As commissioners from Boulder, Larimer and Weld counties, we don’t always agree on political issues. Yet, all three county commissions oppose the proposal on the ballot in Denver this November, Initiated Ordinance 309, which would ban slaughterhouses within city limits. This measure is not in line with the Front Range need for continued agricultural support. It unfairly focuses on a Colorado business that is employee-owned, threatens hundreds of jobs, and does nothing to improve animal welfare.