I’m in Colorado where there are a bunch of exciting and bizarre races. But this strikes me as the most pressing question on the ballot:
Shall the voters for the City and County of Denver adopt an Initiated Ordinance to require the creation of an extraterrestrial affairs commission to help ensure the health, safety, and cultural awareness of Denver residents and visitors in relation to potential encounters or interactions with extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles, and fund such commission from grants, gifts and donations?
When the free & presumably educated citizens of the most scientifically and technically sophisticated nation in history choose to place such an item on their ballot--all I can say is, I never want to hear anyone mock the Middle Ages again.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJonah,
What gives ...?
As a resident of the Mile High City, it makes perfect sense to me that our "elevated" position makes us the most likely earth residents to encounter or interact with ET's, and are thereby in dire need of a commission to ensure our health, safety and cultural awareness in the event of alien, er undocumented, visitors.
Bill D.
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Elections have consequences....such as votes for unrestricted "medical" marijuana use. Only those truly inhaling deeply could consider this worth putting on the ballot.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHell, I'd vote for it. Like shovel-ready projects, extraterrestrial beings probably don't exist, but government spending on them would surely be a bargain in comparison. In the meantime, think of the entertainment value of a commission like this!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAs the most.....WHAT....question on the ballet?
Bizarre, indulgent, foolish, lengthy...?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNever let it be said that the United Nations doesn't inspire anyone to do anything.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"But this strikes me as the most ___ question on the ballot"
What happened, JG, did adjectives fail you? Me, too, until the word "cockamamie" came into my head, unbidden.
Unfortunately, I see the Commissioner for Extraterrestial Affairs urging the 2025 Denver City Council to fund a gigantic UFO Welcome Center, mandatory ET sensitivity training, and sanctuary city status for Undocumented Space Aliens.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI for one welcome our new cosmic overlords.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWe're just hoping that the California governor's race turns out ok, so Jerry Brown is available for the job.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"But this strikes me as the most _ question on the ballot:"
Looks like you left out an adjective. I can't even begin to figure out which adjective belongs in that space. In fact, I'm guessing that you couldn't either and just gave up and hit "post."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseFor Boulder, Aspen and parts of Denver, it may already be too late; although yes, you can sometimes tell them by the vehicles they drive - Prius, Volt, etc.
In even those 'lost cities' however, humans riding horses or driving jeeps, pickup trucks, '56 Chevys, etc. have not yet been assimilated. :-)
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou can't say we don't have fun in Colorado politics.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI wonder how the Mayor of Denver feels about this question being on the ballot.
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