Rooney Valley News

    “We face enormous challenges and big decisions.  But we’re not going to be able to do it if we are distracted.  We’re not going to be able to do it if we spend time vilifying each other.  We’re not going to be able to do it if we just make stuff up and […]

    The meeting started normal enough.   The board voted to limit public comment to the public comment period, consistent with the bylaws, as they have for the past several meetings.     Director Hanagan objected, as she has at every meeting.  She prefers that her supporters have free reign to speak, usually personally […]

    This past Tuesday, April 20, 2021, there was a calm, thoughtful and productive conversation about providing sewer to Rooney Valley.   The best meeting in a long time.  Counsel Timmons, who has dominated prior meetings was absent.  The change was demonstrable.     Director Hanagan again expressed her position that the board should […]

    Here is an open email to the Lakewood City Council in support of their work on metro district reform.  Let them know what you think.   Here is the link for the meeting Monday (tomorrow) at 7:00 pm   https://lakewoodspeaks.org/meetings/175   City Council and Staff:   I offer the following in response to […]

    You can’t make this up.  After a grueling 4 + hours, at the very end of the meetingTuesday night (April 13), Director Hanagan announced that she and Counsel Timmons met with the lead plaintiff (CDN/Big Sky) and the lead attorney, Charles Norton the day before (Monday) . . . to discuss settlement.   […]

      The Board wants to hear from you – residents and customers of Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District (Green Mountain).  This is your district.   They want to hear what you think.     You have two more opportunities to tell the Board what you think before they decide whether to settle […]

    The agenda for the meeting last night, April 6, was to publish a survey to the residents and customers of the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District (Green Mountain) sharing settlement options with the residents and customers.  At some point soon the elected board members will decide what kind of settlement offer, if […]

    Sewer services to Rooney Valley.  Who.  How.  Will you have anything to say about it.  Now is the time.   Here is a summary of the issue,  public involvement, and timeline of events including the key documents with links to all the prior blogs on the matter.   We have come a long […]

    Lakewood City Council led by Dave Skilling, has held three working sessions on Metro District Abuse (as in Solterra and hundreds of other metro districts in Colorado, as reported by the Denver Post).   Monday night March 15 at 7:00 pm. the full council is going to have a hearing and study session […]

    Several folks have asked for an update on this pending case. As you may recall, the Rooney Valley developers, led by Big Sky/CDN (Tom Morton and Three Canadian Investors) sued the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District to try to force Green Mountain to establish Big Sky (Tom Morton) as the new sanitation […]