Err on the side of democracy

By Blake Fontenay for the Daily Camera Editorial Board. Originally published in the Daily Camera on July 25, 2020.

"Here are a couple of words that should keep Boulder city officials up at night: Detrimental reliance.

Detrimental reliance is a legal concept in which a party can be held liable for providing false information a reasonable person might believe to be true if the person bases a decision on that information and the decision leads to an unfavorable outcome.

Which is a long way of saying Boulder city officials have royally screwed up in advising citizens on the requirements for putting initiatives on the November ballot."

Read the full editorial on the Daily Camera.