reply to post by RedGolem
Did some research on the net, and this is the initiative article in more detail from 2009:
"The campaign to put an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission initiative on the Denver, Colorado ballot was re-launched May 9 at the Colorado UFO
Briefing. The petition for collecting signatures was approved on May 4 by the Denver Election office. August 7 is the deadline for campaign supporters
to gather almost 4,000 signatures of registered Denver voters in order for the issue to be put on the November 2009 election ballot.
Proponents of the initiative aim to take disclosure of UFO and extraterrestrial phenomena directly to 'the People'. The renewed effort has come from
impatience with elected U.S. government officials who have not indicated any interest in disclosing UFO 'X-files' that have been kept secret for
over 60 years. This puts the U.S. lagging far behind other countries that have released similar files.
Below is the text of the ballot question that would be placed on the ballot. Following the question is the full text of the proposed ordinance that
would be entered into the Denver Revised Municipal Code if the measure is passed by the voters.
BALLOT TITLE
“Shall the voters for the City and County of Denver adopt an Initiated Ordinance to require the creation of an extraterrestrial affairs commission
to help ensure the health, safety, and cultural awareness of Denver residents and visitors in relation to potential encounters or interactions with
extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles, and fund such commission from grants, gifts and donations?” Yes___ No___
FULL TEXT OF PETITION
Be it enacted by the People of the City and County of Denver
The Code of the City and County of Denver is amended by the addition of a new division to read:
DIVISION 12. EXTRATERRESTRIAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION
Sec. 2-255.59. Definitions. As used in this division:
1. Extraterrestrial intelligent being means a form of life assumed to exist or originate from outside the Earth or its atmosphere
2. Extraterrestrial vehicle means a non-living method of transportation originating from outside the Earth or its atmosphere
3. Exopolitics means the study of the key individuals, political or other institutions, and processes associated with extraterrestrial life.
Sec. 2-255.60. Legislative intent.
The People of the City and County of Denver hereby declare that:
1. The presence of extraterrestrial intelligent beings and extraterrestrial vehicles on Earth, and within Earth’s atmosphere, has been confirmed by
credible evidence, official government documents, and whistleblowers formerly working for the U.S. Government and government contractors;
2. Evidence of extraterrestrial beings has been known by United States presidents since President Franklin Roosevelt, including President Ronald
Reagan as disclosed in his presentation to the United Nations regarding extraterrestrial matters;
3. Since at least 1947, the United States government has denied knowledge of this evidence, thus placing the public and local governments at potential
risk and disadvantage;
4. The United States government has suppressed, and withheld from the public, evidence of advanced clean energy, transportation and other technologies
of extraterrestrial origin. These technologies could potentially offer substantial economic relief for our most pressing social and economic concerns,
including a reduction of pollution and at least partial replacement of fossil fuels with affordable non-polluting energy sources, and other advanced
technologies;
5. Local government officials have rejected or ignored the need to prepare city personnel and citizens for potential contact or interactions with
extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles even though:
a. Multiple federal government agencies have acknowledged the presence of extraterrestrial intelligent beings, through hundreds of official
documents, but have not informed our citizens about how to intelligently and responsibly respond to UFO/extraterrestrial encounters;
b. Hundreds of top military leaders, government scientists, government contractors, commercial airline pilots, air traffic controllers and NASA
officials, many with Top Secret clearances, have been disclosing their personal experiences and involvement in interacting with UFOs not from Earth
and, in some cases, their apparent extraterrestrial intelligent occupants;
c. A credible non-profit organization has received over ten thousand (10,000) written reports of UFO sightings, primarily in the U.S., during just
the period Nov. 2005 - April 2008. The total number of reports nationally in 2008 was more than twice the number from the previous year. There have
been more than 1,000 written reports of Colorado UFO sightings submitted to the same organization during the period of Jan. 2000 - April 2008;
d. Government denial, ridicule, and a lack of public awareness about this credible evidence prevent the responsible evaluation of potential risks
and benefits for the safety, health, and cultural awareness of Denver residents and visitors in relation to potential interactions with
extraterrestrial intelligent beings;
6. At present our government does not have any protocols for:
a. Responsibly evaluating, documenting, and acting on citizen reports of encounters or interactions with extraterrestrial intelligent beings,
regardless of the highly unusual and credible evidence that may attend such encounters and interactions; or
b. Referring such reports to properly trained city personnel, or private professional individuals or organizations that have responsibly dealt with
such matters in a professional manner;
7. There is enough credible evidence available, independent of the United States government, to responsibly and adequately inform Denver residents and
local government about extraterrestrial affairs; and
8. The creation of an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission will help to ensure the health, safety, and cultural awareness of Denver residents and
visitors and, ultimately, facilitate the most harmonious, peaceful, mutually respectful, and beneficial coexistence possible between extraterrestrial
intelligent beings and human beings.
Source:
www.examiner.com...
[edit on 28-5-2010 by manta78]