This race / other · 2026

Lisa Ann Jacobs

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

Fiscal sustainability and core services, economic vitality, transportation and street safety.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 7:42 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Lisa Ann Jacobs

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

they're getting too low fines where people are not doing jail time for serious crimes.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 8:23 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Taishya Adams

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I would also put climate justice and climate resilience at the top of my list. We have had the warmest and the driest of the seasons that we've ever had before.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 9:22 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Taishya Adams

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

And lastly, public safety for all. ICE is here. We have increased discrimination issues across our community and it's time to make sure that the council is leading on public oversight.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 9:37 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Aaron Brockett

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

my top three priorities will be increasing the availability and affordability of housing, increasing our wildfire preparation and resilience, and also streamlining our regulations and permitting to make it easier to work with the city of Boulder.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 10:00 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Fred Smith

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

there's a thing called TABR and we need to go over TABR on this because we could do a petition drive in one week that would pay for itself.

Transcript note: 'TABR' = TABOR (Whisper spelling).

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 10:45 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Aquiles La Grave

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

We need an independent city auditor that reports directly to council and is looking at the performance of our programs

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 12:15 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Aquiles La Grave

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

Fire is an existential threat to Boulder. We must address it. We must address it immediately.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 12:51 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Lee Gilbert

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I have one single priority and that is to oppose transportation projects that make things worse.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 15:49 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Lee Gilbert

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

the changes they made on baseline are absolutely terrible. They ignored accident data and they made it more dangerous for bicycles than it was before.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 16:06 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Sam Fuqua

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

Housing is my top priority. My family benefited from that in the 1990s and I'm going to work hard to make sure families today and tomorrow have those same opportunities.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 13:28 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Ryan Schuchard

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

One, to lower the cost of living for everyone. Number two, to adapt our community to a world that it wasn't built for. Three, to make our local government more predictable and effective.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 14:49 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Ryan Schuchard

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

We're getting infill housing combined with transportation strategies that allow people to structurally get around more efficiently.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 15:07 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Jamillah Richmond

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I am a single parent that lives in affordable housing. And so my first priority would be housing. Housing that is accessible to the lowest wages of us and our middle income earners.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 16:42 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Benita Duran

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

Wildfire mitigation needs to happen. It needs to be more aggressive here in Boulder.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 18:19 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Tara Winer

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

we need to reduce red tape so people and businesses can get stuff done.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 19:11 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Tara Winer

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

we need sales tax revenue to pay for all the stuff that we love so much.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 19:38 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Rachel Rose Isaacson

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

We need to modernize our land use code to create little income housing ownership through inflow redevelopment streamline permitting

Transcript note: Likely 'middle income housing ownership through infill redevelopment' (Whisper).

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 20:06 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Rachel Rose Isaacson

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I support a independent performance audit to evaluate outcomes, strengthen long term planning and rebuild public trust.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 20:17 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Scott Rendleman

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

We are headed in the right direction with the community wildfire protection plan.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 21:29 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Scott Rendleman

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

my third priority is to increase affordable housing through increasing the supply.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 21:49 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Jill Grano

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

in Boulder, a full time minimum wage job pays about 40% of AMI. And only 0.7% of our housing stock is available to that income category.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 22:27 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Jill Grano

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

So, no, I can't say we're on the right track, but I believe we can get there and I'm running to be part of that change.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 23:05 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Ryan Jamieson

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

We have a Kafkaesque sort of process to be able to get approvals for building housing, for opening businesses

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 23:32 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Ryan Jamieson

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

we can't do anything about climate change if our city is on fire.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 24:01 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Lynn Segal

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

They're going up to seven stories and it's absolutely unsustainable for us to have this much development.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 24:55 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Lynn Segal

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

It doesn't matter how much housing you put here. Everyone's going to come and it's going to be higher.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 25:20 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Tina Marquis

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

Trying to find more middle income housing, making sure that our climate is resilient, working hard on safety, including safety from wildfire

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 25:53 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Aquiles La Grave

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

Have we laid the groundwork to be successful at Area 3? I don't believe we have. Where's the money going to come from?

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 45:43 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Lee Gilbert

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I would not have funded RGB so many years ago if I knew that they weren't going to actually get service to Boulder.

Transcript note: 'RGB' = RTD (Whisper).

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 59:56 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Rachel Rose Isaacson

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

it would be important to utilize our limited resources where the high risk areas are because that's going to keep us all safe.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 53:58 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Scott Rendleman

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I've come around on that issue because as I have seen buildings along 28 that are higher, we're able to increase the supply of housing.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 57:57 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Ryan Jamieson

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

my opinion has turned, and I don't think that we should take on such a large chunk of debt. I think we should prove first that we can actually execute against smaller projects before we take on bigger ones.

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Moderator said only 'Ryan'; Schuchard had already answered in this round, and speaker's bond stance matches Jamieson's.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 59:22 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Lynn Segal

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I don't want Iran to have nuclear capability. And I don't want Israel to have nuclear capability because we can't afford war anymore.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 56:58 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Lisa Ann Jacobs

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I will not not charge for parking. Parking is a significant source of revenue for the city.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:49:13 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Taishya Adams

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I think that the council needs to take a stronger role in setting direction and holding ourselves accountable to the goals and the activities and the budgets that we set.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:50:47 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Sam Fuqua

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

I would like to work with Tina on this persistent problem of the missing middle income housing.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:54:57 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Jill Grano

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

we would work really well together in trying to streamline that process and reform Title IX and make it a more predictable process.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:01:25 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Taishya Adams

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

Clean air, clean water, food that is close, that is clean, that is of high quality.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 10:02 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Taishya Adams

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

Having plans with measures and metrics and budget impacts to them

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 10:47 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Aaron Brockett

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

we've created thousands of housing units, but more importantly, hundreds and hundreds of permanently affordable housing units.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 13:33 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Aquiles La Grave

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

we need to be asking for a governing vision and be measuring the vision time after time.

Transcript note: Name garbled in transcript.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 29:11 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Sam Fuqua

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

We recognize that density and access to transit are sustainability values.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 21:10 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Sam Fuqua

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

We have to fund our infrastructure. We have to fund emerging needs like wildfire risk mitigation, energy efficiency

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 21:39 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Ryan Schuchard

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

I focus on helping to cut the cost of living, adapt our community to a world it wasn't built for, and make our government more predictable and effective.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 11:31 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Jamillah Richmond

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

I care about my neighbors, my neighbors who are changing very, very frequently because they can't afford to stay here.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 15:59 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Benita Duran

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

I'm a candidate for the working families, the working people of our community, to see that we're more inclusive, that we provide that economic power so that people can make it.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 18:01 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Tara Winer

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

I do care about taking care of core responsibilities like open space, bike paths, rec centers, parks, public spaces, potholes, snow and ice removals.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 7:16 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Tara Winer

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

starting a permanent farmers market where we can not only help farmers, but people can come and start new business ideas without having heavy overhead.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 8:24 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Dave Martus

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

I think that fiscal stewardship is a key trait to bring as part of the city council team.

Transcript note: Name transcribed 'Dave Martis'.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 19:40 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Jill Grano

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

We have an influx of big institutional capital like we've never seen before.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 26:09 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Ryan Jamieson

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

So I want to be able to bring forth a city auditor

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 33:39 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Tina Marquis

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

I think we're creating more transparency and usability in our budget, but we can build a lot more bridges

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 23:46 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Taishya Adams

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

We need to invest in our values, and our budget doesn't currently reflect that.

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Last drawn name; speaker says 'as mayor'.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:00 · (Pt 4/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Aaron Brockett

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

In fact, in 2024 we granted $1.4 million and that's since gone up to $2 million as of 2026.

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Fifth of drawn names; speaker describes joining council in 2015.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 24:36 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Jameson Goldstein

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

I would say that artists are a lot more important than businessmen because they create the culture that businessmen operate within.

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Third of drawn names (Winer, Jamieson, Goldstein, Martus, Segal).

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 16:34 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Fred Smith

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

if we build it tomorrow, it'd be the cheapest time to build it.

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Sixth of drawn names; Pt 4 opens with this speaker.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 0:28 · (Pt 4/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Aquiles La Grave

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

I really do believe that the art holds the key for our economic recovery

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 23:21 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Sam Fuqua

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

another thing I will prioritize in addition to these common themes is access to the arts for everybody.

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Fifth of last seven drawn names; speaker cites managing a children's arts nonprofit.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 30:56 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Jamillah Richmond

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

It is important that as we look forward, that we think about creating funding and supporting funding for the arts

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 27:38 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Benita Duran

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

We need an implementation plan that relates to arts and cultural investment

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 20:04 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Tara Winer

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

So I want us to remain relevant and dynamic and reduce red tape

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 14:35 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Rachel Rose Isaacson

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

the average income from being an artist in Boulder is under $19,000.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 28:21 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Dave Martus

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

fiscal transparency and good stewardship of capital. And why is that important to the arts? Because through that, I think we can make the pie bigger.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 17:35 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Scott Rendleman

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

Art funding should be transparent so that we can tell our community members when we spend on art funding that it was worthwhile and enriched the community.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 26:39 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Ryan Jamieson

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

We say that we value the arts, but we make it hard to open up a gallery.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 15:30 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Lynn Segal

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

Every development that goes on here just increases the wealth disparity

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Fifth of drawn names.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 18:49 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Tina Marquis

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

If I'm reelected, I hope to continue to focus on how we prioritize funding

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Third of drawn names (Duran, Jacobs, Marquis, La Grave, Brockett).

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 22:34 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Lee Gilbert

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

A vote for me is a vote of no confidence in Boulder's road projects.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 8:29 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Sam Fuqua

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

We all know too many families can't afford to live in our town, and that's why affordable housing is my top priority.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 9:24 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Ryan Schuchard

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

First, to cut the cost of living so that everybody can afford to live here.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 10:43 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Jamillah Richmond

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

We have a lot of people that are working here but not living here because they can't afford to and I think that that is an issue.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 11:51 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Tara Winer

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I take accessibility and availability to the community seriously, which is why I give out my cell phone number

Transcript note: Winer was absent (out of state); moderator read her submitted statement per League policy.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 13:50 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Rachel Rose Isaacson

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

we are facing rising cost of living, job loss, structural deficit, and increased wildfire risk.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 15:11 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Dave Martus

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

the superpower I would bring to council is financial acumen.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 16:01 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Scott Rendleman

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I will advocate for the people who feel that their voices have not been heard.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 17:33 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Jill Grano

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

we've built 4,000 units in the last decade, and our non-resident population hasn't grown by one single person.

Transcript note: 'non-resident' likely 'resident' (Whisper); at the Chamber forum she said 'our population has not grown by one single person'.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 18:20 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Jill Grano

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

pair supply with demand and look at investor-driven acquisitions on the Hill in particular.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 18:30 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Ryan Jamieson

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I'm also pushing to create a independent city auditor, and I'm going to focus significantly on wildfire remediation.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 19:30 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Lynn Segal

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

And I'm against CU South. I'm for municipalization.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 19:58 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Lynn Segal

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

$40 million for Alpine Balsam, now $366 million. Not OK.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 20:38 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Tina Marquis

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

The other piece that I am focused on is more sticky housing. This is the kind of housing where someone can stay, not just rent for one to two years

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 21:25 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Lee Gilbert

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

These projects are expensive. They're not efficient. They're not needed. And the city never allows a public vote on these issues.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 34:03 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Sam Fuqua

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I think the city is generally moving in the right direction on all three, but there is still work to be done

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 22:27 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Ryan Schuchard

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I start with wildfire and getting really focused on a plan to give us a five to ten year adoption curve

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 23:21 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Ryan Schuchard

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

being very careful to protect the climate budget and the climate programming that we have

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 23:47 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Jamillah Richmond

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

We can have as many units as we want to build, but if people can't afford to move into them, then that doesn't create availability or accessibility.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 24:24 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Benita Duran

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

One relates to the Land Use Code and Title IX, updating that, getting a process in place

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 25:24 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Benita Duran

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I'd like to see more consistent profit and loss statements that are shared with the public

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 25:58 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Rachel Rose Isaacson

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

So the top priority for me is going to be wildfire and climate resilience.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 26:23 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Dave Martus

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I think the bond issue that's coming up is going to be a no, and it's not a no because people don't agree with supporting these facilities.

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Scott Rendleman

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

My priority would be to have a pilot of a performance auditor to see where our programs are working well and where they need improvement.

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Jill Grano

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

we've gone from a generative city to an extractive one.

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Jill Grano

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I think the DDA was a prime example of really poor outreach and stakeholder engagement.

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Ryan Jamieson

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

We are just one windy day away from our own marshal fire event.

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Lynn Segal

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

The four bungalows next to the library are going to be demolished for senior affordable housing. This is not okay.

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Tina Marquis

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I want to create a capital infrastructure advisory panel with community members

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Lisa Ann Jacobs

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I changed my view to believe that the election is publicly corrupt.

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Taishya Adams

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I do believe that there is a need for stronger council driven direction and participation.

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Taishya Adams

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

But also in land back and I think when we think about area three, we should consider land back.

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Aaron Brockett

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

So that's changed my mind on retroactivity requirements.

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Jameson Goldstein

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

So I think we need to reduce pathways for transient homeless people to come into Boulder

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Fred Smith

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I really wrestle around with the amount of spending on rich schools to poor schools.

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Aquiles La Grave

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

we need to move towards a two year budget like other cities around us have.

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Lee Gilbert

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

the RTD tax, where we were promised rail service, I was supported that. I definitely would not support it now.

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Sam Fuqua

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I know we have no money to actually do this for the foreseeable future, but I'm now in favor of that change.

Transcript note: Refers to Iris Avenue CAN redesign.

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Ryan Schuchard

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

We need a council level task force or a committee that is going to get our arms around how to practically minimize the occurrences

Transcript note: On grid power outages / Xcel.

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Jamillah Richmond

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Initially, I was a yes on the $400 million bond, but after listening and studying more and reflecting, I changed my mind.

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Benita Duran

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I think the city should have put a pause on the plans for that project

Transcript note: Alpine-Balsam.

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Rachel Rose Isaacson

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

the more equitable strategy is allocating resources to the most high risk areas

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Dave Martus

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I think the DDA can help deliver that.

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Scott Rendleman

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I believe in certain areas it's appropriate to increase our height so that we can have more housing.

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Jill Grano

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

really changed how I think about how we need to address housing on the hill and protect that neighborhood a little bit more.

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Ryan Jamieson

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

a commercial vacancy tax is a penalty, basically kicking somebody who's already down.

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Lynn Segal

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

The wealth disparity in Boulder has eviscerated the middle class, and that's why we are closing our schools.

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Tina Marquis

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I think that a limited view of Area 3 and starting to accelerate that process is a good idea.

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Lisa Ann Jacobs

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I am the people's choice of Boulder

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Taishya Adams

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I bring an insider-outsider perspective as someone who's been able to serve on city council

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Taishya Adams

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

The most important is making sure that our city's staff and our city's council get in right relationship with each other.

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Aaron Brockett

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I've dug deep into the policy work of the city with a particular focus on equity and sustainability.

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Aaron Brockett

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

if I'm reelected to a final two-year term, I pledge to continue that work

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Jameson Goldstein

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I think it's very important that we bring back a people-first approach.

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Jameson Goldstein

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

we return to making our decisions by taking the inputs of the citizens of Boulder first, instead of implementing top-down measures.

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Jameson Goldstein

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Right now, we process 6 billion gallons of water a year, and 2 billion of those gallons are used for lawns.

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Fred Smith

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

And I think this is by City Income Tax to help supplement sales tax.

Transcript note: Whisper renders the name as 'Instead or Smith'.

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Aquiles La Grave

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

When we arrived here as immigrants, Boulder took a family facing housing and food insecurity and launched them on a journey of opportunity.

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Aquiles La Grave

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I'm running for Mayor to make Boulder work as well as our values to serve.

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Lisa Ann Jacobs

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

That means basically focusing on reducing taxes because Boulder has way too high taxes.

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Taishya Adams

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I'd say the newest initiative would be updating our 2017 agricultural plan.

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Aaron Brockett

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

I think the time has come for us also to require existing homes to implement certain amounts of wildfire hardening.

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Jameson Goldstein

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

would be to begin the removal of flock cameras in Boulder.

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Fred Smith

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

do four hours of community service a month

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Aquiles La Grave

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

That means ensuring that nothing is moving forward to council without answering five questions.

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