| Should the Iron Horse organizers refund registration fees? | |
| Total 958 votes cast. | |
| Yes, a full refund | 42.28% |
|
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| Yes, but only a partial refund | 29.65% |
|
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| No | 28.08% |
|
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| When it comes to the natural-gas industry, should the state: | |
| Total 1367 votes cast. | |
| Toughen regulations | 42.79% |
|
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| Loosen regulations | 29.70% |
|
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| Keep regulations the same | 27.51% |
|
|
| Should Paddy Lynch resign from the 9-R board? | |
| Total 1311 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 64.00% |
|
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| No | 36.00% |
|
|
| Would Hillary Clinton hurt or help the Democrats as a VP candidate? | |
| Total 1746 votes cast. | |
| Hurt | 56.59% |
|
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| Help | 33.33% |
|
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| Don't know | 10.08% |
|
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| Should the city annex Twin Buttes and the planned 558 homes? | |
| Total 1717 votes cast. | |
| Yes, it will benefit the city’s tax base. | 47.00% |
|
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| No, it will be a drain on city services. | 34.65% |
|
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| Don’t care. | 9.90% |
|
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| Don’t know. | 8.44% |
|
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| After the Iron Horse was canceled, did you ride your bicycle to Silverton over the holiday weekend anyway? | |
| Total 1099 votes cast. | |
| No | 81.62% |
|
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| Yes | 12.65% |
|
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| I tried | 5.73% |
|
|
| Should the city help residents finance solar-power projects (i.e. electricity, hot water)? | |
| Total 1885 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 55.33% |
|
|
| No | 41.11% |
|
|
| Don’t know/don’t care | 3.55% |
|
|
| With gasoline prices rising, will you buy a car with better mileage? | |
| Total 1709 votes cast. | |
| No | 39.03% |
|
|
| I'm considering it. | 34.93% |
|
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| Already bought one. | 26.04% |
|
|
| How often do you check your bank for your “economic stimulus” money? | |
| Total 1410 votes cast. | |
| Never | 47.87% |
|
|
| What Money? | 26.17% |
|
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| Daily | 23.33% |
|
|
| Hourly | 2.62% |
|
|
| Will gas prices affect your travel plans this summer? | |
| Total 2007 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 76.08% |
|
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| No | 23.92% |
|
|
| Should 4.0 students wear white robes at DHS graduation? | |
| Total 2330 votes cast. | |
| Yes. They’ve earned it. | 77.34% |
|
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| No. Every student is special. | 22.66% |
|
|
| What’s the best way to provide affordable housing? | |
| Total 1298 votes cast. | |
| Increase wages. | 51.31% |
|
|
| Low-interest loans. | 31.28% |
|
|
| Inclusionary zoning ordinance. | 10.63% |
|
|
| Deed restrictions. | 6.78% |
|
|
| Will you support the proposed $14.5 million bond to rebuild Florida Road? | |
| Total 1724 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 50.58% |
|
|
| No | 33.24% |
|
|
| Don’t care (I live in the county) | 16.18% |
|
|
| Should police videotape protesters in Durango? | |
| Total 2043 votes cast. | |
| No, it’s an act of intimidation. | 45.62% |
|
|
| Yes, they need to keep the peace. | 43.22% |
|
|
| Don’t know/don’t care. | 11.16% |
|
|
| Is it OK for police officers to have personal MySpace pages? | |
| Total 2035 votes cast. | |
| Yes, their private life is not public. | 50.81% |
|
|
| Yes, but only within professional limits. | 36.61% |
|
|
| No, it compromises their ability to do their job. | 9.63% |
|
|
| No, just to keep the peace (at work). | 2.95% |
|
|
| Is the county spending too much on the jail? | |
| Total 1496 votes cast. | |
| No. We need to lock up criminals. | 48.80% |
|
|
| Yes. There are better alternatives to incarceration. | 39.91% |
|
|
| Not sure. | 11.30% |
|
|
| Why did Shalee Cunningham withdraw her application for 9-R superintendent? | |
| Total 968 votes cast. | |
| The 9-R School Board mishandled the process. | 37.81% |
|
|
| Because of the Herald (again, darn us). | 29.24% |
|
|
| The teachers’ union expressed its opposition. | 20.76% |
|
|
| She realized the district is going through some changes. | 12.19% |
|
|
| Was the verdict appropriate for Derrick Begaye? | |
| Total 1661 votes cast. | |
| no | 61.17% |
|
|
| Who is Derrick Begaye? | 21.73% |
|
|
| yes | 17.10% |
|
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| Was the verdict appropriate for Derrick Begaye? | |
| Total 5 votes cast. | |
| No | 100.00% |
|
|
| Is the city doing a good job repairing potholes? | |
| Total 1790 votes cast. | |
| no | 85.03% |
|
|
| yes | 14.97% |
|
|
| Should the city’s Interim Development Ordinance be withdrawn? | |
| Total 1280 votes cast. | |
| What’s an Interim Development Ordinance? | 52.66% |
|
|
| Yes. More work is needed on the proposal. | 37.34% |
|
|
| No. It is ready as is. | 10.00% |
|
|
| Is the city doing a good job removing snow? | |
| Total 1734 votes cast. | |
| No | 51.67% |
|
|
| Yes | 48.33% |
|
|
| Did you participate in Tuesday’s caucuses? | |
| Total 1601 votes cast. | |
| No | 74.52% |
|
|
| Yes | 25.48% |
|
|
| Did you participate in Tuesday’s caucuses? | |
| Total 0 votes cast. |
| Does the federal “economic stimulus” package have merit? | |
| Total 2271 votes cast. | |
| No, it’s just a feeble attempt by Congress to buy my support. | 57.60% |
|
|
| Doesn’t matter: I’ll take the money and run either way. | 33.73% |
|
|
| Yes, $150 billion will turn this economy around. | 8.67% |
|
|
| When will Durango home prices rebound? | |
| Total 1800 votes cast. | |
| Later | 46.94% |
|
|
| Sooner | 32.22% |
|
|
| Never | 20.83% |
|
|
| Will adequate-infrastructure ordinances interfere with growth in Durango? | |
| Total 1074 votes cast. | |
| No | 58.85% |
|
|
| Yes | 41.15% |
|
|
| What grade does the city deserve for its snow-plowing efforts? | |
| Total 1765 votes cast. | |
| B | 28.90% |
|
|
| C | 26.29% |
|
|
| A | 22.78% |
|
|
| D | 12.35% |
|
|
| F | 9.69% |
|
|
| Did you make a New Year’s resolution? | |
| Total 1764 votes cast. | |
| No | 74.32% |
|
|
| Yes | 25.68% |
|
|
| What was the top local news story of 2007? | |
| Total 1310 votes cast. | |
| Closure of Valley Wide clinic spurs healthcare panic | 44.20% |
|
|
| Worst bear season ever | 15.73% |
|
|
| Rocktober – Entire state paralyzed by World Series frenzy | 11.15% |
|
|
| New City Council makes waves | 10.00% |
|
|
| Downtown sidewalk project polarizes local business owners | 7.71% |
|
|
| To build or not to build a regional park in Grandview | 6.34% |
|
|
| Bob Ledger and Michael Scannell retire as city and county managers | 4.89% |
|
|
| Should Durango have an urban growth boundary? | |
| Total 1167 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 70.69% |
|
|
| No | 29.31% |
|
|
| Will an environmental group’s scorecard influence where you ski? | |
| Total 1502 votes cast. | |
| No | 73.10% |
|
|
| Yes | 26.90% |
|
|
| What’s the best way to provide affordable housing in Durango? | |
| Total 1853 votes cast. | |
| Increase wages. | 44.14% |
|
|
| Nothing, let market forces work. | 39.34% |
|
|
| Public assistance (Regional Housing Alliance). | 16.51% |
|
|
| Where will you do most of your Christmas shopping? | |
| Total 1270 votes cast. | |
| Internet | 43.07% |
|
|
| Local merchants | 33.70% |
|
|
| Other (New Mexico, etc.) | 23.23% |
|
|
| The city’s 2008 budget may be in the red $500,000. What should be cut? | |
| Total 1275 votes cast. | |
| Goeglein Gulch bridge ($350,000). | 39.76% |
|
|
| Snowmaking at Chapman Hill ($300,000). | 32.86% |
|
|
| DFRA’s 27% requested increase ($588,000) | 25.73% |
|
|
| Other. Send your idea to Ted Holteen | 1.65% |
|
|
| Should the city require home buyers to pay for affordable housing? | |
| Total 1676 votes cast. | |
| No | 82.40% |
|
|
| yes | 17.60% |
|
|
| Does the city need a $1.15 million bridge across Goeglein Gulch Road? | |
| Total 1520 votes cast. | |
| No | 80.79% |
|
|
| Yes | 19.21% |
|
|
| Should the city require developers to provide affordable housing? | |
| Total 1687 votes cast. | |
| - Yes. | 62.42% |
|
|
| - No. | 37.58% |
|
|
| How much should the new 9-R superintendent be paid? | |
| Total 41 votes cast. | |
| $50,000-$75,000 | 36.59% |
|
|
| $75,000-$100,000 | 34.15% |
|
|
| $100,000-$125,000 | 14.63% |
|
|
| Whatever they can negotiate. | 12.20% |
|
|
| $125,000-$150,000 | 2.44% |
|
|
| How much should the new 9-R superintendent be paid? | |
| Total 1352 votes cast. | |
| - $50,000-$75,000 | 29.88% |
|
|
| - $75,000-$100,000 | 27.44% |
|
|
| - Whatever they can negotiate. | 19.23% |
|
|
| - $100,000-$125,000 | 14.05% |
|
|
| - $125,000-$150,000 | 9.39% |
|
|
| Do you think Animas High School will succeed? | |
| Total 1042 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 60.56% |
|
|
| No | 39.44% |
|
|
| How will the Rockies fare in the World Series? | |
| Total 1820 votes cast. | |
| Win | 61.10% |
|
|
| Don't Care | 17.47% |
|
|
| Sweep | 11.87% |
|
|
| Lose | 9.56% |
|
|
| How important is the public’s input in hiring a new city manager? | |
| Total 1120 votes cast. | |
| Very. The public should be in the process from the beginning. | 50.71% |
|
|
| Moderate. It’s enough to meet the four finalists. | 25.36% |
|
|
| Low. It’s the City Council’s job. | 23.93% |
|
|
| How do you like to read the Herald? | |
| Total 1549 votes cast. | |
| Web | 50.23% |
|
|
| Both | 39.77% |
|
|
| 10.01% | |
|
|
| Is the city of Durango spending too much for consultants? | |
| Total 1229 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 89.67% |
|
|
| No | 10.33% |
|
|
| What should be a passing grade for 9-R students? | |
| Total 1769 votes cast. | |
| C | 61.96% |
|
|
| D | 27.42% |
|
|
| B | 5.37% |
|
|
| F | 3.05% |
|
|
| A | 2.20% |
|
|
| Are new sidewalks needed in downtown Durango? | |
| Total 1609 votes cast. | |
| No | 66.56% |
|
|
| Yes | 33.44% |
|
|
| What is your opinion of City Council’s resolution against the war in Iraq? | |
| Total 2330 votes cast. | |
| - War, out-of-state power plants – it’s irrelevant. City Council should stick to city business |
31.80% |
|
|
| - Right on. It’s an unjust war and democracy starts at home | 31.55% |
|
|
| - Treasonous. When America is at war, it’s our duty to support the troops. I’m embarrassed. |
25.62% |
|
|
| - A bit much. I’m against the war, but council has no right to speak for me at the federal level |
11.03% |
|
|
| What is the priority for a regional park in Grandview? | |
| Total 1625 votes cast. | |
| - High: Get right on it. | 38.71% |
|
|
| - Low: Buy open space instead. | 35.63% |
|
|
| - Medium: Take care of parks in town first. | 25.66% |
|
|
| Have bears inside city limits toppled your garbage cans? | |
| Total 1068 votes cast. | |
| No | 64.79% |
|
|
| Yes | 35.21% |
|
|
| How should the State of Colorado regulate off-road ATV use? | |
| Total 1973 votes cast. | |
| Must have a driver’s license to ride | 49.82% |
|
|
| No regulation at all – ride at your own risk, any age | 27.67% |
|
|
| Minimum age of 13 to ride an ATV | 22.50% |
|
|
| Should the state allow the city of Durango to have water dedicated for a kayak park? | |
| Total 1841 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 53.83% |
|
|
| No | 46.17% |
|
|
| Did you attend any of the Fiesta Days activities? | |
| Total 1341 votes cast. | |
| No | 85.46% |
|
|
| Yes | 14.54% |
|
|
| Where do you find the cheapest flights? | |
| Total 1720 votes cast. | |
| Albuquerque | 90.70% |
|
|
| Farmington | 4.71% |
|
|
| Durango | 4.59% |
|
|
| Are you in favor of the Tamarron land swap? | |
| Total 1260 votes cast. | |
| No | 81.83% |
|
|
| Yes | 18.17% |
|
|
| Does Durango need a hostel? | |
| Total 1764 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 62.59% |
|
|
| No | 37.41% |
|
|
| Should a medical marijuana clinic be allowed in Durango? | |
| Total 2750 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 63.45% |
|
|
| No | 36.55% |
|
|
| Since the smoking ban went into effect, has your experience at restaurants, bars and other establishments been: | |
| Total 2046 votes cast. | |
| Improved | 73.70% |
|
|
| About the same | 16.76% |
|
|
| Worsened | 9.53% |
|
|
| Do you believe the 90-day jail sentence Matthew Kispert received for punching and killing FLC student Jonathan Shepard was | |
| Total 1963 votes cast. | |
| Too lenient | 72.19% |
|
|
| Just right | 22.26% |
|
|
| Too harsh | 5.55% |
|
|
| Should the Herald run photos of people engaged in unsafe activities? | |
| Total 1448 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 64.85% |
|
|
| No | 35.15% |
|
|
| Should the thinning on Animas City Mountain be done: | |
| Total 1342 votes cast. | |
| A mix of the two | 44.26% |
|
|
| By hand | 27.05% |
|
|
| Not at all | 14.83% |
|
|
| By hydromower | 13.86% |
|
|
| Is the proposed 241,000-square-foot development on East Second Avenue: | |
| Total 1286 votes cast. | |
| - Too big. | 70.76% |
|
|
| - Just about right. | 21.07% |
|
|
| - Too small. | 8.16% |
|
|
| Will Al Gore run for president? | |
| Total 1453 votes cast. | |
| No | 72.61% |
|
|
| yes | 27.39% |
|
|
| What should the city do with the Day house? | |
| Total 1346 votes cast. | |
| Nothing. It's not the city's role to say. | 53.12% |
|
|
| Force the owner to fix it up. | 24.37% |
|
|
| Allow the owner to develop the property. | 22.51% |
|
|
| Will you ride in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic? | |
| Total 1139 votes cast. | |
| No | 90.43% |
|
|
| Yes | 9.57% |
|
|
| Should there be a temporary moratorium on riverfront development? | |
| Total 1695 votes cast. | |
| - Yes. | 71.74% |
|
|
| - No. | 28.26% |
|
|
| If you were a Southern Ute tribal member, would you support flying the U.S. flag on a construction crane? | |
| Total 1606 votes cast. | |
| Yes. | 67.75% |
|
|
| No. | 32.25% |
|
|
| Should the Southern Ute tribe be allowed to ban the U.S. flag on the reservation? | |
| Total 936 votes cast. | |
| No | 64.64% |
|
|
| Yes | 35.36% |
|
|
| Should 9-R release the survey it commissioned of high school parents, students and teachers? | |
| Total 1366 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 76.06% |
|
|
| No | 23.94% |
|
|
| Does Renee Parsons now have a majority voice, with Rendon, Meigs and Graham elected? | |
| Total 1057 votes cast. | |
| Not sure, but I hope not. | 48.91% |
|
|
| Not sure, but I hope so. | 21.29% |
|
|
| no | 15.89% |
|
|
| yes | 13.91% |
|
|
| Do you like the improvements at Buckley Park? | |
| Total 1158 votes cast. | |
| yes | 50.35% |
|
|
| no | 49.65% |
|
|
| Should the United States declare war on Iran? | |
| Total 2428 votes cast. | |
| no | 73.06% |
|
|
| yes | 26.94% |
|
|
| Does Durango need a transit center? | |
| Total 1460 votes cast. | |
| - Yes. | 53.84% |
|
|
| - No. | 46.16% |
|
|
| Do you think Mary Barter should be fired? | |
| Total 1387 votes cast. | |
| yes | 57.03% |
|
|
| no | 42.97% |
|
|
| Are affordable-housing efforts a public subsidy to employers with low-paying jobs? | |
| Total 1247 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 54.53% |
|
|
| No | 45.47% |
|
|
| Will you attend the Durango Independent Film Festival? | |
| Total 1344 votes cast. | |
| - No. | 78.94% |
|
|
| - Yes. | 21.06% |
|
|
| Will photo-ID badges increase security at 9-R? | |
| Total 1253 votes cast. | |
| no | 54.27% |
|
|
| yes | 45.73% |
|
|
| Will you visit the new Southern Ute casino? | |
| Total 2205 votes cast. | |
| - No. | 52.47% |
|
|
| - Yes. | 37.32% |
|
|
| - Not sure. | 10.20% |
|
|
| What’s your definition of open space? | |
| Total 2035 votes cast. | |
| Wilderness, trails, and parks. | 48.60% |
|
|
| Wilderness and trails. | 25.95% |
|
|
| Wilderness. | 19.61% |
|
|
| Wilderness, trails, parks and homes. | 5.85% |
|
|
| Should the city be banking 2A money specifically for open space? | |
| Total 1245 votes cast. | |
| Yes, a large pool of money is needed for future purchases. | 69.48% |
|
|
| No, the city’s budget is flexible enough to buy land as needed. | 30.52% |
|
|
| Is it OK for the city to place IOUs in the open-space fund? | |
| Total 16 votes cast. | |
| No. The money should stay in the bank. | 87.50% |
|
|
| Yes, it gives them more flexibility. | 12.50% |
|
|
| Should Congress continue to fund the war in Iraq? | |
| Total 1593 votes cast. | |
| no | 64.91% |
|
|
| yes | 35.09% |
|
|
| Should Congress continue to fund the war in Iraq? | |
| Total 2532 votes cast. | |
| No | 54.03% |
|
|
| yes | 45.97% |
|
|
| Who should pick a replacement commissioner for Bob Lieb? | |
| Total 1482 votes cast. | |
| The voters in his district. | 82.39% |
|
|
| His political party. | 17.61% |
|
|
| Should the maximum height for buildings downtown be cut from 70 to 55 feet? | |
| Total 1657 votes cast. | |
| yes | 54.44% |
|
|
| no | 45.56% |
|
|
| Should the U.S. send more troops to Iraq? | |
| Total 1996 votes cast. | |
| no | 71.99% |
|
|
| yes | 28.01% |
|
|
| Should the city spend $50,000 to see if snowmaking works at Chapman Hill? | |
| Total 2339 votes cast. | |
| no | 64.43% |
|
|
| yes | 35.57% |
|
|
| Should 9-R let students out early on Fridays? | |
| Total 1560 votes cast. | |
| no | 73.72% |
|
|
| yes | 26.28% |
|
|
| Will you ski at Purgatory this year? | |
| Total 2041 votes cast. | |
| no | 62.76% |
|
|
| yes | 37.24% |
|
|
| Is a peace sign an offensive holiday decoration? | |
| Total 2971 votes cast. | |
| no | 88.12% |
|
|
| yes | 11.88% |
|
|
| What’s your favorite way to cook a turkey? | |
| Total 1638 votes cast. | |
| Baked | 70.09% |
|
|
| Fried | 14.35% |
|
|
| After killing it myself | 8.24% |
|
|
| I'm eating "tofuturkey" | 6.17% |
|
|
| Microwaved | 1.16% |
|
|
| Should Shannon Richardson resign as chairwoman of the La Plata County Republican Party? | |
| Total 926 votes cast. | |
| yes | 64.15% |
|
|
| no | 35.85% |
|
|
| Did you vote? | |
| Total 2727 votes cast. | |
| - Yes. | 86.65% |
|
|
| - No. | 13.35% |
|
|
| Did you vote early? | |
| Total 1729 votes cast. | |
| yes | 54.95% |
|
|
| no | 45.05% |
|
|
| Was Jeff Skilling’s 24-year prison sentence just? | |
| Total 1294 votes cast. | |
| yes | 76.97% |
|
|
| no | 23.03% |
|
|
| Do you support the way the Bush administration has handled the war in Iraq? | |
| Total 3020 votes cast. | |
| no | 66.79% |
|
|
| yes | 33.21% |
|
|
| Do you think the local air is clean enough to handle pollution from the Desert Rock power plant? | |
| Total 1496 votes cast. | |
| no | 78.28% |
|
|
| yes | 21.72% |
|
|
| Do you think Durango schools are safe? | |
| Total 1343 votes cast. | |
| yes | 58.15% |
|
|
| no | 41.85% |
|
|
| Do you like the design of the new library? | |
| Total 759 votes cast. | |
| yes | 54.94% |
|
|
| no | 45.06% |
|
|
| Are you going to get a flu shot? | |
| Total 1560 votes cast. | |
| no | 57.76% |
|
|
| yes | 42.24% |
|
|
| For county commissioner, will you vote for: | |
| Total 1174 votes cast. | |
| - Joelle Riddle. | 49.49% |
|
|
| - Sheryl Ayers. | 34.07% |
|
|
| - Padraig Lynch. | 16.44% |
|
|
| Should 9-R ban fliers in schools from nonprofit groups? | |
| Total 1249 votes cast. | |
| no | 55.24% |
|
|
| yes | 44.76% |
|
|
| How interested are you in the JonBenet Ramsey case? | |
| Total 1964 votes cast. | |
| Not at all. | 51.93% |
|
|
| A little. | 38.24% |
|
|
| A lot. | 9.83% |
|
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| How many times did you go to the La Plata County Fair this year? | |
| Total 1392 votes cast. | |
| Zero. | 71.84% |
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| One. | 16.59% |
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| Two to four. | 7.90% |
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| Five or more. | 3.66% |
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| What do you think about Durango's new dog laws and fines? | |
| Total 1149 votes cast. | |
| They're not strict enough. | 35.25% |
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| They're too strict. | 33.07% |
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| They're just right. | 18.62% |
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| Don't know. | 13.05% |
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| Is global warming real? | |
| Total 2280 votes cast. | |
| yes | 70.26% |
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| no | 29.74% |
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| Who should pay for Durango’s public-access television channels? | |
| Total 1414 votes cast. | |
| The city | 35.71% |
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| Cable viewers | 26.66% |
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| No one | 19.38% |
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| Bresnan | 18.25% |
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| Should Durango’s ridges be protected from development? | |
| Total 1945 votes cast. | |
| yes | 86.38% |
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| no | 11.88% |
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| Don’t know. | 1.75% |
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| Some say Durango’s dogs have gone wild. Should the City Council rein them in? | |
| Total 1452 votes cast. | |
| - Yes | 62.26% |
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| - No | 33.68% |
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| - Don’t know | 4.06% |
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| Will you fly Delta to Salt Lake City? | |
| Total 1524 votes cast. | |
| Yes | 54.00% |
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| No | 34.38% |
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| Don't know | 11.61% |
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