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“Vote no on 300” should raise eyebrows. Because 300 aligns Littleton with state code. e letter claims Ballot Question 300 is “undemocratic” and that “its passage has the potential for narrow special interests to drive future city policies.” Really? Is it “undemocratic” for residents of the city working together to make their voices heard — above powerful corporate real estate developers now driving high-density urbanization? Ballot Question 300 would lower petition signature thresholds for citizen-led referenda and initiatives. Is the concern of the Jan. 19 letter that the special interests would be marginalized by improving resident access to the ballot?

e letter further objects that a majority of signature gatherers live south of Ridge Road

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SEE NORTON, P15 e letter also objects that comparatively few apartment dwellers signed the petition. is may be because apartment dwellers, for the most part, do not have the nancial and time investment in their community that homeowners do. Conversations with some renters reveal that while several expressed great concern about city o cials’ rush to urbanize our neighborhoods, comparatively

That story was shared with me about a high school athlete who had the heart of a lion. After that last play his coach called him to the sideline as he knew somethingand that few are apartment dwellers. Who is still unaware that residents most adversely impacted by the “development machine” are those living closest to the proposed location of high-density development? ey will experience the greatest loss of nature’s aesthetics and community character, and the greatest increases in tra c congestion, pollution and crime.

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