🌱 Removing Turf Won't Save Us + Voters Approve All Six Tax Items

Welcome back, Boulder! I'm here in your inbox this morning to get you caught up on everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Hope you all have a great day. In today's Daily, you'll learn about these stories and more:

• Daddy Bruce's Thanksgiving tradition struggles amid food cost increases.
• Digging up grass won't solve the U.S. West's water problems.
• Metro area rents go decrease by $8. It's not much, but it's something.

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Here are the top stories in Boulder today:

1. Removing grass lawns won't solve the west's water problems. Never-the-less regional governments in states like California, Arizona and Nevada are racing to ban the green stuff. Experts indicate that "no level of municipal conservation... [will] make up for the water that's going to be needed to be conserved." (Fortune)
2. All six tax bills on the November ballot in Boulder passed. Boulderites have a long history of approving government spending, with almost two dozen the have been approved since 2009. This election cycle, voters approved measures will add around $250 to the average property tax bill, $7 to utility bills and 20 cents to every $100 purchase in stores or online. (Boulder Beat)
3. Inflation hits Daddy Bruce's Thanksgiving Feed-A-Family event. Despite increased food costs, the long-time Thanksgiving tradition will continue this year feeding those in the community. (Denverite)
4. Metro area rents go down by $8 bucks. It may not seem like much, but it's a welcome reprieve after nearly a decade of prices going up, up, up. (FOX31)

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From my notebook:

• Boulder County Commissioners are seeking input from county residents about their thoughts on regulating of ground-level ozone. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) downgraded the Front Range as a "Severe" violator of federal air quality standards. Now Colorado's Air Quality Control Commission is considering adopting the rules proposed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to reduce air pollution along the Front Range. (BOCO)

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