We are not alone!
Today’s Boulder Daily Camera has an article on another group forming around this same issue!
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/jun/11/law-firm-hired-to-prevent-pops-and-scrapes-pops/
Just over two weeks ago, we formed this group over lunch and resolved to put up this website. We discovered the same clauses in the City Charter that this group did, and decided we should create a space for discussion and to gather together the opposition. We even thought about eventually recruiting a lawyer to help with the 501(c)3 process, but hadn’t gotten there yet. So kudos to whoever had the same idea and started a similar group.
Matt Appelbaum, you were right about one thing: The opposition to this proposal is widespread. But it is also grassroots, stemming from the fact that your and many on council’s high-handedness on this issue has alienated so many of us ordinary homeowners. And guess what? Homeowners vote in overwhelming numbers in our municipal elections.
More to come – but here’s a link to a guest commentary of mine that the Camera published a few weeks ago:
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/may/21/council-to-regulate-hopes-and-dreams/
…and a good one from Ed Byrne (editorial advisory board member at the Camera):
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/jun/06/boulder-camera–editorial-advisory-board/
Thank you for helping to spread the word on our over-reaching council/HOA. It is amazing how they have rejected the advice of their study, the city planning boards, and the citizens. Please let me know how I can help.