BIBA will not be able to convince me that I should spend considerably more for the same exact branded product just because the owner of the business is a local. If protectionist legislation against national retailers is enacted BIBA retailers will raise their already high prices due to lack of competition. Consumers will drive to nearby communities to shop at the stores that are banned in Boulder. This will cause sales tax revenues to decline. Either the sales tax rate or property taxes will rise to make up the deficit.
Protectionism always hurts the consumer.
It essentially transfers wealth from consumers and taxpayers to politically preferred business owners. BIBA's initiative is a textbook case of corporate welfare. Until BIBA stops trying to restrict our freedom of choice I will be boycotting their retail businesses. I have lived in Boulder for nine years. In that time I have watched the evolution of the police state.