DISHONEST VOTER GUIDE; DISHONEST ROMANOFF

My thanks to the News for highlighting the false information
regarding Amendment 44 in this year's voter guide ("Ambushing the pot
initiative/Blue book language will mislead voters," Sept. 15).

I was counting on the Blue Book to get the straight facts on this
year's ballot issues before heading to the polls. But apparently
facts are of little or no importance to the Legislative Council and
House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, who oversaw the drafting of the
booklet and apparently went out of their way to mislead voters on the
initiative pertaining to marijuana.

I could not care less if voters approve Amendment 44. But I agree
with the News that this manipulation of the Blue Book could have a
lasting and detrimental effect on voter's trust in the system for
years to come.

As a result, I must now seek an honest opinion about the initiatives
somewhere other than the state's voter guide this year. But on the
bright side, this was a wake-up call that my district is in need of
an honest representative to replace Romanoff. Like the voter guide, I
can no longer take him at his word.

Bridget Girard

Denver