Boulder City Council Candidate Survey

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Andy Schultheiss Carl Grodnik Mark Ruzzin
Are you aware that animal abuse is often a precursor of child abuse? Yes Yes Yes
Now that aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony in Colorado, are you in favor of insisting that city attorneys prosecute such cases seriously? Yes Yes Yes
Overpopulation of cats and dogs results in many being killed each year, even here in Boulder. Would you be likely to support a city ordinance to require dog and cat guardians to either spay and neuter their cats and dogs or obtain breeder licenses?
Yes Yes concept is a good idea and worth pursuing but would have to have more information on how it would affect people for example: cost of a breeders license. Would like to see sample legislation especially from other cities
Would you be likely to support a city
ordinance specifying a maximum amount of time animals are to be tied or chained per day?
Yes Yes Same as above.
Boulder’s prairie dog ordinance, which
prohibits poisoning of prairie dogs, has
recently been suspended because of concerns that its prohibition against poisoning conflicts with state law. Do you support the City of Boulder’s intention to protect prairie dogs?
Yes Supports protection as long as there's a way to poison if other methods fail. Yes
If the City of Boulder can outlaw the
poisoning of birds – including pigeons - do you think we should?
Support protecting birds including pigeons if there was some provision that allowed poisoning if all other alternatives had been tried Supports protection as long as there's a way to poison if other methods fail. Yes
Would you be willing to meet from time to time with representatives of one or more animal-protection groups to discuss their concerns? Yes Yes Yes
Additional comments?      

 

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NOTES:

  • All candidates for the Boulder City Council were contacted and given an opportunity to respond
  • The candidates are listed in an arbitrary order, they are not ranked in any way

The following candidates did not respond to our requests for an interview, or have not yet returned our calls:

  • Robin Bohannan
  • Scott Gessler
  • Shaun McGrath
  • Chris Maurer

 

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