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- From: waveland@carson.u.washington.edu (Eric Holeman)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Attention Skiers Boycotting Colorado
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 10:23:43 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- References: <1992Dec28.002329.7047@flood.com> <23033@drutx.ATT.COM>
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- In article <23033@drutx.ATT.COM> kpm@druhi.ATT.com
- (Kevin Malloy (DoD #106)) writes:
-
- >It is unfortunate that a boycott of Colorado is going to hurt the areas
- >that voted no. Denver's convention business is going to be hurt, and
- >the City and County of Denver voted no 40-60%. (The Denver metro area
- >barely defeated the amendment though, 49.8-50.2%.)
-
- I assume to repeal the amendment, we'll have to come up with 4%
- of the vote somewhere. You take 'em where you can get 'em, and
- the Denver metro area is about half of the state's population.
- A big chunk of the state. A lot of the repeal votes are gonna
- have to come from there. The boycott will remind all Coloradoans that
- they need to come up with those voes somewhere, somehow, or else.
-
- If any good comes of all this, it will be when we see Colorado
- sufficiently shamed that it passes a repeal.
-
- >But, there are only two ways for out-of-staters to show their
- >outrage at Colorado for passing Amendment 2 -- a boycott (which has
- >been keeping Amendment #2 in the news since the election) and by
- >sending money to organizations fighting Amendment 2.
-
- I like the boycott for just that reason. Keeping it in the news is
- important even if it doesn't cost Colorado a dime. But it will
- Much though I'd love to ski in Colorado this year, I won't.
- Nor will I change planes in Denver. That 's about $506
- right there that Colorado will miss. Tough luck, guys, you
- had your chance. If a boycott is to have any effect, we
- gotta follow through and make it hurt.
-
- Hope to see y'all in Colorado for a victory party in '94. Is there
- already a repeal movement under way?
-
-