“The Camera Supports a ‘Yes’ Vote on 49″

by Jon Caldara | 10:20 am, October 2, 2008 | Comments Off

Hell got just a little bit colder. As if the Denver Post endorsement wasn’t enough, the paper for the state’s most liberal city endorsed Amendment 49! The Boulder Daily Camera came out in favor of 49 saying,

Amendment 49, we are told, would make it impossible for hard-working Coloradans to do their jobs in areas like firefighting and nursing. We don’t buy it. The Camera supports a “yes” vote on 49…

I know, I know. You nearly fell off your seat right? So did I. But what really strikes me about this is that they truly get the issue; and they refuse to fall for the scare-monger tactics being employed by the opposition. They go on to say,

Quite simply: Our municipalities needn’t be collection agents for unions. The unions can bill their members — or set up a payment plan — on their own. We support our firefighters; we don’t think a bill or payment plan, rather than a payroll deduction, will keep them from doing their jobs.

So let’s get this straight. Amendment 49 has been endorsed by nearly every major daily in Colorado, including, but not limited to:

The Denver Post

The Rocky Mountain News

The Boulder Daily Camera

The Colorado Springs Gazette

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Pueblo Chieftan

Longmont Times-Call

Loveland Reporter-Herald

…and the list goes on, and on, and on…

It’s disingenuous to pigeon hole 49 with other amendments when it’s 49 that has garnished support from across the political spectrum. No other amendment on the ballot this year has this type of wide ranging support; and for one simple reason: It’s just good, ethical government.

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