Fort Collins voters crushed the measure by a margin of 60-40, roughly the same margin by which Colorado voters rejected the fatally-flawed state-wide property tax measure, Proposition HH
“If our taxes are not already being appropriated to these essential services, maybe city leaders ought to take a hard look at their budgeting strategies, instead of coming to the citizens hat-in-hand yet again,” Fort Collins resident Sarah Hunt.
From the start, nearly all projections presented in the Connexion business plan, on which voters based their approval of the project, have failed to materialize.
The City of Fort Collins is now among the largest communities in the state to change the way its municipal elections will be held.
Multiple campaign finance violations and ethical complaints have been levied against the incumbents —Kristen Draper, Carolyn Reed, and Jessica Zamora — and their supporters in the latest battle being waged over status quo versus reform candidates.
We need to figure out a way to present as much data as we can that shows what it is we’re doing. I think the public wants to have confidence. I just don’t think the public has enough information about whether they can be confident — Fort Collins Councilman Ross Cunniff.
“City Council and (Fort Collins City Manager) Darin Atteberry need to stop discussing Connexion in executive session, behind closed doors, and instead have honest and hard conversations with the citizens who are on the hook if their rosy projections fail to materialize.” — Sarah Hunt, Fort Collins
At a time when internet connection is critical for all of us, rather than making up for lost ground, Connexion fell short by another $1.6 million in their next quarterly report. Either people don’t want the service or Connexion can’t provide it, or both. Either way, this experiment is failing.” Fort Collins resident Sarah Hunt.
As technology and competition are turning once invincible natural monopolies into dinosaurs, we’re watching local governments create monopolies that almost certainly will be disrupted by technology.
Telecommunication giants such as Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint are also in the game, and some experts say the introduction of 5G wireless may kill the municipal broadband effort because the old way of hard wiring will become nonexistent.
One of the organizers of the repeal effort, Penny Laviolette, says she only found out about the proposed ordinance the day before it was voted on, and that many of the people she has talked to since were unaware of the new restrictions until she knocked on their door.
Colorado cities are among the most economically free – and therefore among the most competitive – in the country, but a new report from the Reason Foundation shows that freedom
