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This year, both Boulder County and the city of Longmont are asking for
extensions on open space sales taxes.
The county wants to borrow $40 million, to be paid back by 2029. Its bond
payments are more than $20 million this year, while its revenue was less than
$17 million in 2006. No wonder it wants more money to spend!
While 65 percent of Boulder County land is already publicly owned and protected
forever, the county has borrowed $262 million since 1994 to buy more. We will be
paying off this debt until 2024. The new proposal is like taking out a second mortgage so they can spend even more!
Our elected officials have been spending our money like the proverbial drunken
sailor.
Sales taxes are the most regressive kind, whose burden falls hardest on the
needy members of our community. We don't need to buy more recreational land by
taking food from the poor.
Anyone who says we need to borrow money for more open space is a fanatic who
should not be trusted with public money. It's time to cut up their credit cards
and say "Don't go in the red to buy more green."

Russell Josephson, Longmont

READER COMMENTS

and what makes you think boulder cares about the poor anyway?

If you're poor you can't afford to live in Boulder anyway, so it's moot point.

The liberal elites know what is best for you and the rest of the taxpayers. I'm sure they have only the best intentions.

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