Reasons to Vote NO on the creation of the
Denver Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission
Item 1.
Initiative 300 promotes a belief system that space aliens are visiting us, based solely on stories, but no actual physical evidence. While everyone is entitled to his or her own beliefs, the Denver City government should not be used as a platform to promote a belief system.(More...)
Item 2.
Initiative 300 claims it will be funded through “grants, gifts, and donations”, but offers no guarantee of such funding. The Denver Budget and Management Director has determined that Initiative 300 would have required expenses. If these hoped-for “grants, gifts, and donations” are not forthcoming, the taxpayers will be stuck with the tab. And again, we should not allow the government to institutionalize a belief system, regardless of the funding issues.(More...)
Item 3.
Initiative 300 is often presented as addressing a "Public Safety Issue". It would be common sense for a ballot initiative that is addressing a public safety issue to supply the details of the specific risks involved, a budget and schedule for addressing these risks, and a list of clear metrics so the public may later determine if the safety issue has been successfully addressed. Initiative 300 provides none of these things.(More...)
Item 4.
Initiative 300 requires each member of its commission to be a “knowledgeable expert in some area related to extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles.” Because there are no standard or objective criteria to measure such knowledge, the Mayor would have no sound metrics for evaluating applicants’ credentials for appointment to the commission.(More...)
Item 5.
Initiative 300 supporters claim it is needed to force disclosure of government information on extraterrestrials, but it does not give the commission any power to actually do this. The primary power of the ballot initiative is to allow its supporters to publish their opinions about space aliens, and information on their claims of secret cancer cures and other alien technologies, on the city web site. The supporters of this initiative can do that on their own web sites, avoiding any impact on Denver city resources.(More...)
Item 6.
Initiative 300 promotional materials consist mostly of celebrity stories of UFOs (including, of course, from Elvis), and claims of government conspiracies (again, with no real evidence). But Initiative 300 is not about determining whether or not any of these claims are true. It just asks you to believe them, and to believe that space aliens are visiting us. If the supporters really had proof of this, they would show it to you now to insure the initiative’s passage. But they only present stories about UFO sightings and rumors and conspiracies. Without such proof, Initiative 300 is all flash, no substance, and just a big waste of time, money, and effort.
A recent poll of Denver City Council
District Two has already shown what the public opinion is:
