Big News This Week: Ballot measures related to oil & gas will not be on the Colorado ticket this November.

On the day petitions were to be turned-in, an 11th hour deal was struck for Ballot Measures 88 and 89 (two we liked) and two industry-sponsored initiatives.

Number 88 would have increased oil & gas “setbacks” to 2000 feet from homes and other occupied structures. Number 89 would have written into the state constitution a residents’ right to clean air, pure water and natural or scenic values. Both sounded great to WCC, and all summer long we teamed up with Coloradans for a Safe & Clean Energy to collect signatures and share stories from the West Slope oil & gas patch.

For better or worse, that’s all gone now. But we’ve still got a chance to make a difference: Click here to email Governor John Hickenlooper today!

About the author

Brenda Bafus-Williams

After working for our Alliance for 32 years, Brenda retired in 2018 and took a two-year hiatus before rejoining the fold as a board member. She is a treasure trove of little known facts about the organization after managing everything from the membership database to our communications. Her other interests include dabbling in a number of artforms, hiking, botany (her college major), t'ai chi and chi gung, and swing dancing. With roots in western Washington state, she has lived in Montrose with her husband Kevin since 1984.

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