Colorado Connector
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Oct 16, 2026
Kris WarkPANELIST
Not so much recently, until now.
Kris WarkPANELIST
Okay? Uh, this week word came out, um, that, uh, on the ballot, there are some misprints to the tune of 800,000 misprinted ballots, all regarding the Cocoa train, the Colorado Connector tr- train that's proposed that would require a tax.
Kris WarkPANELIST
So this does put the spotlight back on the secretary of state's office-
Kyle ClarkPANELIST
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm
Michael BrownHOST
No sunset.
Michael BrownHOST
The money pays to extend the Colorado Connector.
Michael BrownHOST
They call it Coco, I call it cu-cuckoo for Cocoa.
Michael BrownHOST
Friendly, cute, stupid.
Olivia Jewell-LoveHOST
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Olivia Jewell-LoveHOST
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Olivia Jewell-LoveHOST
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Olivia Jewell-LoveHOST
We're trying to reach this 200 goal, and you guys, we're only at, like, nine new members.
Kim MonsonHOST
Changing gears, Representative Bob Marshall, it turns out there is a mistake on not only people in Douglas County, but I think in some of the other areas as well.
Kim MonsonHOST
But this Front Range Commission, commuter rail, COCO, which I think is a little cuckoo, because it's like almost $300 million a year in sales tax that would be used for this.
Kim MonsonHOST
But that's not my question on where you are on that.
Kim MonsonHOST
My question is, is what is your ear to the ground telling you about these ballots that are incorrect and what's going to be done about it?
Bob MarshallGUEST
I mean, it's bad.
Bob MarshallGUEST
It's just bad that this happened.
Bob MarshallGUEST
And, you know, it's the Front Range Passenger Rail Group.
Bob MarshallGUEST
It wasn't Griswold.
John RushHOST
So I'm not sure exactly what their fix is gonna be, but voters in Colorado are receiving their November ballots in ma- by mail this week, and some are finding more issues on their ballots than-- or finding more issues on their ballots than there should be.
John RushHOST
Ballot issue 7A is for sales and use tax for Front Range Passenger Rail District, a yet-to-be-built rail line between Wyoming and New Mexico called the Colorado Connector, or CoCo.
John RushHOST
Should be called, uh, the Biggest Waste of Money on the Planet, or Cuckoo.
John RushHOST
Thank you, Charlie.
Joe OltmannHOST
"Some voters in Colorado counties are receiving ballots asking them to weigh in on a proposed tax increase for Colorado's Front Range passenger rail system, even though the communities were removed from the district's boundaries before the measure was placed on the ballot.
Joe OltmannHOST
The issue involves Ballot Issue 7A, which would increase taxes to fund the Front Range Passenger Rail District and its proposed Colorado Connector passenger rail service." So 800,000 people are actually included in this 7A that shouldn't get it.
Joe OltmannHOST
So how are they gonna separate the haves from the have-nots in a system that is designed not to be able to tell who you are when you voted? Well, go ahead and take it down.
Joe OltmannHOST
That's exactly the point.
Jimmy SengenbergerHOST
That's a lot of money, all to build passenger rail from Fort Collins to Pueblo.
Jimmy SengenbergerHOST
Measure 7A specifically would finance what they're calling Colorado Connector with its warm and fuzzy CoCo nickname.
Jimmy SengenbergerHOST
Don't you just want a cup of CoCo? Vote for CoCo this November.
Jimmy SengenbergerHOST
Like, it's absurd, but that's what it is.
Michael BrownHOST
Quote, "Shall Front Range Passenger Rail District taxes be increased two hundred and ninety-five million dollars annually, and by whatever amounts are raised annually thereafter?" Close quote.
Michael BrownHOST
The cuckoo for Cocoa train tax, the Colorado Connector, Cocoa, cuckoo Cocoa, on my ballot.
Michael BrownHOST
Uh, here's the problem with that: I don't live in the Front Range Passenger Rail District.
Michael BrownHOST
If you live in Highlands Ranch, neither do you.
Michael BrownHOST
And then came springtime, Senate Bill 172, every sponsor a Democrat.
Michael BrownHOST
The governor signed it back on May 26, and it took effect that day, May 26.
Michael BrownHOST
Now, what that bill did was it threw out the old map of the cuckoo for Cocoa district completely, entirely, in whole.
Michael BrownHOST
Today, the district is just a list.
Brady SteffelHOST
What is FRPR?
Joan PeckGUEST
Front Range Passenger Rail District.
Brady SteffelHOST
Front Range Passenger Rail.
Brady SteffelHOST
So we're here to talk about that.
Brady SteffelHOST
What is, um, what is the board, and what is, what does that mean to a candidate?
Audrey DeBarrosGUEST
On FRPR
Joan PeckGUEST
...
Joan PeckGUEST
Front Range Passenger Rail, two different boards
Kyle ClarkHOST
As ballots arrive in mailboxes across Colorado, we have learned of a serious screw up with ballots in several counties in the metro area.
Kyle ClarkHOST
The only Coloradans who are supposed to be voting on funding for the Colorado Connector passenger rail are the Coloradans who live inside the rail district service boundaries.
Kyle ClarkHOST
But there are voters outside those lines who have this issue 7A sitting on their ballots.
Kyle ClarkHOST
Our Marshall Zellinger has spent the day trying to figure out how this happened.
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