From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Springs group announces plans to recall Romer
Followup-To: amend2-discuss@cs.colorado.edu
Originator: doherty@ucsu.Colorado.EDU
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:55:30 GMT

By Jim Buynak
Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs
December 13, 1992

Stance on amendments cited

A Colorado Springs group wants to collect 278,000 signatures to force a recall 
vote on Gov. Roy Romer.

Members of the group are unhappy with Romer's stance on Amendment 1, the 
tax-limitation measure, and Amendment 2, which bars laws prohibiting 
discrimination based on sexual preference.  Both proposals were petitioned onto 
the ballot by Colorado Springs-based groups and approved by voters in November.

"Basically, he's calling us idiots," said Douglas Briggman of Monument, the 
group's chairman.  He pointed out that Romer has publicly criticized both 
amendments.  "He's trying to tell us we don't know what we're doing, and he's 
going to re-educate us."

Sherri Ofner, a recall backer from Colorado Springs, said the group is also 
bothered by Romer's announcement that he would seek another means to raise moey 
for education since failure of Amendment 6, his plan to raise the states' sales 
tax for school financing.

"If he is ignoring the will of the people, how can he be representing us?" she 
asked.

Romer could not be reached for comment.

The group, formed last week and called "We the People for the Recall of Roy 
Romer," has about 30 members.  It contends Romer "overstepped his position as 
governor due to his statements during and after election 1992."

Briggman, owner of D&H Specialists, a Colorado Springs auto repair shop, said 
he first tossed out the idea on a Colorado Springs radio talk show about three 
weeks ago and the response has been surprising.

"I've hearad from people in Pueblo, Denver, Cedar Ridge, Montrose," he said.  
"I don't know how it's getting around."

The group would have to collect about 278,000 signatures--25 percent of the 
voters who cast ballots in Romer's 1990 election victory--in order to force a 
recall vote.  If a vote is called, a simple majority can oust the governor, 
Briggman said.

Briggman said the group will need about $300,000 to pull off the recall 
attempt.  The group plans to hold a news conference before th first of the year 
and submit the needed signatures to the secretary of state in "four to six 
months."

Romer campaigned against Amendment 1, the tax-limitation measure written by 
Douglas Bruce of Colorado Springs, saying it would bring "chaos" to the state.

As for Amendment 2, he met with members of the gay community the day after the 
election, promising to do what he could to overturn the measure.

     The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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