Our eighth and final candidate interview in this series is with Ryan Jamieson. We met on a Thursday evening on the back porch at the Lowdown in North Boulder and talked about wildfire preparedness, government efficiency, and the need for a city auditor among other subjects over a couple of IPAs. Content warning: this episode acknowledges the existence of beer and features middle aged men drinking it. So, if you have young children nearby and you are inclined to shield from this scandalous behavior you might consider packing your belongs and moving to a dry county in Arkansas or Kentucky! Speaking of which, the back porch of the Lowdown is not exactly a quiet recording studio and so we took on a bit of risk with the background noise. I used AI to filter out background noise as best as possible which has the effect of making our conversation a bit garbled in a few places. For example, at one point Ryan shares a quote about simple answers - that they are usually great to hear and wrong. I tried to recover this from the original audio but I found the fix more distracting than helpful. I apologize for these occasional compromises in the audio quality.

That was the voice of Tina Marquis an incumbent candidate for Boulder city council introducing herself at a recent forum.

Welcome to the Better Boulder Hearts and Minds Podcast. Folks, voting is underway and it's time to make important choices about city council candidates. There are many great candidates to choose from and I hope you will consider the candidates endorsed by Better Boulder. We endorsed seven city council candidates and we hope this series of episodes is helpful for you to get to know them. Our slate is the result of numerous one-on-one conversations, in-person interviews in front of the entire board, lively discussions, and multiple rounds of voting. To see our full list of candidates, please visit betterboulder.com and click "Elections".

Our seventh candidate interview in this series is with Tina Marquis. We met on a Tuesday evening at the main branch of the Boulder Public Library and talked about the need for family friendly housing, vacancy tax, and fiscal responsibility among other subjects. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Tina Marquis.

Welcome to the Better Boulder Hearts and Minds Podcast. Folks, my ballot has arrived! I'm so thankful for mail-in ballots where I can sit in the comfort of my own home, open it up, read through it carefully, research the candidates and ballot measures and vote carefully. I remember 20 some years ago walking into a church building lobby with a vague idea of some of the candidates I would vote for, seeing my ballot for the first time and making weighty decisions about issues I had some uniformed, prejudiced intuitions about and either voting when I thought I knew enough to weigh in or leaving it blank when I did it. That's no way to vote and I'm so thankful for the movers and shakers who had the political will to make universal mail-in voting a reality in Colorado. I hope it goes nationwide.

So, we have our ballots - it's time to vote! There are many great candidates to choose from and I hope you will consider the candidates endorsed by Better Boulder. We endorsed seven city council candidates and we hope this series of episodes is helpful as you get to know them and make your choices. Our slate is the result of numerous one-on-one conversations, in-person interviews in front of the entire board, lively discussions, and multiple rounds of voting. To see our full list of candidates, please visit betterboulder.com and click "Elections".

Our sixth candidate interview in this series is with Jill Grano. We met on a Saturday afternoon at her place in North Boulder and sat on her back porch and talked about fiscal responsibility and housing, among other subjects. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Jill Grano.