Here's an editorial in opposition to Amendment 32 from the Denver Post [October 12, 2003, "NO: Homeowners would suffer"]. According to Ron Stewart, the author of the opinion piece, "Amendment 32 is a tax increase on homes and residential property. It is an increase that will pile on, year after year after year. Homeowners will pay more taxes and renters will pay higher rents when landlords pass on tax increases. Non-residential property owners will pay less."

Here's an opinion piece written by Norma Anderson in support of Amendment 32 running in today's Denver Post [October 12, 2003, "YES: Restore budget balance"].

Bob Ewegen tries to sort out the pros and cons of Amendment 32 in his column in today's Post [October 12, 2003, "What's the proper balance?]. One line jumped out at me however, "If market conditions returned to those existing in 1982, the Gallagher Amendment would return the residential rate to 21 percent." Talk about a desert island example, how could market conditions possibly return to those existing in 1982? That sort of fuzzy logic makes you wonder about all his points.

Mail-in ballots will rule the day in November's election. If fact you must use a mail-in ballot if you are a Denver voter. Here's an article from the Denver Post [October 12, 2003, "Mail ballots' popularity double-edged for hopefuls"] about the effect of mail-in voting on elections. While increasing participation the ballots extend the period that a candidate must get out the word changing campaign strategy. In some cases mail-in ballots favor the better financed campaigns. Use weblogs y'all.

The Denver Post [October 12, 2003, "State, local issues"] is running a slew of letters to the editor about election issues.

Ed Quillen writes in opposition Referendum A in his column in today's Denver Post [October 12, 2003, "After the water rush"]. Says Quillen, "So there's the geography of Referendum A - tap the Western Slope to benefit south-metro developers and developments. Supporters tell us this will benefit the entire state. What it really does is change the location of our future ghost towns."
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