Arapahoe County's blockbuster ballot

🎥 The big picture: November's ballot issues could fill a movie marquee.

• Here's your preview, with a little Tinsletown zhuzh.

🏙️ Aurora: "Field of Dreams"

Build it, and they will come…

• …but first, somebody has to pay.

Follow the money: Measures 3A, 3B and 3C propose $264.5 million in borrowing — excluding interest — for roads, libraries, rec centers and public safety facilities.

• The cost: A combined 0.325-percentage-point increase in sales and use taxes.

🚗 Centennial: "Cars"

Ka-chow!

• Centennial says it needs at least $35 million annually for transportation infrastructure but collects just $15 million in dedicated revenue.

How it works: Measure 2A would raise the city's sales and use tax from 2.5% to 3.5%, generating an estimated $27 million annually.

• That's another $1 per $100 in taxable purchases.
• Yes, but: "Our roads are in good shape," Councilmember Don Sheehan wrote this week, arguing the city already has enough maintenance money.

🍎 Littleton: "School of Rock"

Class is in session.

Catch up quick: Measure 4A seeks another $10 million per year through higher property taxes to boost employee pay and to prevent school calendar cuts.

• The cost: About $150 more annually in property taxes for a $600,000 home, the district estimates.

🏡 Cherry Hills Village: "The Castle"

Home sweet home.

• But who makes the rules?

Friction point: Charter Amendment 2C would let Cherry Hills Village assert local zoning authority and try to sidestep conflicting state housing mandates.

• The amendment wouldn't automatically override state law, and a court challenge could follow.

🚞 Greenwood Village and Englewood: "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"

All aboard?

• Colorado wants to build a passenger rail network, and voters in these cities and others could help make it happen.

By the numbers: Measure 7A proposes a 0.333% regional sales and use tax — about 33 cents per $100 in taxable purchases.

Plot twist: About 262,000 Arapahoe County voters mistakenly received Measure 7A, while roughly 340 Columbine Valley voters didn't get the question.

Be smart: Return your ballot as usual.

• Voters missing the question can use a corrected ballot. Only eligible 7A votes will count.

🗳️ Arapahoe County: "Election"

This ain't a student council election.

Case in point: Sheriff Tyler Brown faces Kevin Edling.

• Commissioners Jessica Campbell and Leslie Summey seek re-election against Carl Schuldies and Sonda Banka, respectively.

🎬 The bottom line: Credits roll Nov. 3.