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Article #215Re: COLORADO BOYCOTT ACTION IDEAS
From: Eric Fowler
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:00
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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108be9,aa6eaa084db3e9fe X-Google-Attributes: gid108be9,public X-Google-Thread: 10be61,aa6eaa084db3e9fe X-Google-Attributes: gid10be61,public X-Google-Thread: f49ec,aa6eaa084db3e9fe X-Google-Attributes: gidf49ec,public X-Google-Thread: 12ce57,aa6eaa084db3e9fe X-Google-Attributes: gid12ce57,public X-Google-Thread: 10bb69,aa6eaa084db3e9fe X-Google-Attributes: gid10bb69,public X-Google-Thread: f744b,aa6eaa084db3e9fe X-Google-Attributes: gidf744b,public X-Google-Thread: 1026d8,aa6eaa084db3e9fe X-Google-Attributes: gid1026d8,public From: Eric Fowler <EricF@microhouse.com> Subject: Re: COLORADO BOYCOTT ACTION IDEAS Date: 1996/04/01 Message-ID: <3160AE48.1F39@microhouse.com> X-Deja-AN: 145353259 references: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960314102039.5899B-100000@spot.Colorado.EDU> to: Jonathan Griffitts <jcg@qadas.com> cc: EricF@microhouse.com content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Microhouse mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: cu.motss,soc.motss,co.politics,boulder.general,alt.politics.homosexuality,alt.homosexual,co.politics.amend2.discuss x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I)