Rooney Valley News

      The recall committee disclosed that they hired Denver based “Ground Organizing for Latinos” to knock on your doors and try to persuade you to vote “yes” to recall  Jeff, Alex and Karen off the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation Board.     https://tracer.sos.colorado.gov/PublicSite/Reports/ReportViewer.aspx     Previously the recall committee hired other outside […]

        You all are voting now on two questions.   First, should the majority of the Green  Mountain Water and Sanitation District board members be recalled.   Second, if they are recalled, who would you vote – in  to replace them.     Deb Romero and Dave Wiechman are both active citizens […]

      Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District included a renewed effort to bring back Counsel Timmons for two reasons.   1.  Timmins missed a deadline to file a request for about $50,000 in costs.   The argument was that we should get Timmins back because Timmins would not […]

        Citizens’ Town Hall is Thursday at 6:30 pm September 9, 2021.     ISSUE:   Extraterritorial service outside the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District boundary.     HISTORY:    Description of significant events and links to  significant documents:     1951   A group of citizens petitioned the court to create a […]

      The overriding issue in the recall effort is extraterritorial service. As a matter of public policy is it in the best interests of the residents of Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District to provide sewer service to developments outside the district boundary. Do the residents want to take sewage from outside their […]

      Much has happened in the past couple of weeks.     1. Director Hanagan, who, with the help of prior Counsel Timmins literally refused to allow the board to vote on a pending motion in two prior meetings, went all the way August 9, 2021, trying to create a board of one […]

    THURSDAY        SEPTEMBER 9, 2021         6:30 PM   ZOOM CITIZEN TOWN HALL ON THIS QUESTION:     DO YOU THINK THE GREEN MOUNTAIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT SHOULD PROVIDE SANITATION SERVICE OUTSIDE GREEN MOUNTAIN’S DISTRICT BOUNDARY?     More specifically, should Green Mountain take sewage into the […]

      At the last meeting (July 27) the board discussed replacing litigation Counsel Timmons with Scott Gessler.  That issue will be addressed and apparently decided Monday evening.   Mr. Gessler entered his appearance on behalf of the District last August, 2020, and has appeared at just about all the hearings and many board […]

      One of the “little secrets” about the law profession is that attorneys can buy their own awards.   The profession has unfortunately allowed these advertising tools – where the attorney pays to get an award and then uses the award to advertise they are “the best of the best”.   The ABBO […]

      The recall group, ABBO (Christoper Smith (alias “Arlen”), Brenda Bronson, Rita Bertolli, Kathe Odenweller) provided us all with yet another official statement in support of their recall petition during the most recent meeting.   You may remember   ABBO paid outsiders to collect 75% of the signatures on  the recall petitions   […]