A team of percherons enter the arena during the 8-hitch draft horse show at the Events Center at the National Western Stock Show on Jan. 25. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
Re: “A ‘yes’ vote on Denver’s 2C,” Oct. 11 editorial.
The Denver Post endorses Denver ballot issue 2C funding the National Western Stock Show expansion. The people supporting this measure say it will “preserve our cultural heritage.” Of course, these are the same people who told us to finance other development projects to become a world-class city and escape our cow-town image. I guess being a cow town isn’t so bad when it means giving hundreds of millions to the fat cats.
The National Western/Convention Center scheme provides a billion-dollar subsidy to the super-rich and corporations funding the A Smart Deal for Denver campaign. A list of the contributors is available on the Denver Election Commission website.
Other uses for the $1,200 per Denver resident that will be devoted to this project would be more beneficial to citizens. The only part of our heritage that the current proposal preserves is that of snake-oil salesmen fleecing the people. We should vote “no” on 2C.
Thad Tecza, Denver
This letter was published in the Oct. 18 edition.
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