In yesterday's municipal elections, Denver voters roundly rejected a ballot initiative that would have allowed the conversion of a private, shuttered golf course into thousands of new homes and a park.

While votes are still being counted, early returns show that just under 40 percent of voters cast 'yes' votes for Referred Question 20. If approved, the measure would have dissolved a conservation easement requiring the 155-acre Park Hill Golf Course to remain a golf course and allowed developer Westside to proceed with its plans to build 3,200 housing units alongside a park and other public amenities.

"The Park Hill Golf Course will forever be a case study in missed opportunities. With historically low turnout, Denver has rejected its single best opportunity to build new affordable housing and create new public parks," said Westside in a statement. "Thousands of Denverites who urgently need more affordable housing are now at even greater risk of displacement."

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So wait - Park Hill property owners didn't want to see their investments in housing devalue massively as "affordable" housing displaced their homes?   Or 3200 more homes worth of traffic?  Or the homeless camp they would have also built most likely?  

Yeah.   Surprise.

I dunno, but it seems like there is plenty of land that could be developed east of I25.

"Affordable housing" is the new buzz term in Colorado politics.

I'll translate for those who don't understand....

They are going to build "projects".

Large ghetto shithole govt funded apartment complexes that other shithole cities have long been infamous for.

The limousine and latte liberals from other states are the reason Colorado went to shit and they'll just move and ruin somewhere else when the state builds housing projects in their back yard.

There's no water out there.
Water and water rights are becoming the limiting element of growth in Colorado.