“Boulder City Council advances sales and use tax ballot measures”
Daily Camera on August 3rd, 2023
By Amber Carlson
Boulder City Council on Thursday evening advanced several potential ballot measures for the November elections. The council has yet to officially approve putting the measures on the ballot, but councilmembers approved the measures moving forward for a third reading and a final vote on Aug. 17… Read More
“Funding for the arts is not a zero-sum game”
Daily Camera on July 28th, 2023
Letter to the Editor by Jan Burton
A recent opinion piece by City Council members Mark Wallach and Nicole Speer states that “budgeting and appropriations are a zero-sum game. Add money here, and you must take it from somewhere else; that is simply the reality of things.” It seems odd that they didn’t mention the fact that with the library budget moving to the new property tax-funded Library District, the city will essentially have about a $9.2 million budget increase that can be used for new activities and projects. The council has already held extensive discussions .. Read More
“Extension of Tax Would Provide Long-Term Support for Arts, Culture and Heritage”
Daily Camera on May 31st, 2023
Letter to the Editor by Boulder residents Kathleen McCormick and Mark Villarreal are former chairs and members of the Boulder Arts Commission
City of Boulder voters are being presented with a once-in-a-generation chance to enhance Boulder’s future through the Arts, Culture and Heritage Tax, an extension and dedication of an existing tax that could provide $7.5 million a year in public funding for the arts (visit artsforboulder.com for more information). Boulder spends.. Read More
“Boulder Can Do More to Support the Vital Connections Art Helps Us Make”
Daily Camera on May 12th, 2023
Letter to the Editor by Jan Burton
This past weekend, I experienced a transformational dance event, thanks to a collaboration between Boulder multimedia artist Rebecca DiDomenico, the creative director of 3rd Law Dance/Theater Katie Elliott, musician/composer Paul Fowler, and filmmaker L. Ashlyn Collins. Rebecca DiDomenico’s “Emanate,” originally shown at a 2015 BMOCA exhibition, features .. Read More
“The Tale of Two Petitions”
Bob Yates, Boulder Bulletin on May 1st, 2023
There are a couple of ways that a measure can get on the fall municipal ballot: First, a majority on city council can refer a measure to the voters. Some recent examples of this are the questions over even-year elections last year and the renewal of an Open Space tax in 2019. The second way a measure can get on the ballot is by a group of residents circulating a petition and collecting the signatures of about 3,500 registered voters. We saw this in 2021 in the unsuccessful “Bedrooms are for People” initiative and the successful Fur Ban that same year, and in the successful Sugary Drink Tax in 2016.
This year, city council will consider placing a couple of measures before the voters: One is the renewal of an expiring sales tax.. Read More