Kevin Duggan

kevinduggan@coloradoan.com

The short campaign season for the Fort Collins municipal election is quickly coming to a close.

In a last-minute rush, candidates and their supporters are knocking on doors, sending mailers and arranging robo-calls in hopes of connecting with voters and differentiating themselves from their opponents.

The Coloradoan asked the candidates a series of “yes-no” questions about issues the next City Council is likely to address: Transfort service; the city’s occupancy ordinance; an ongoing federal lawsuit regarding whether women may appear topless in public; municipal broadband; and disruptive behaviors downtown.

We wanted simple answers to complex issues. The candidates’ answers might provide some insight into how they would decide issues if elected.

For more information on the candidates and where they stand on issues, visit coloradoan.com/news/elections.

Four of seven seats on council are up for election; mayor for a two-year term and three district seats for four-year terms. The candidates are:

Mayor: Kwon Atlas, Elizabeth Hudetz, Michael Pruznick, Wade Troxell

Kwon Atlas, Elizabeth Hudetz, Michael Pruznick, Wade Troxell District 1 (northeast): Nate Budd and Bob Overbeck

Nate Budd and Bob Overbeck District 3 (southeast): Gordon Coombes and Ken Summers

Gordon Coombes and Ken Summers District 5 (west-central): Ross Cunniff and Duane Hansen

The mayor is elected at-large by all city voters. Council representatives are elected by district voters.

Also on the ballot are four amendments to the city charter covering a variety of housekeeping items.

Ballots must be received at the City Clerk’s Office by 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Voters still have time to mail ballots, although the closer to Election Day a ballot is mailed the less chance it will be delivered on time.

Ballots may be dropped off at these locations:

City Clerk’s Office, 300 Laporte Ave., during business hours

Fort Collins Police Services, 2221 S. Timberline Road, accessible 24 hours a day until 7 p.m. Election Day

Larimer County Citizen Information Center, 200 W. Oak St., during business hours

Northside Atzlan Community Center, 112 E. Willow St., during center hours

Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive, inside main entrance

South Transit Center, 4915 Fossil Boulevard, accessible 24 hours a day

Here's where the candidates stand on issues that will likely land in city hall during the new council's early days:

1. Should Fort Collins appropriate additional money to Transfort to establish 365-day transit service?



2. Do you support changing the city’s residential occupancy regulations known as “You + 2?”

3. Should Fort Collins continue fighting the federal “Free the Nipple” lawsuit regarding the city’s ban on women appearing topless in public?

4. Should Fort Collins provide broadband services such as high-speed internet as a city utility?

5. Should the city do more to address disruptive behaviors in Old Town?