Denver November 2004 Election
Here's a background article about Amendment 37 from the Denver Post [October 7, 2004, "A win for Amendment 37 would mean hundreds more windmills"]. From the article, "If Amendment 37 passes, hundreds more will sprout across the landscape. The amendment on the statewide ballot requires Colorado utilities to increase renewable energy production dramatically, from about 2 percent of their power today to 10 percent by 2015."
The Rocky is running a roundtable discussion about Amendment 37 today [October 7, 2004, "Winds of change felt in energy proposal"].
Support for Referendum 4A (FasTracks) is solid according to the Rocky Mountain News [October 7, 2004, "FasTracks support rebounds, poll shows"]. From the article, "In a survey of 469 likely voters late last week, 68.6 percent supported FasTracks, according to the campaign. More than four out of five of those supporters said they were strongly in favor...A total of 19.2 percent were opposed, with three-fourths of them strongly opposed. The poll has a margin of error of 4.8 percent. Also on Wednesday, leaders of 14 black community organizations endorsed FasTracks, saying it would bring new employment and growth opportunities to minority neighborhoods. Beyond the opportunity to bid on contracts to build the system, they said, the new transit lines will bring added mobility for job seekers. The FasTracks Yes! campaign hadn't planned to release its new polling numbers until it learned that Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce would release its own poll today showing that support had dropped. FasTracks Yes! is doing weekly tracking polls on the issue, which asks voters to approve a 0.4 cent increase in the transit sales tax to help finance construction of six new rail corridors, a bus rapid-transit system on the Boulder Turnpike, expansion of three existing light-rail lines and expansion of suburban bus services."
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