I don't care how you do it, as long as it's legally, but vote! Hopefully, voting will go smoothly and easily for everybody. But in case it doesn’t, here are some resources and tips. The County Clerk’s Office is Your Friend If you have any questions or problems with the physical act of [...]
Boulder-area local elections rarely get expensive like state or federal races. Instead of millions, local donations are more like some number of twenty-dollar bills. It still might be interesting to consider who gives these donations and to whom and for what reasons. Most of the time, local elections in or around Boulder are [...]
Lee Gilbert The candidacy of Lee Gilbert, who is making his first run for public elected office by running for a seat on Boulder City Council in 2026, is unlike many recent candidacies for one basic reason. While some candidates speak in broader generalities and have opinions on many topics, Gilbert is almost [...]
Grateful Fred Smith Grateful Fred Smith, a candidate for Mayor of Boulder in 2026, has run for Boulder City Council several times but has yet to earn a seat on Council. He last ran in 2013, earning 2,269 votes, We touched base on Oct. 1, and I hope to do an interview with [...]
Lisa Ann Jacobs Lisa Ann Jacobs already has a list of degrees and titles, but she’s looking for at least a few more. She’s running for Mayor of Boulder in 2026, and says she’d like to take it another step farther by running for Governor of Colorado into the future. According to Jacobs, [...]
Passenger rail is a nice way to get around. Ballot Measure 7A would expand rail service along the I-25 corridor in Colorado. At its simplest, Measure 7A would implement a new 0.333% sales and use tax for residents within Front Range Passenger Rail District (FRPRD) municipalities and districts that will be listed below. [...]
This public domain picture is not of a minor, nor is it of a gender-affirming surgery. But passing Prop 135 would ban gender-affirming surgery for people under 18 in Colorado. At its simplest, passing Proposition 135 would prohibit any health care professional from performing, providing, prescribing, or administering “any surgery to a minor [...]
School sports can be an enjoyable or important part of a young athlete's life. Prop 134 seeks in part to prevent trans girls from competing against cisgender girls. At its simplest, passing Proposition 134 (formerly Initiative 109) would first require school-based athletic teams to be designated as either for biological men or boys, [...]
Jamillah Richmond Jamillah Richmond is making her first run for elected office by entering the Boulder City Council race in 2026. She has experience at various levels of civic engagement (see below), and wants to serve on Council in part because she believes she can offer a unique perspective as one of the [...]
Lynn Segal, from her Channel 8 TV Council spot If you’ve been to a Boulder-area political or civic meeting over the past few decades, you’ve probably seen Lynn Segal at one or more of them, and chances are good she spoke for a couple minutes if there was public comment allowed. During a [...]