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Special District Abuse Hits Small Businesses Not Just Homeowners

RV News November 18, 2019

Here is a guest commentary by an experienced real estate businessman in the Denver area from the e-edition of the Denver Post on October 6, 2019: Business should lead push to end metro district abuse By Tim Leonard Guest Commentary “I would hire another manager,” a Burger King franchisee told me when I asked what […]

Conflict of Interest and Self-Dealing Regarding Water and Sewer to New Rooney Valley Development – Jeffco Planning Commission Looks the Other Way – Jeffco Commissioners’ Turn Tuesday Morning 11-19 at 8:00 am

RV News November 17, 2019

Here is yet another example of why private developer control over essential public services like water and sewer is a really bad idea. 1. The special district supplying water and sewer to the proposed development (Red Rocks Centre aka RRC) in Rooney Valley immediately south of Solterra . . . is Mt. […]

National Association of Realtors (Wash. D.C.) a/k/a “Lakewood for Better Environment” and “Lakewood Neighbors for Open Space” and “Save Foothills” and “Support Parks and Open Space” – Who Will Control Lakewood’ Growth – Lots of Money For Adam Paul

RV News November 2, 2019

Who will control Lakewood growth Outside real estate developers or The folks who live here, work here, play here, pay the taxes, drive the roads and send our kids to school. The real estate development community spent over $600,000 this summer To try and stop Cathy Kentner’s citizen initiative A citizen initiative to reestablish resident […]

Big Sky Hearing Cancelled Rescheduled for November 29, 2019 at 10:00 am

RV News October 29, 2019

It was cancelled due to a conflict with a criminal case. It is rescheduled for November 29 (day after Thanksgiving) at 10:00. Jefferson County Courthouse, Fourth Floor Courtroom 4B Safe travels if you are out today. John Henderson

Big Sky Litigation – Hearing Tuesday 10:00 AM Jefferson County Courthouse

RV News October 27, 2019

The Court will hold a hearing this Tuesday, October 29 at 10:00 at the Jefferson County Courthouse. Fourth Floor, Division two (take a right from the elevators). The Court will likely address consolidation of the 5 cases filed against Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District by Cardel Homes, Stream Realty, Green Tree (Three Dinos), CDN […]

Mt. Carbon is ALIVE and the Water and Sanitation District for the Red Rocks Centre Development South of Solterra

RV News October 27, 2019

Mt. Carbon – the questionable development project to build out all of Rooney Valley in the 1980’s that went bankrupt in the 1990’s and whose bankruptcy bill Solterra residents are paying at 20 mills every year – is alive and kicking. They are providing Red Rocks Centre with sewer and water. And they are also […]

Solterra Budget – Lots of Money – Where’s it Going – Where’s it Coming From

RV News October 27, 2019

They email minute by minute updates on pool closing and openings, they are finally emailing a link to the meeting packet before the meeting but we still have to go to Greenwood Village, wherever that is, to get a copy of the proposed budget. Here is the notice on Solterra Connect: “2020 Draft Budget Pursuant […]

Flower Power Adam Paul

RV News October 23, 2019

Now you may have thought that after spending his entire political career working with his developer friends to build on every square inch of Lakewood that Adam Paul didn’t really give a hoot about the environment. But i just learned from a very reliable source in my mailbox that he is not the chief lobbyist […]

Follow the Money – Financial Agreements Adam Paul Will Enforce

RV News October 17, 2019

The City of Lakewood has released new financial reports that show the financial contributions for one of the new PACs that funds Adam Paul’s campaign. Here is the relevant excerpt: Cardel, which has sued Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District – also attacked by Adam Paul – for terminating the Big Sky IGA, put in […]

Ramey Johnson

RV News October 17, 2019

I have gotten to know Ramey Johnson over the last three years of my work on special district abuse and overdevelopment of Lakewood. I also have strong concerns about climate change and celebrate Greta Thunberg the 16 year old from Sweden who rocked the boat and the world. I think that if Ms. Thunberg lived in […]