lori weigel
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Poll: Denver voters divided on city’s direction, say taxes are too high
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More than a third of Denver voters say taxes are “way too high,” according to a poll released shortly after Mayor Mike Johnston and his allies unveiled a plan to increase sales taxes. The poll from the Colorado Polling Institute said 29% regard taxes as “high but acceptable,” while about the same number — 27% — view…
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Poll: Rocky Mountain states’ residents want to conserve water, protect public lands
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The overwhelming majority of Coloradans view shortage of water supply in the West as a primary challenge and the health of the Colorado River as critical to the economy, a view widely shared by residents of other Rocky Mountain states. A poll captured these sentiments about public lands in the West, as the region scrambles…
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Colorado College poll: More support for outdoors, little for Trump’s policies
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(Editor’s note: This story was updated with comments from the luncheon to release the poll and analyze its contents.) Colorado College’s Conservation in the West Poll released Thursday shows a big gain in the number of Coloradans and Westerners, in general, who consider themselves conservationists. A little over one-third think President Trump is doing a…
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Colorado College poll: Mountain West voters oppose public lands transfer
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Voters in the Mountain West like their public lands, and they don’t want them sold off or transferred to states, according to a comprehensive poll released Tuesday. By more than three-to-one, voters across seven states said they prefer that the Trump administration protects water, air quality, wildlife and access for recreation on public lands rather…
