Rooney Valley News

  One of the issues the Colorado legislature will consider next year is special district reform.   One of the proposed pieces of legislation will address accurate disclosures.  The current proposal being considered by members of the legislature is authored by the special district development community.  It has not been disclosed yet.   But here […]

  The Solterra Board of Directors last year tried, in a not so transparent way, to get the Townhome residents to pay for snow removal in the District owned – public – areas of the alleyways and aprons.   The Townhome residents objected and pointed out that, as a matter of law – created by […]

  You remember – the Big Sky IGA – an intergovernmental agreement presented by the Big Sky developer to the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District Board Members to sign on May 8, 2018. The Big Sky IGA – approved by the pro-developer Green Mountain board members literally as the votes were being counted – […]

  Here it is: https://www.jeffco.us/4047/Safer-at-Home-Order   Lets keep the conversation going with our neighbors at Jeffco Public Health about how these new guidelines are working and where we need to make improvements.   Stay safe.   John Henderson  

  Saturday morning Lakewood City Councilpersons Ramey Johnson and Charlie Able invited Dr. Mark Johnson, Jefferson County Director of Public Health to speak and answer questions.  He did, for over two hours.  The zoom audience was around 50.   Thank you Ramey and Charlie.   I have read and listened to everything I can find […]

  Solterra, along with all the other special districts, have elections May 5, 2020.   Sort of.   There are two resident populated districts – Districts 2 and 3.   (District 1 is a postage stamp size “area”.  On paper, approximately 58 residents “opted in” to District 1 to fill a void left when Brookfield […]

  Special districts throughout Colorado are having their elections May 5, 2020.   There are 2 positions up for election in the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District.  There are 6 candidates running for those two positions.   Here is the link to their names and biographies.  There are several very strong candidates:   https://www.greenmountainwater.org/election […]

  The Mayor and staff got off to a rough start in response to the virus by excluding the public from public hearings because it was technologically inconvenient.   But members of the public and City Council – most prominent among them Charley Able, Ramey Johnson, Anita Springsteen and Mike Bieda – raised some hell.   […]

  Someone steals my skis.   He gives them to you.   You know they are stolen skis.   That belong to me.  You will do the right thing.   You will give those skis back to me – the rightful owner.  It is the right thing to do.  It is the honorable thing to […]

  The Lakewood City Council is devoting an entire study session to Special District Abuse on Monday, February 3, 2020.   7:00 pm. This is an important issue to those in special districts, those who may consider buying a home in a special district and those who do not live in special districts.   Here […]