Castle Rock Photo: John Leyba, Special to The Colorado SunIn a special election orchestrated by Douglas County’s MAGA commissioners, voters rejected the attempt to create a home rule county.
The commissioners claimed it would allow them to be independent of, or at least challenge, state rules and regulations they didn’t like. On their list were guns and law enforcement, immigration and abortion. Opponents disputed both the motives of the commissioners and the likely effect of a yes vote. It was crushed 71 percent to 29 percent.
The election was a major political embarrassment for the commissioners, who have a long track record of disruption of regional initiatives, wild, expensive schemes with county water programs, and using the commission as a platform for MAGA culture wars rhetoric and proposals.
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