2025-2026 #55 Authorize State Bonds for Refinery Buyout.
Shall state debt be increased by $100,000,000, without raising taxes or fees, and used to fund 1. a just purchase of Canada’s Suncor Energy Inc. owned Refinery, 2. operation/repairs of the Refinery, 3. compensation to nearby residents, and 4. a solar energy farm which will provide jobs?
Justification:
Let’s use the profits to help Colorado instead of Canada’s Oil Company.
Suncor bought the refinery for $45 million.
Suncor continues to be fined for excess pollution.
Suncor dumped excess cyanide in Sand Creek 3/2025.
Commerce City refinery makes $500 million/year.