Rooney Valley News

    What was published in a preceding blog on June 8  2019 is still true today:       Cathy Kentner.  A teacher.  On her own.  Started the movement forward. To give you this vote.  This choice.       She has been attacked and ridiculed by many, including Mayor Paul.  She was sued […]

      The apparent leader of the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District new majority – Dave Garner – admonished the public that Green Mountain will not be transparent when it comes to the Big Sky litigation:       Here is the full tape – his comments begin about 1:44:33 and is cued […]

      The Lakewood City Council voted 6 – 3 in favor of the new Developer Reimbursement Agreement.     Yet, the discussion between council members and staff told a story that would give reasonable residents pause to wonder “why”.             But the Adam Paul group insisted this was […]

  Brookfield and Big Sky apparently didn’t take Green Mountain seriously when in 2018, 2019 and 2021 Green Mountain said “no” to extraterritorial service outside the boundary of their district.     Brookfield recently dragged Green Mountain into a lawsuit filed against Solterra (Fossil Ridge District) trying to get the Court to force Green Mountain […]

      The first item on the agenda Monday (tomorrow) night for the Lakewood City Council is:   the developer reimbursement program where the developer and town staff get to impose whopping taxes on unsuspecting future residents to pay alleged developer costs and profits.   In addition to the money the developer will collect […]

      Less than an hour.  Really well spent.  If you want to watch and listen to a very thoughtful, professional and enlightening conversation by the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation Board, here it is:   https://youtu.be/rWeJe_235ac   They called a special meeting to review the status of the effort to select a new […]

    It’s hard to make this up.  But Adam Paul has really out done himself this time.  And maybe this is the work of Cardel who didn’t have the votes to get a metro district under the law and decided to write its own law creating a special Lakewood Profit District for Developers (my […]

     On August 11 the Court entered an order setting the future of the case.   The  content of the order and the schedule were agreed to in a motion filed by Cardel.     You will recall that   Green Mountain won the case on a summary judgment  motion   The Court of […]

  That is what the statute says.  And “shall” is a magical word for judges.  “Shall” leaves no wiggle room.  It’s black letter law.  Shall means shall.  Mandatory.  No questions asked.     The Lakewood Staff report simply ignores this critical issue.  Can’t ignore a statute just because its inconvenient for the developer.     […]

    To be sure, until 2018, the Lakewood City Council, like most Colorado cities and counties, depended exclusively upon the developer for all their information and advice on metro districts.     As we can see from the Staff Report by the Lakewood City staff, they are still relying upon Cardel for their information […]