bill was built on fantasy thinking, unsupported by the data.  An earlier amendment to completely eliminate occup...