Same question, every candidate · League of Women Voters forum
Ballot issue 2J, the residential vacancy excise tax, would be a tax of approximately $4,000 on residential property vacant for more than half the year. Do you support this tax and will it generate enough income to pay for administering this complex program? (30 seconds)
Asked at the League of Women Voters of Boulder County City Council and Mayoral Candidate Forums, September 26, 2026.
Each page shows one forum question and every candidate we quote on it, in ballot order. There are no scores. We mark yes or no only when the candidate said it outright. A blank means they didn't, so read the quote. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording.
| Candidate | Said yes/no | In their words |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Gilbert | I lean towards the yes. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:28:03 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) | |
| Sam Fuqua | Yes | I'm a yes. I would consider raising it Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:28:19 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Ryan Schuchard | Yes | I'm also a yes. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:28:56 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Jamillah Richmond | Yes | I say yes to this. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:29:29 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Benita Duran | No | I am opposed to it and would be voting no. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:29:53 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Rachel Rose Isaacson | I'm really happy that we finally get to make a decision about this. I think homes are for people Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them. Transcript note: Supports implicitly; no explicit yes/no in the transcript. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:30:34 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) | |
| Dave Martus | No | No, and it's for the exact second half of the question, the complexity of administrating it. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:24:55 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Scott Rendleman | Yes | I do support that measure. We need to disincentivize people from having homes that they don't occupy. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:25:20 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Jill Grano | Yes | 35% are verifiably second homes. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:25:54 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) Yeah, I absolutely support it. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:25:54 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Ryan Jamieson | No | Yeah, I'm against this because I don't think that the juice is worth the squeeze. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:26:24 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Lynn Segal | We should have a vacancy tax, but it should be much, much higher. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:26:56 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) | |
| Tina Marquis | Yes | Yeah, I support this tax and actually it was part of my campaign three years ago. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:27:34 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
Yes or no refers to 2J (the vacancy tax), marked only when the candidate said it outright. A blank means they didn't say.
If a candidate isn't listed, we didn't quote them on this question. They may have been absent or not called on.