Rooney Valley News

      The Jefferson County Commissioners, led by Commissioner Dahlkemper, embraced yet more Metro District Abuse for the unsuspecting future residents of Red Rocks Centre (RRC).   This time the “trickery” was almost comical. They did a shuffle step away from giving the developer more votes on the “Super District” referenced in the prior […]

    I often receive requests to evaluate a metro district.  The Serratoga Falls Metro District for the Kitchel Lake Development is one district and its in trouble.   Serratoga Falls Metro District 3 is the residential district.  It is all built out so the revenue coming in isn’t going to increase except when the […]

    One person.  One vote.  That is guaranteed by the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.  No  person’s vote counts more than once.     Unless of course you live in a metro district like Aurora Highlands, Sterling Ranch Colorado and now Red Rocks Centre (RRC) in Rooney […]

    For the first time since 1976, there will be a public hearing on how to provide water and sanitation services to Rooney Valley.   The issue, unfortunately completely clouded by an almost administrative resolution, is simple:   Will the sanitation services be provided by: developers for profit and accountable only to the developers, […]

  Congratulations to Jeff Baker, Todd Hooks, David Weichman and Roger Wendell. And congratulations to Nathan Davis and Robert Wilson for a very strong showing and the willingness to put themselves out there and give the community a hard choice. Here are the numbers: 3-Year Terms (Vote for Three): Jeff Baker (incumbent Chairman) – 2,102 […]

Tomorrow (Thursday May 5) beginning around 10:00 am (after the main session)the Senate Veteran’s Committee will decide whether or not to pass the industry lobby’s amendment to guarantee conflict of interest abuse in self dealing developer bonds.   The amendment introduced by the industry’s cheerleader in the House, Republican minority leader McKean, passed in the […]

At the last minute, just as she did during the recall election, one of the divisive ex-voices on the board has, again, falsely attacked Board Member Karen Morgan.   Days before the recall election, this former board member publicly supported the recall.  She lost by a 3 to 1 margin.  She then resigned from the […]

You haven’t heard much about Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District in a long time.   They have been working hard on behalf of the district residents after the end of the recall chapter. Jeff Baker, Alex Plotkin and Karen Morgan won the recall election by a 3 to 1 margin last Fall. When Ms. Hanagan, […]

Here are the initial postings in a series of videos on metro district abuses.   The Myth – Bond Holders not Residents bear the Risk of Loss in Metro Districts     The Myth – Metro Districts are Cheaper – More Affordable   The Myth – Residents are Fairly Represented by the Developers in Metro […]

Here are the metro district industry positions and residents’ response. Rresponse to industry letter x Rresponse to position paper   Here is how to testify at the Senate Hearing Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 2:00 pm.   Senator Tammy Story’s reform bill SB22 – 136 “Special District Governance” is now set for hearing on Tuesday, March […]