Educating the City Council
How much lower can the Mayor and Council’s respect among the residents decline? How many more examples of citizen repudiation lie ahead? When are the Mayor and Council majority going to realize that they have been going down the wrong path and wasting money for over five years?
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In January of 2005, the residents said no to the major expansion of the recreation center. This was quite the victory considering the Council used several articles in the Northglenn Connection, a prohibited “informational” flyer in the water bill and multiple articles in the Sentinel and metro dailies in an effort to sell the project.
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The residents spoke again last November when they overwhelmingly approved a Charter amendment creating a Water and Sewer Utility Fund and restricting its use to water and sewer purposes over the objection to the Mayor and her Council majority. You may remember that I proposed the Charter amendment because the Council purchased land for a proposed retail center using the water monies.
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At the same election the residents of Ward III defeated an incumbent seeking re-election who had been a major supporter of the recreation center project, the misuse of the water and sewer monies and the status quo. The incumbents up for re-election in the fall of 2007 should take heed of the message. So far, some have not, but they have time?
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Just last week, on the 23rd, another message was delivered to the Mayor and Council by the residents and business located in Ward I. A few members of the business community advised the residents in the area near 112th Ave and Irma Street that the City was going to adopt a resolution placing the non-residential area in an Urban Renewal Project Area. The community responded in force, packed the Council Chamber to overflowing and backed the Mayor and Council majority down.
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What do we have to look forward to today? There is one major conflict already in the works. You certainly haven’t forgotten the groundbreaking for the Century Theater in the proposed retail area between the recreation center and the North Metro Office building. They had to schedule it twice due to weather during last fall’s election campaign. The Mayor and her city funded PR firm wrote major articles for the Sentinel, the Denver Post and the Connection repeatedly.
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Last fall I posted several articles on this site and in the Sentinel revealing that the groundbreaking was an outright campaign lie because I knew that the construction plans had not even been submitted for review, let alone permits issued. As a member of the Board of Adjustment I also knew that the theater would be short hundreds of parking spaces. Add that to the parking requirements for the proposed adjacent retail and you are spelling PARKING RAMP and millions of dollars. The Mayor and her Council majority are going to try and sell you on the same fiscally irresponsible project they tried previously. The main difference will be the substitution of a new theater for the recreation center expansion project. You will hear a lot more about this in the near future.
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When will they start putting common sense and the residents first?
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In January of 2005, the residents said no to the major expansion of the recreation center. This was quite the victory considering the Council used several articles in the Northglenn Connection, a prohibited “informational” flyer in the water bill and multiple articles in the Sentinel and metro dailies in an effort to sell the project.
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The residents spoke again last November when they overwhelmingly approved a Charter amendment creating a Water and Sewer Utility Fund and restricting its use to water and sewer purposes over the objection to the Mayor and her Council majority. You may remember that I proposed the Charter amendment because the Council purchased land for a proposed retail center using the water monies.
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At the same election the residents of Ward III defeated an incumbent seeking re-election who had been a major supporter of the recreation center project, the misuse of the water and sewer monies and the status quo. The incumbents up for re-election in the fall of 2007 should take heed of the message. So far, some have not, but they have time?
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Just last week, on the 23rd, another message was delivered to the Mayor and Council by the residents and business located in Ward I. A few members of the business community advised the residents in the area near 112th Ave and Irma Street that the City was going to adopt a resolution placing the non-residential area in an Urban Renewal Project Area. The community responded in force, packed the Council Chamber to overflowing and backed the Mayor and Council majority down.
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What do we have to look forward to today? There is one major conflict already in the works. You certainly haven’t forgotten the groundbreaking for the Century Theater in the proposed retail area between the recreation center and the North Metro Office building. They had to schedule it twice due to weather during last fall’s election campaign. The Mayor and her city funded PR firm wrote major articles for the Sentinel, the Denver Post and the Connection repeatedly.
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Last fall I posted several articles on this site and in the Sentinel revealing that the groundbreaking was an outright campaign lie because I knew that the construction plans had not even been submitted for review, let alone permits issued. As a member of the Board of Adjustment I also knew that the theater would be short hundreds of parking spaces. Add that to the parking requirements for the proposed adjacent retail and you are spelling PARKING RAMP and millions of dollars. The Mayor and her Council majority are going to try and sell you on the same fiscally irresponsible project they tried previously. The main difference will be the substitution of a new theater for the recreation center expansion project. You will hear a lot more about this in the near future.
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When will they start putting common sense and the residents first?
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