September 05, 2008 04:26 AM UTC

Aliens to beam up 600K

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• by: DavidThi808

To interject a little bit of totall local news, from the Denver Post

The man pushing a ballot initiative for creation of a commission to study visitors from outer space wants to put his plan before voters in May, which potentially could cost the city as much as $600,000 to hold the election.

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No other ballot issues have surfaced so far, and there are no other municipal elections, Assistant City Attorney David Broadwell told Peckman during the meeting. That means holding a special election to deal with Peckman’s pet project could cost the city anywhere between $500,000 to $600,000, Broadwell said.

I’m glad to see the forced election will be over something important…