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Re: COLORADO BOYCOTT ACTION IDEAS

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From: Eric Fowler
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:00
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Jonathan Griffitts wrote:
> 
> In article <4jpd5l$803@news.tiac.net>, Bob Donahue
> <donahue@omphalos.skepsis.com> writes
>   . . .
> >CO?  From what I've been able to figure out, CO:2 has already cost CO
> >millions in $$$ and has bought them almost nothing in return.
> >Given that, I fail to understand why there hasn't been a groundswelling
> >to negate CO:2 through a reversal amendment. In that case it won't matter
> >a t all what the SC decides, and they can recoup their losses
> >from the show of support.
> 
> I'd say that there has been no "groundswelling" for two reasons:
> 
> 1)  Perhaps the boycott has cost millions of $$$, but that loss is not
> perceptible to most residents.  I certainly haven't noticed any effect,
> nor have I heard any reports of distress among Colorado businesses.  I
> would be interested to hear any evidence (or even anecdotes) indicating
> that anyone has noticed the boycott.
> 
> 2)  Most residents who care about this are assuming that the Supreme
> Court will kill it.
> 

[chomp]

>                         Jonathan Griffitts
> AnyWare Engineering                             Boulder, CO, USA
> voice/fax: 303 442-0556                      email jcg@qadas.com


3) Since a majority of Colorado voters passed #2, and there have been 
few signs of a massive shift in public opinion since, it is unlikely that a 
recall will pass.

=Eric
repeal will win
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From: Eric Fowler <EricF@microhouse.com>
Subject: Re: COLORADO BOYCOTT ACTION IDEAS
Date: 1996/04/01
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