Lots written about this, but for those who prefer to listen: https://www.boulderfrequency.com/2600535/episodes/19932998-boulder-county-ballot-questions-200-201-should-boco-add-2-commissioners
This covers
- Pros + cons of adding 2 more commissioners
- Pros + cons of the district vs. at-large seats
- The big $$ in this race: who gave and how much
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RTD + CDOT signed off on CoCo, the Front Range Passenger Rail, this week. The $333M project will start in ~2029 (ambitious goal) with 3 round trips per day between Fort Collins + Denver. There will be 3 stops in BoCo: Louisville, Boulder + Longmont.
Voters will likely be asked this fall to pass a sales tax to fund more trips: The goal is 10 per day, with extensions from Pueblo to Trinidad + New Mexico and from Fort Collins to Wyoming.
Part of the initial $$ comes from RTD's FasTracks savings account, which BoCo residents paid into since 2004.
FRPR's Sal Pace talks about the sales tax, FasTracks, and why he believes this train will actually run. https://www.boulderfrequency.com/2600535/episodes/19093662-hello-coco-all-aboard-and-about-front-range-passenger-rail