Is NURA a retirement home?

Mayor Novak did what President Roosevelt could not do; she packed NURA. At the last meeting of the Council she nominated two former members of the Council to fill positions as Advisors. The positions did not previously exist. What’s the motive?
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The Urban Renewal Authority has a member of the Council on the Board; Michael Martin. The Board also has former Council members, Carney, Blankenship and Downing already serving. Now you can add Carlow and Tichy to the retirement Board/home.
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I suspect her motive is to “eliminate” a couple of the members who do not instantly embrace the staff’s and Council’s ideas. Remember, she refused to reappoint me because of my involvement in combating the recreation center expansion project in January of 2005. I would suggest that the “thinking” members of the Board be aware of the consequences of their comments, questions and positions. Very soon NURA will be asked to commit all of its current revenues on another pet project. Perhaps that is the motive. I’ll have more on the next gamble later.
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There is another solution available to Mayor Novak and her oligarchy. Do what a former Northglenn Council did; abolish NURA. State law allows the Council to constitute itself as the urban renewal authority. Just abolish the present body and reinstitute it with the members of the Council as its members. The elected officials will have total control without the need to pretend that a separate, autonomous body exists. When I prepared a recommendation on an urban renewal authority for the Federal Heights Council, I did just that for the same reason; keep the power with the elected officials. Save the administrative overhead and cut down on the legal costs.