In Mesa County, there is another ballot amendment our Alliance is supporting: Amendment 2B. This amendment will increase maximum city-owned leases from 25 years to 99 years, a small but impactful barrier that currently prevents the city from taking advantage of Proposition 123, which passed last year, to guarantee more units dedicated to affordable housing projects be built in Grand Junction.

While school board elections appear on several local ballots this year, our nonpartisan youth group, West Slope Youth Voice, has been active in getting the know the candidates in Mesa County who will join the District 51 School Board. After hosting a Student Voices School District 51 Board Candidates Forum with all candidates participating, our students compiled a data sheet on the positions of the candidates. (You can watch video from that forum here and here.)

About the author

Jeriel Clark-Dyar

Jeriel joined the Western Colorado Alliance staff in February 2017 (back when we were still Western Colorado Congress), but you may remember her as our Canvass Director for the successful Minimum Wage ballot initiative in 2016! In her young career, Jeriel has worked with engaged citizens across Colorado on issues ranging from veterans' affairs, healthcare and women’s rights. Jeriel has called Grand Junction and the Western Slope home for 16 years, and enjoys running, hiking, biking and crafting with her daughter Emma.

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