Longmont's Future

Tonight's candidate debates at Silver Creek High School were instructive in more than a few ways.

First of all, the good folks from Look Before You Leap - which does not advertise its backers - were happy to tell me where they were from. "Denver," said one, and "Boulder", said the other. By the way - they packed up and left early. I guess they had a longer drive.

They were also happy to tell us where the money was coming from: Comcast.

"Is Comcast behind your group?" Vince Jordan asked.

"Yes, they are one of our backers," came the reply.

Comcast and Look Before We Leap have already spent $274,471.65 trying to defeat Proposition 2A in Longmont.

The accounts, published by the city, also show that the biggest - indeed, ONLY - contributor over $50 is the Colorado Cable Telecommunications Association. The members of which are... Comcast Cable Communications, Optimum, US Cable and Rocky Mountain Communications. They have already contributed $75,000. So much for the 'Group of concerned citizens' that they use in their ominous phone calls.

Not a single red cent of that money has been spent in Longmont, according to their own figures. Our economy has not benefited at all.

The full accounting schedule is right here.

So next time you get one of their calls... or one of those nice young men comes to your door and tells you that the city will "make a mess" of 2A... ask them where they are from. Betcha it won't be Longmont. And ask them who their backers are. Because they sure squirm uncomfortably when they have to tell you that Comcast is behind all that money, and the kids they've hired to go door-to-door.