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Opinion: Steve Pomerance: Amid CU South misinformation, better alternative is overlooked
A building-based floodproofing approach, as Frasier Meadows Manor has now implemented, would protect South Boulder homes and buildings from flooding from all sources, not just South Boulder Creek.

Opinion: Steve Pomerance: Title setting for the CU South referendum
A completely unnecessary dispute is occurring over the ballot language for the referendum vote on the CU South annexation. The referendum’s committee of petitioners think that the city’s language does...

Opinion: Steve Pomerance: Former council members oppose shift to even-year council elections
I contacted over a dozen former council members with whom I've stayed in touch. Eight volunteered to share their thoughts. All were, to some degree, opposed to the move to even-year...

Opinion: Steve Pomerance: CU South flood plan is full of holes
The proposed “100-year” detention pond for South Boulder Creek, in my opinion, will not stop the areas that flooded in 2013 from being inundated again.

Opinion: Steve Pomerance: Boulder should poll public on key issues
Polling Boulder citizens on several important topics could help the city ensure it is enacting the will of the people.

Opinion: Steve Pomerance: Boulder should poll public on key issues
Polling Boulder citizens on several important topics could help the city ensure it is enacting the will of the people.

Opinion: Steve Pomerance: Boulder must focus on informing the electorate
Given how easy it is to vote in Boulder, the proper focus should be on ways to reach the Jeffersonian ideal of an “informed electorate,” so every citizen can make...

Opinion: Steve Pomerance: It’s time to rethink ranked choice voting
The current Boulder City Council is likely to push for charter changes to shift our city elections to even years, so it makes sense to also rethink the process of...

Opinion: Steve Pomerance: PUC: It’s time to fish or cut bait
It’s time for the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to fish or cut bait. Either you all work for the ratepayers, or you work for Xcel — but you can’t have...

Opinion: Steve Pomerance: Let’s build flood protection before the next flood
I’m part of a group of citizens helping Boulder city staff on the master plan for stormwater and flood protection work for Boulder’s waterways, other than South Boulder Creek.