Same question, every candidate · League of Women Voters forum
Ballot measure 2K: Boulder voters will consider authorizing up to $400 million in new debt through additional property taxes for recreation, public safety and other city facilities. Do you support this measure? Why or why not?
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Ann Jacobs | It would be financial suicide to take that amount of debt. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:30:52 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) | |
| Taishya Adams | Initially, I was a yes to this $400 million bond Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:31:48 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) I realized that there's really a lack of community support and the need to do more trust building and collective buy-in. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:32:12 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) | |
| Aaron Brockett | Yes | So I do support the bond and here's why. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:32:49 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) construction cost inflation is going up higher than the rate of interest that we would be paying on the bond. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:33:07 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Jameson Goldstein | No | I 100 percent do not support this measure. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:28:01 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) If we want to do a bond we need to bring it from the bottom up instead of having City Council propose the bond. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:28:29 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
| Fred Smith | I think we could get a lot of fixes for half and then two or four years come back and ask for the second half Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:29:21 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) | |
| Aquiles La Grave | No | In one measure, we are being asked to more than double it. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:30:09 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) are fully against it? So no. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:30:39 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube) |
Yes or no refers to 2K (the $400 million bond), 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.