Denver Charter Changes for the November 2003 Ballot
Here's an editorial from the Rocky Mountain News [August 15, 2003, "'No' should always be an option"] about citizen inititiatives. They feel that City Council should not have to vote on inititiatives before they go to the ballot. From the editorial, "Denver City Council members complained mightily this week about having to take action on the most absurd initiative ever proposed for a city ballot. We don't blame them. They should not have been compelled to vote on it. The people's proposals, whether reasonable or ridiculous, should be able to go to the ballot without any input from council. At issue was a grass-roots initiative that urges city officials to 'ensure public safety by increasing peacefulness.' To accomplish that goal, officials are supposed to be 'defusing political, religious and ethnic tension both locally and globally - through the identification and implementation of any systematic, stress-reducing techniques or programs."
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