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VOTE NO on Vail Valley Transit Authority

Transit agencies’ solution to this decline in ridership is the same as their solution to every other problem: give them more money. Yet increasing funding for transit hasn’t had much success in the past.

Agencies claim that spending money on transit is good for the environment, helps low-income people, and relieves congestion. Yet all of these things have been proven false.

Even before the pandemic, Colorado transit used more energy and emitted more greenhouse gases per passenger-mile than the average automobile. Even electric transit is environmentally unsound because Colorado gets most of its electricity from burning fossil fuels. For example, Denver’s electric-powered light-rail lines use more energy and the power plants that generate that electricity emit more greenhouse gases per passenger-mile than the average sports-utility vehicle.

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A secret ballot system at Colorado’s statehouse is quietly killing bills & raising transparency concerns

“It's a secret ballot, essentially,” Hansen said in a 2020 interview with RadicalxChange, a nonprofit that helped him set up the voting system website. “You're filling this thing out in your pajamas, you know, in the comfort of your own home sitting by yourself. And so, you know, we get a better indication of people's actual preferences.”

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BRIDGING THE GAP, BY MATT SOLOMON

Do they fully comprehend the fear and uncertainty that people feel about retaining a job, or the humiliation of having to decide whether to fill the gas tank to get to work, or buy food to feed their family?

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MATT SOLOMON FORUMS - Upcoming!!

TAKE ACTION, SUPPORT MATT SOLOMON

October 5: Glenwood Springs via Zoom
October 5: Krystal 93 Forum, 83 Nancy's Place, Frisco, CO
October 10: Steamboat Springs Forum, Steamboat Springs Grand Hotel, 2300 Mount Werner Cir, Steamboat Springs, CO
October 13 (or 18?): Summit Daily Forum, location TBD
October 17: Granby Forum, location TBD
October 19: Vail Daily Forum, EVHS
October 20: Winter Park Chamber Forum, Winter Park Town Hall Council Chambers"

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