"With thoughtful perspectives on all sides of the heated county commission expansion debate — exposing tensions as wide ranging as government representation, efficiency and cost — we think the issue is sufficiently ripe for the voters to decide."
"...The task list for three commissioners in our massive county is unwieldy. A larger board can reduce the burden on individual commissioners, enabling them to engage more deeply in policy discussions and constituent services."
"It’s simply no longer optimal for each of our three commissioners to effectively represent more than 100,000 people, particularly in communities as diverse as Boulder, Jamestown, Erie and Superior."
"...(The county) plays a huge part in the cohesion of our shared community and many of the programs and services that are essential to our collective vitality. Tasking just three commissioners with the job of overseeing this work is a disservice to all of us."
"Currently, with only three Commissioners, too much power is concentrated in too few hands. It is unrealistic to expect such a small group to adequately represent the diversity of opinions and experience found across our county."
"There are only three of us for 330,000 people, and people generally expect that you will respond to their emails, that you’ll go to their community events, that you’ll take their phone calls, that you’ll meet with them."
"Expanding the number of county commissioners from three to five increases the chances that all people in our county—not just Boulder and Longmont—get a seat at the table."
